Protest From Police Association
Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Police Association is to request the general secretary of the association (Mr. Cosgrove) to advance the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 126
Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Walter Alfred Webber of Teralba Road, Adamstown, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that groceries had been stolen from his lock-up shop…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Newcastle Police Court Indecent Language
William Miller, 60, laborer, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment, on a charge of having used indecent language in Swansea Park,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Claim by Jehovah's Witnesses
A summons has been issued out of the Maitland District Court against the trustees of the Cessnock Soldiers' Memorial Hall. G. Rickwood. S. Snape, A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Officers Hold a Secret Meeting Sydney
Breaches between the Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking) and the police force reached a climax to-day when metropolitan commissioned officers at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Rejects Appeal of Condemned Man Sydney
The Criminal Court of Appeal to-day dismissed the appeal of John Thomas Myers, fireman and greaser, against his sentence of death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Courts Summons Court No Travelling Statement
Stanley Milgate, of Bowman's Colliery. Muscle Creek, Muswellbrook, was fined £1, with £3 11s costs, in default 10 days' imprisonment, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Martial Acquits Army Doctor Wellington (N.z.)
An army doctor, Lieutenant C. M. Mules, who was arrested when examining a soldier killed by a train near a mobilisation camp, and was charged before a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →High Court Orders Retrial of Piddington Case Melbourne
By three to two, the Full High Court to-day directed a new trial of the N.S.W. Supreme Court action in which Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Police Coast of Norway Britain's Check On Nazi Trade LONDON
The possibility of Britain deciding to assume "permanent control of Norwegian waters" is suggested by "Pertinax," the French commentator, in a copyright article. Such a happening (he says) would result from Norway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrister Charged with Misappropriation Sydney
Phillip Morgan Woodward, 27, barrister, pleaded "Not guilty' at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of fraudulent misappropriation. It was alleged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gaol Clause for Profiteers London, January 16
Severe penalties are provided for the profiteer in English Prices of Goods Act, the text of which was recently published…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Friday, February 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Wilful Trespass
Gordon Brown, 32, a labourer, John Scott, 24, a labourer, Cecil White, 19, a labourer, Joseph Williams or New 53, a labourer, George Turner, 25, a labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Annual Police Carnival Sydney
S.G.H. Stenner, the outstanding member of the police Club and Australian representative in the Empire Games hurdles, won the 100…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Mrs. Marjorie Hann, of Lawson-street. Hamilton, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that £4 had been stolen from two Purses which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over Housetops Police Recapture Alien Escapee SYDNEY
Alfred Fritz Yackels, alias Joseph Schmidt, 40, who escaped from an internment camp, was recaptured by police to-day after he had been chased over the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Anti-tooting Campaign But Police Determined to Check Abuses
There is not likely to be any wide-scale campaign against unnecessary tooting by motorists and motor-cyclists in Newcastle, but the new regulation will be used to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Divorce Court 17 Petitions Heard at Newcastle Undefended Suits
Seventeen undefended divorce matters were heard by Mr. Justice Boyce, at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. RUTHERFORD v. RUTHERFORD…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Concert At Maitland Gaol
Members of the Newcastle Railway Institute and assisting artists provided a musical programme at the East Maitland Gaol on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Concert Party at Gaol
A musical programme was provided at Maitland Gaol on Saturday afternoon by members of the Newcastle Railway Institute and assisting artists. Conducted by…
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