Three on Stealing Charges Sydney
Motor tyres, tools, petrol and radio sets alleged to have been stolen by Bernard Louis Davids, 20, John Charles Heaton, 19, and George William Murray, 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 126
In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.m.) Newcastle Police Sent To Gaol
Gerald Eugene Horrigan, 40, seaman, was sentenced to imprisonment for three months on each of two charges. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escapee Sent to Gaol Melbourne
John Ryan, who escaped from police custody by jumping from a moving train near Shepparton last month while being brought to Melbourne to face a charge,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Six Months' Gaol for Soldier Melbourne
Soldiers were tested to discover whether they were physically fit, but there seemed no reason why they should not be morally fit also, said Judge Foster in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged Court with Bias Dramatic Gesture by Union Advocate Walked Out During Hearing of Case Sydney
When Mr. H. Sutherland, organiser of the Federated Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Union, was refused an adjournment by Judge Beeby in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, he immediately left the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Monday, February 5 Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m. Indecent Behaviour
Ronald Patrick Kelly, 25, labourer, was fined £3, in default six days' imprisonment, for having behaved in an indecent manner in Hunterstreet, Newcastle, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judge Orders to Acquit Assault Alleged on Girl SYDNEY
At the Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day, Acting Judge Studdert advised the jury not to convict in the case in which a motor mechanic, Stanley George…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gaol Break Habitual Criminal Climbs 15-Foot Wall MELBOURNE
Scaling a 15ft. wall at Beechworth Reformatory, William McEntee, 48, an habitual criminal, gained his liberty this morning. He is still at large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Timber Cutter Assaulted Two Sentenced at Quarter Sessions Scene in Scott-street
Evidence that he saw two men attack another man in Scott-street, Newcastle, and attempt to rob him was given by a constable before Judge Nield and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Will Photograph Documents Sydney
Police photographic equipment will be made available to Albert Levitus, one of the defendants in the Scottish Loan case for enlargements of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court Matter Adjourned
An agreement by which the defendant promised to pay 10/ a week to Heiron and Smith (Salonola) Pty. Ltd., was announced when the firm summoned Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Probe Fire at Conveyor Injured Man Conscious
Newcastle detectives yesterday investigated the cause of the fire which damaged the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's conveyor on Maitland-road earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputy Police Commissioner Retired To-day Sydney
"Good-bye to all that," said Mr. T. J. Lynch, Deputy Commissioner of Police to-day when he handed in his warrant card after 38½ years' service…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Court Sequel to Alleged Bomb Throwing Sydney
The sequel to an alleged bomb-throwing incident at Wahroonga on January 20 was heard at Hornsby Court to-day by Mr. Oram, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →8 Killed; 151 Hurt—december Road Toll Police Plea for More Care Newcastle and Country Roads
Eight persons were killed and 151 were injured in 133 road accidents in the north-eastern police district during December,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vital Bearing on Coal Dispute Court Hears Owners' Claims To-day Unions Will Appear Sydney
Proceedings before the Federal Arbitration Court to-morrow on the award for craft unions in the mining industry were likely to have a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TARZAN Sentenced
At last Tarzan's dagger found the heart of the lion. The beast shook in a mighty convulsion of death, then collapsed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charged with Detention
The Magistrate declined to make an order in the case in which Roy Ekert (Bolwarra) charged Harold Ekert, his brother, with the detention of a farm…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Theft of Money From Hut
Newcastle police are investigating the reported theft of £7 in three-pences and sixpences from a hut at the Cross Roads, Cardiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stole Corn Sacks From Colliery: Youths Sentenced
At the Kurri Police court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., James Allan Smith. 23. and George Bolding Burrell, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge…
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