Police Court Illegally Used Car (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Ronald Joseph Smith, 10, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with having, on April 5, used a motor-car without the consent of the…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Police Boys' Club Meetings
The concert committee of the Police Boys' Club and the Women's Auxiliary met at the club rooms last night. The concert committee has arranged details…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M.E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Court
Charge Dismissed John Macey (69), seaman, pleaded not guilty to a vagrancy charge.He was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Aborigines Arrested on Murder Charge Brisbane
Three aborigines, Sring cart, Spider and Moseley have been arrested in the Cairns district on a charge of having murdered Mick Birdwood, an aborigine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court Decision Reserved
Edgar William Honeysett, police constable of Kangaroo Valley, claimed £7/10/ from Edwin T. Henderson, of Folly Park, Crebert-street, Mayfield, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Put Sprag in Wheel" Witness's Movements in Conspiracy Case Magistrate's Comment on Information Sydney
Further references to law proceedings involving Charles Reginald Donaldson, a witness in the Woolcott Forbes conspiracy case, were made when the case…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Commissioner's Visit to Newcastle Has Been Cancelled
Owing to the illness of his wife, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) has cancelled his visit to Newcastle. He was to have attended the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Winked in Court; Jury Discharged Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Markell discharged the jury in a conspiracy trial after it had been reported that a juryman had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There's Fun in Store for the Police Boys' Club
I WISH I were a boy. I am not quite sure whether I should like to be Jimmy Jones, aged nine and 3st 5lb, or Billy Banks much older, much taller…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Pursuit of Cattle Thief Police Had Arduous Time GRAFTON
After traveling more than 1000 miles in five days, Detective-constable C. W. McMahon and Constable Anderton, of Grafton, assisted by Sergeant Kerr, of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nazis to Police Danube Demands on River States LONDON, April 9
It is learned on high authority, says the Belgrade correspondent of the Associated Press, that Germany has demanded that Yugoslavia, Bulgaria,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →May Summon Parties Court and Coal Strike Union Move to Newcastle Sydney
A compulsory conference on the coal strike, to be convened by the Arbitration Court in a few days, was a possibility as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Promotions Sydney
The Executive Council has approved the following police promotions—Sergeant First-class John Joseph Fogarty to the rank of inspector third-class, from April…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court
A verdict of £3. with 7s costs was given against William Webster, of Nelson-street. Young Wallsend, who was sued by Walter Hall, of Young…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Motor Driver Remanded
appeared on two charges—that being in charge of a motor cycle he did grievous bodily harm to Hugh Victors Streatfield, at Lambton, on November…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fresh German Assault? Holland and Belgium (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, April 10
It is being suggested in German quarters that Great Britain is contemplating an invasion of Holland or Belgium, and that Germany would be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Effect on Natives Feared Delay in Murder Case DARWIN
Action by Judge Wells on Monday in ordering the re-hearing of an aboriginal murder case has been criticised by Darwin native affairs' authorities and other…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Chiefs Confer with Mayor Change in Scott-st. Urged Request For More Protection
More police and reversion to one-way traffic in Scott-street were requested by the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman J. E…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Police Courts Newcastle Wednesday, April 10 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Vagrancy Charge
The Magistrate dismissed the information in the case in which John Macey, 59, a seaman, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of vagrancy on April 9 at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Move to Settle Strike Miners' Delegates' Plane Dash A.C.T.U. Is to Ask the Court to Intervene Sydney
Moves for a settlement of the coal strike through the Federal Arbitration Court are suggested by the sudden departure by plane to-day for Melbourne of Messrs. W. Shakespeare, Vice-President and W. Orr, General Secretary, of the…
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