Typist Found Strangled American Police In Long Hunt NEWYORK, February 20
One year after the disappearance and murder of Margaret Martin the Pennsylvania State police are still investigate the case in hopes of…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 126
Verdict for £304 Cessnock Man Injured in Collision Maitland District Court
A verdict for £304/12/9 was returned in favour of John Pettigrew, of Cessnock, by Judge Nield, at the Maitland District Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cannot Hold Office Union Officials at Darwin Court Advises Immediate Election Darwin
The Secretary of the North Australian Workers' Union (Mr. L. T. Craig) and the executive councillors have been restrained from holding office until…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District Police Courts Newcastle Friday, March 15 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Begged Alms
A sentence of six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, was imposed on Robert Harper, 46, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having…
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Sergeant Ponder looked abashed. Somehow he hadn't expected so violent a retort. "The boy's got stuff," Sergeant Ponder…
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Bail was refused Edward Riley Sexton, 59, painter, in Paddington Court to-day when he was remanded to March 29 on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder and Suicide at Bathurst Bathurst
The Coroner (Mr. Bromhead) yesterday found that Keith Joseph Kessey, 24, murdered Miss Aileen Artery, 18, and then shot himself on Thursday. The pair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
The theft of £4 from the till at a shop in Maitland-road. Mayfield, was reported to Newcastle police yesterday by Betty Pugh, of that address…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Former Police Official Sydney
Twenty years after his retirement ex-Superintendent A. Musgrave died during the week-end at Springwood, aged 80…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Force Way Into Barred House Sydney
With her face badly cut, Mrs. Ruby Skorchoff, 30, of Darlington, ran screaming from a house in Darlington yesterday. Police forced their way into a barricaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court "Yes" Was Worth a Kiss London, February 20
"I could kiss that judge." said 18-year-old Dora Neal, of Rosslyn-crescent. Wealdstone. England, after the chairman of the Wealdstone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. M. E. Soane.)
Begged Alms Albert Crozier, 46, laborer, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 14 days' hard labor for having begged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Boys Win Skiff Event Marabou Leads Port Hunter Fleet O'rourke Sails Good Race
T. O'Rourke, who skippers the Newcastle Police Boys' Club 16ft. skiff Marabou, sailed it to victory in the Port Hunter 16ft. Skiff Club's race on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Thought Man Was Under House Residents on Guard Greet Police Two Houses Ransacked at Merewether
A man with a hammer upraised at the back of a house, and another keeping guard at the front, greeted the Newcastle police wireless patrol which…
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On a charge of having unserviceable brakes, Victor Brankston was fined £3, with 8/ costs, at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Stealing Charge
William Arthur Thompson, 30, hairdresser, was charged with having stolen £18 4s 9d, the property of James Brice, at Mayfield. on March 18…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder of Aged Chinese Two Labourers Charged CLONCURRY
The hearing began in the Police Court to-day of the case in which William Frederick Clarke, 40, labourer, and John Andrew Cummins, 27, labourer, are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Court Monday, March 18 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Gaol for Labourer
A sentence of 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labour, was imposed on Albert Crozier, 46, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having begged…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Theft Of Money
Peter D'Arcy Aldridge, 19, pleaded guilty to having stolen the sum of 17s, the property of Quinton M. Pollard, at the Rutherford Military Camp…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Summons Division Taxi-driver Charged
A plea of "Not guilty" was entered by Frederick Emile Fancourt, of Bull-street, Cook's Hill, when he was charged with having failed to cause the taxi-cab he…
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