Two Youths Injured Bolting Horse Charged Into Fence at Teralba
Two youths were injured when a horse they were breaking in to a sulky bolted across a vacant allotment and crashed into a fence at Teralba last night…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 126
Brain Trust in Britain Charged With Execution of War LONDON, February 2
The working of Britain's "Brain Trust" for the direction of the war was explained in a written reply by the Prime Minister (Mr. Nevile Chamberlain) to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Passport Ramp Is Beaten Six Go To Gaol But Chief Escapes LONDON, January 4
Another passport peddling ramp which victimised refugees from Central Europe—some of whom had to pay as much as £150 for false passports—has been stopped by the sentencing of six men at the Old Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →126 Cyclists Fined Broke Traffic Laws Police Campaign Brought Results
Result of the police campaign against cyclists who break traffic regulations was the appearance before Mr. M. E. Sonne, S.M., in the Newcastle Summons Court…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Boys' Club Will Break Class Barriers OVER 1200 Boys Enrolled
One evening, about 10 o'clock, a 16-year-old lad entered the Newcastle police station and asked for help. He was in rags, having carried his swag down from the Far North in the hope of getting a job…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland, Cessnock, Kurri West Maitland Busy Year for Court Staff Summons Cases Doubled
Summons cases dealt with at West Maitland Court in 1939 were almost double those handled in 1938. In summons and charge cases there was an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'Court May Decide Issue' Despite Threat of General Strike Coal Award Interpretation May Be Sought SYDNEY
The threat of a general strike in the coal industry is contained in an official statement issued last night by Miners' Federation officials, but indications are that the Federal Arbitration Court will again become…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sentenced for Kidnapping Death in Gaol New York
Ellis Parker, the New Jersey detective who was sentenced in June 1937 to six years for kidnapping Paul Wendel and obtaining a bogus confession in the Lindbergh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft Of Grapes
Stealing of grapes from roadside vineyards at pokolbin was prevalent, said Mr. W. I. Cleaves. He was appearing for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assault Charge Denied by Two Accused
A constable told Judge Nleld and a Jury at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day that he had seen two men robbing another in Scott Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poles Sentenced to Death London, February 4
It is announced from Berlin that two Polish workers were sentenced to death on charges of having maltreated a German woman. It was alleged that they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Magistrate Refused to Reduce Bail Disturbance In Sydney Street SYDNEY
Mr. Sutherland, S.M., refused, in the Central Police Court to. day, to reduce the £200 bail fixed I for each of two men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CESSNOCK (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M.) Assault Charges
Ernest Ninness, of East End unemployed settlement, was charged with having assaulted George Thomas Jones, of Second-street. Cessnock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell in Front of Car Man Killed After Alleged Assault BURNIE
After an altercation in Elizabeth-street, Hobart, late last night, followed by an alleged assault by two soldiers, William John Ronnie, 59, of Elizabeth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Inquire Into Blaze in Coal Plant
Newcastle detectives this morning continued inquiries into the fire which partially destroyed the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's coal conveyor at Hexham early this morning. Police declared to-day that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Escapee Captured at Manly Police and Alsation Look For Brother SYDNEY
One of two brothers who escaped from Manly lock-up last Tuesday has been recaptured. The escapees were apprehended by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Soldiers Hurt Fierce Street Brawl With Civilians Police Called by Radio Sydney
More than 50 soldiers and 250 civilians fought in Campbell-street last night in Sydney's fiercest brawl for years. Five soldiers were injured and taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Indecent Behavior
Ronald Patrick Kelly (25), laborer, was fined £3 on a charge of having behaved in an Indecent manner in Hunter Street on February 3…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Police Court Charged with Assault (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
The hearing was continued at Cessnock Police Court yesterday of the case in which Clarence William Matthews, of Pokolbin, charged Geoffrey Matthews, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers Sent to Gaol "Ratted" on Comrades, Says Magistrate SYDNEY
Kenneth Frederick Tunbride and William Lauder Carruthers, both members of the A.I.F., were sentenced to a months gaol by the Magistrate (Mr. Bliss) at…
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