Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
Edward Shoesmith of Union Street. Tighe's Hill, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that his home had been entered and £2 a handbag…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Traffic Breaches
For having driven at an excessive speed in the built-up area at Neath, Leslie Horgan, of South Cessnock, was fined £2/10/, with 8/ costs, at Cessnock Police Court…
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V.H. Whittaker, of Burwood-street, Merwether, has reported to Newcastle police that his jewellery shop in Hunter-street was entered by thieves…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Monday, January 8 (Before Mr, M.e. Soane, S.m.) Betting on Premises
A raid on premises in Ingall-street, Mayfield, on January 6 disclosed a betting ring in which 20 men were taking part, said Constable Walker. He was giving…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Licensing Court Application Granted
An application by Thomas Leslie Fines, licensee of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, for permission to use the premises for amusement purposes, on January 8,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A.i.f. March To-morrow Police Prepare for Large Crowds Special Transport and Traffic Arrangements
Large crowds are expected by the police to congregate in the city to-morrow afternoon to watch the march through New-castle of a thousand men of the 2nd A.I.F. from Rutherford, Greta and Raymond Terrace camps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Strike Next Week Railway Men on Broken Hill Line Resent Court Ruling Sydney
Many Broken Hill people holidaying in Sydney will cut short their stay to return home before railway traffic is held up by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Gaol Concert
Regular entertainments are being provided for the inmates of Maitland Gaol, the latest organisation to give its services being the Newcastle Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland, Kurri, Cessnock West Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Sent Back to Gaol
Clifford Edward McAllister, 38, appeared before West Maitland Police Court yesterday on a charge of having committed a breach of a recognisance of £20, entered…
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At the Newcastle Police Court today, Leonard Hayes. 26, laborer, was sentenced to imprisonment for 14 days on a charge of having been found…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Concert Party at Gaol
Newcastle Railway Institute Orchestra entertained inmates of Maitland gaol. The conductor was Mr. L. Goddard, and the artists, K. J. Alford, A. Rubenstein, W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two for Trial on Assault Charge Wollongong
George Gray, 38, and Charles McGuire, 26, are committed for trial at Wollongong Police Court on a charge of having assaulted Thomas Alfred Dale at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BELMONT (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) Stealing Charges
Three men pleaded guilty to charges of stealing. They were William White (20). Colin Edward Thompson (20), and Frederick Albert Beeby (18)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court Tuesday, January 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Behaviour
Robert Henry Wilson, 52, a labourer, was fined £3, in default six days' imprisonment, for having, at Newcastle on January 8, behaved in an indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Charges Assault Former Employer Acquitted LONDON, December 10
After a 19-year-old girl had made allegations against her former employer at Middlesex Sessions (England) the jury stopped the case, saying there was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thefts Reported To Newcastle Police
Reginald Allanson of King and Alice Streets. Merewether. reported to Newcastle police yesterday that his home had been entered and a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth on Murder Charge Sequel to Father's Death
Henry Clayton, 17, was charged with murder at Newcastle Police Court, late last night, following the death of his father, Peter Augustus Clayton, 42, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Men Sent to Gaol Uttering Forged Cheques at Lismore LISMORE
John Wilson, 34, who recently came to the North Coast from Brisbane, was sentenced at Lismore Police Court to nine months' imprisonment on each of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sent to Gaol for Libel Held to Be Blasphemous London
The Jersey Assizes sentenced Arthur Woodhall, proprietor of the Mayfair Hotel Jersey, to a month's imprisonment for publishing a blasphemous libel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court Verdict by Consent
By consent a verdict for the plaintiff of £3/19/9 was announced when John Harrington, of Bull-street. Cook's Hill proceeded against Donald McIness for the…
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