Time Bomb Meant for German Kills Swiss Police Inspector LAUSANNE, February 7
A German rushed into police headquarters with a package which had been delivered to his hotel and said, "I think it's a bomb."…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 126
In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Illegal Betting
Clarence Bassett, 39, clerk, was fined £20 on a charge of having used the yard of the Empire Hotel, Newcastle, yesterday for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£5 Note Case Heard in Sydney Fifteen Men, One Woman Are in Court Bail Increased For One To £500 SYDNEY
The first of the £5 notes cases was heard in the Central Police Court to-day. SIXTEEN persons, one a woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Magistrate's Warning
"You have devised all sorts of schemes and methods to carry out betting," said Mr. Soane, when fining Eden Patrick Brice, 48, hairdresser, for betting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boys Aged 18 AND 19 SENTENCED Theft Of Drugs From Hospitals SYDNEY
Described by the police as confirmed drug addicts, Peter Plavin, 19, and his brother, Edward Plavin, 18, were sentenced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Films at Maitland Gaol
Films on life and scenes at Lord Howe Island, New Guinea, and aboard ship, were shown to inmates of Maitland Gaol by Mr. A. E. L. Stuart, a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Freed on Brooch Theft Charge Sydney
Without calling upon the defence, a jury at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day acquitted George Cecil Stuart, 30, who was charged with having stolen a diamond…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bankruptcy Court
The examination of Edward Martin Smith, watchman, of Wallace-street, Georgetown, was declared concluded. Smith attributed his bankruptcy to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Thursday, February 8 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Street Betting
Clarence Bassett, 39, clerk, was fined £20, in default 10 days' imprisonment, for street betting. Sergeant Lind said that on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →East Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Motorist Fined
Alexandra Henry McMillan, of Potts Point, was fined 10/ with 10/ costs, at the East Maitland police Court yesterday, when he pleaded "Guilty" to having…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Judge Refuses to Close Court
"It is my view that closed Courts are against the interests of justice." said Judge Nield at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, when an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fair Rents Court Hearing Adjourned
Hearing of a part-heard application for determination of fair rent was adjourned to February 15. The case was one in which Norman Bellamy proceeded against…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killing Fishermen Is Murder Chamberlain Lashes Nazi Air Tactics London
"The killing of fishermen isn't war but murder. Such acts are pure barbarism. They could have little effect on the outcome of the war." This denunciation by the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boxer's Story to Court of Lost £50 GOSFORD
Hockey Bennell, Buroka-street, Northbridge, professional boxer, was fined £2 4s, with 8s costs, at the Gosford Police Court to-day, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boots and Bottles in Melee Is Court Charge Sydney
The free and general use of "boots and bottles" in the city melee between soldiers and civilians last Saturday night was asserted at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defendants Called in Batches Cyclists In Newcastle Court To-day
By calling defendants in batches, 94 bicycle riders appeared in one hour before Mr. M. E. Soane S.M. at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Naval Rating Fined
Arthur Allan Moss, 23, naval rating, was charged with having behaved in an offensive manner in Hunter street yesterday and with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£5 Note Sold for 5/- Is Story to Court Sydney
A man admitted to the police having bought a forged £5 note for 5s, it was stated in the Central Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bankruptcy Court
Public examinations in bankruptcy were held into the affairs of Edward Martin Smith, watchman, of Wallace-street, Georgetown, and of Charles Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Police Court Friday, February 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Naval Rating Fined
Arthur Allan Moss, 23, naval rating, was fined 10/, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having behaved in an offensive manner in Hunter-street,…
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