Coroner Commits Clerk for Trial on Charge of Murder Sydney
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day committed for trial Leslie Ernest Kennedy, 27, clerk, for tile murder of Alexander Robert Henry Miller at the…
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Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 126
Newcastle Courts Tuesday, March 19 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Charge of Theft
On a charge of having stolen £8/4/9, at Mayfield, on March 18, the property of James Brice, William Arthur Thompson, 30, hairdresser, was remanded to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sent to Gaol for Year Man Embezzled £166 at Cessnock with Same Firm for 17 YEARS
At Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday Henry Ernest Roberts, 49, of Cessnock was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by Judge Nield for having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gave Increased Benefits Full Court Award For Mining Men Judge on "Mistaken View" Sydney
Mr. Justice O'Mara, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, made it clear to unions connected with the coalmining industry that they might either strike…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Wednesday, March 20 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Fined for Theft
Phillip Bernard Smyth, 24, a night watchman, was fined £5, in default 10 days' imprisonment, and was ordered to pay 30/ compensation, in default three…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Kurri Police Court Theft of Motor-cycle (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Hector Cyril Hamilton, of Mulbring-street, Kurri Kurri, pleaded "Guilty" at Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday to a charge of having, at Speers Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stand Trial for Murder Clerk Charged With Cafe Shooting SYDNEY
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day committed Leslie Ernest Kennedy, 27, clerk, for trial on a charge of having murdered Alexander Robert Henry Miller…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Theft of Bicycle
Convicted of having stolen, at Adamstown, on August 7, 1937, a bicycle, valued at £1, the property of Englis Clyde Alexander, Eric Geoffrey Taylor, 25, a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Charge of Assault
On charges of having assaulted Sarah Catherine McIntyre, at Hamilton, on March 19, and having maliciously damaged a pair of spectacles and other…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Eight Years' Gaol for Manslaughter Melbourne
Eight years' imprisonment was imposed on James Simpson, 33, wharf labourer, in the Criminal Court to-day for the manslaughter of Frederick Stringer, 42,…
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For some reason that he couldn't explain to himself, Baby Burke for the first time in his life, felt deeply shaken. What was it all about? he asked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Boys' Club Enrolment
Boys who have submitted their names for membership of the Newcastle Police and Citizens' Boys' Club are asked to attend the club on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane S.M.)
Illegal Betting Pleading guilty to having used a place in Parry-street, Newcastle, yesterday for the purpose of betting,…
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The theft of a wireless set from E. P. Wilks and Co. Pty. Ltd., Hunter Street, Newcastle, was reported to Newcastle police yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Current Topics Court Work Increases
THE following weather forecasts were issued by the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist at 9 o'clock last night for the ensuing 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Police Wireless Patrol Cars SYDNEY
Ten new wireless patrol cars will be added to the Sydney fleet as soon as equipment can be installed. Sixty-seven wireless cars then will be on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Campaign Against Reckless Bicycle Riders Sydney
Twenty thousand bicycle riders have been "booked" this vear—most of them in the past month—for various offences. Traffic Superintendent Hooper…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Noise Forces Marine Court to Adjourn Sydney
"It is impossible for us to carry on against this noise," said Mr. Windeyer, K.C., when the Court of Marine Inquiry assembled in the Chief Bankruptcy Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Radio Cars for Police Sydney and Newcastle SYDNEY
The New South Wales Police Department has instructed Amalgamated Wireless to equip with radio a further group of patrol cars for use in the Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Snow White" at Katoomba Court Awards Damages SYDNEY
A verdict for Affiliated Enterprises Ltd., with damages of £400, was returned to-day in the Supreme Court. The company proceeded against Otto…
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