Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney
Robert Edward Hepburn, 52, printer, appeared at Kogarah Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Arthur Charles Lampshire, at Jannali, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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Murder Charge Follows Street Fight Brisbane
Giving evidence in Bundaberg Police Court to-day of the arrest of Edmond James O'Conner, laborer, following the death on Saturday of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Court Award Breach
Arthur Vincent arroll, secretary of the Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union, proceeded against Lucy O'Donnell, trading as Baby Bunting,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Use Cycles to Arrest Aborigines Kalgoorlie
Police on bicycles captured two natives who fled from Laverton after stealing a motor-car this morning. The natives attempted to escape in the car, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prosecution of Wheeler at Cessnock Court Crowded by Miners
Cessnock courthouse was crowded to-day for the hearing of a prosecution brought by the management of Aberdare Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest War Cables Fuel to Belgian Anger Foreign Planes Over Capital Outcry Against Assault From The Air LONDON
The appearance of a large number of foreign aircraft over Brussels to-day brought to a head the anger which seized the people yesterday when a German bomber shot down three Belgian scout planes, killing one of the pilots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Summons Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Traffic Cases
On a charge of having driven a car negligently on Stewart Avenue, Hamilton, on May 27, 1939, Charles Manning Spruce, of Farquhar Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Begged Alms in City Two Men Sentenced to Gaol
Convicted on charges of having begged alms in Hunter-street, Newcastle on March 2, James Percival Davis, 24, a labourer, and Ronald Banneker, 29, an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unlawful Assault Charge
An adjournment to April 1 was granted in the case in which Dorothy Hitchcock, of Ridge-street, Merewether, proceeded against David Hitchcock, of Ridge-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Press Camera Alleged Sydney
Charged with having at Sydney on February 8 assaulted Ernest Arthur Nutt and robbed him of a Press camera valued at £50, Alexander Sprague, 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Monday, March 4 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Betting Offences
Richard Finlay, 40, a labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having used a place known as Finlay's shop in Hannell-street, Wickham, on March 2, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School for Murder for New Readers
The Burkes, having accumulated enough money in a life of crime, propose as a last coup to break a bank and then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Printer Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney
Robert Edward Hepburn, 52, printer, was remanded at Kogarah Court this morning on a charge of having murdered Arthur Charles Lampshire, at Jannali,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Ronald Dalton of King-street, Short-land, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that the battery, chain, brake-handle, throttle and grip and tools…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coats—And Gum In Court
The campaign by Mr. Soane. S.M., educating the public, or, at least, some of them, to wear coats when making Court appearances, is bearing fruit,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butterflies Get Police Protection New York, January 16
Visitors to the famous Monterey peninsula of California need not be surprised if they chance upon signs reading, "Any person caught…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Men Face Charge of Murder Sydney Cafe Case Sydney
The Covent Garden Cafe shooting on Sunday morning was mentioned at the Central Police Court to-day when Leslie Ernest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot Dead in House Father and Two Sons Murder and Suicide Believed Sydney
Cecil Charles Victor Newton, 57, a retired builder, and his two sons, Neville, 20, and David, 17, were found dead by police in a house at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Asked to Define Shaft Water Board Union's Application
The vexed question of what is a shaft, an outstanding industrial point since 1908, was before Mr. Justice Ferguson for determination at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Licensing Court
Hotel Changes Hands The licence of the Central Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from James Laskie to George Jenkins, of Nelson's…
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