Charge Of Intent To Murder SYDNEY
Esau Henry Curran, 69. pensioner, was charged before Mr. Reed. C.S.M., at Central Court to-day with having about at Michael O'Shea on April 5…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 126
Police Boys' Club Concet for Patriotic Fund
Supt. Jones invites all those interested in the patriotic concert to be held on April 19. in aid of the Mayor's Patriotic Fund, by the Police and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Fire on Natives Cape Town, April 4
In a clash between natives and police at a copper mine in Northern Rhodesia, 17 Africans were killed and 29 wounded. The trouble started when 2500 natives…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →More Judges for Supreme Court Sydney
The Minister for Justice (Mr. V. H. Treatt) gave notice in the Legislative Assembly, to-day of his intention to introduce a bill to increase the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In the Court Newcastle Summons Division Traffic Breaches
Kenneth Moore Dick, of Cooranbong-road, Broadmeadow, was fined £1, with 8s casts, in default three days' imprisonment, for having failed to lessen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unlawful Assault Alleged
Albert Henry Johnson, 34, hairdresser, was remanded to April 26 on charges of having unlawfully assaulted Sarah Catherine McIntyre on March 19 and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Two Years' Gaol for Shopbreaking Sydney
Pleading "Guilty" at the Quarter Sessions to-day to three charges of shopbreaking, and one of having shop-breaking implements in his possession,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Friday, April 5 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
Noel Vivian James Russell, 18, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on April 22 on two charges. Bail in £20 was allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bankruptcy Court Examination Concluded
Unemployment and sickness were given as reasons for the bankruptcy of Harry Ernest Welsh, a labourer, of Hannell-street, Wickham. His liabilities amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Licensing Court Wine Licence Transferred
The application by J. R. Croydon for the transfer of the Australian wine licence from Hunter-street, Newcastle, to Newcomen-street, Newcastle, was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Patriotic Effort Police Boys' Club Plans Concert
The Police Boys' Club, which Will be officially opened on April 20, will hold its first effort for charity on April 19, when a concert will be staged at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Inquire Into Man's Death Melbourne
Detectives are continning investigation in the hope of determining whether Arthur Leslie Beattie, 57, storekeeper of South Melbourne who died last night…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Boys' Club Concert To Aid War Fund
The first public effort by the recently formed Police Boys' Club in Newcastle in aid of the War and Patriotic Fund will be in the form of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Bloodstained Lever Police Investigating Two Deaths in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Detectives investigating the murder of Mrs. Alice Hamilton, 27. and Lloyd Moran, 10, at Waikino, 140 miles south of Auckland, have found a bloodstained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Reservists Classes
No class for police reservists will be conducted on Wednesday night, April 10. The next class will be hold on April 17…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seditious Words Alleged German Charged at Brisbane BRISBANE
For the first time since the war started a man was charged in the Police Court on Saturday with having used seditious words…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Indecent Behavior
George Tetlow. 44, chef, was fined £2. in default four days' imprisonment, for having behaved in an indecent manner in Keightley-street, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Forged Notes Under Bed Man Charged in Hospital KATOOMBA
Katoomba Hospital was turned into a court to-day when police found 45 £5 notes, alleged to be forged, beneath the ticking of a bed. Later Roland Turner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Murder Is Charge Alleged Shooting at Bellevue Hill Sydney
Edward Riley Sexton, 59, painter, at Paddington Court to-day, cross-examined his wife Gertrude Riley Sexton, about her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Band for Newcastle Police Boys' Club Meeting
Formerly champion band in the country, the old Hamilton Citizens' Band was merged with the Newcastle Police and Citizens' Band, formed at…
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