Storekeeper Charged
John Noyes (34), florist, was charged with having used insulting words to Constable R. C. Prosser and with having resisted arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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Police Court (Before Mr. R. Solling, S.M.) Bound Over
Leslie Victor Steele, 31, darly hand, was charged with having stolen building tools at Charlestown on March 12. He was bound over in £10 to be of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Thursday, April 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Further Remand
On the application of the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant W. O. Wallace), a further remand to May 23, on £30 bail, was granted in the cases in which James…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Six Months' Gaol German on Sedition Charge BRISBANE
On a charge of having uttered seditious words, Henry Leuthold, 37, a Germanborn seaman, naturalised in 1932, was sentenced at the Police Court to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court Plaintiff Non-suited
The Magistrate referred to "smart Alecs" in the case. John Truscott Proprietary Ltd., of Wallsend, against W. C. Adams (a male), of Minmi-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Supreme Court Awards Shilling Damages Sydney
Damages of 1/ was awarded to a party in a Supreme Court cross-action, which lasted a month. The jury found for Frederick Moeder, of Adelaide, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →One-way Traffic Advocated Mayor Tells Police Superintendents Danger in Scott-street
The necessity to revert to one-way traffic in Scott-street, Newcastle, for the safety of pedestrians and motorists, was emphasised by the Mayor (Ald. J…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gaol After 18 Weeks in Hospital Melbourne
With a bullet from a police revolver still in his back, Leo Hill, labourer, of Collingwood, who had spent 18 weeks in hospital, was to-day sent to gaol for four…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, April 12, 1940 (Before Mr. R. Solling, S.m.) Shopkeeper Fined
Pleas of "Not guilty" were entered by John William Noyes, 34, florist, to charges of having used insulting words to Ronald Charles Prosser in Hunter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →NEARLY 60 in Court Cyclists Fined in Batches
Fifty-seven cyclists were charged before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court yesterday with having committed breaches of the Traffic Act…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Sold Six Times Full Court Appeal Dismissed SYDNEY
The story of how a motor-car was sold six times before the original owners finally obtained possession of it was set out in a judgment delivered by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wife Charges Husband with Assault
Alleging that her husband had attacked her in bed and their 14-year-old son had smashed a wine bottle over his head at Cardiff in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Indecent Language
For having used indecent language in Beaumont Street. Hamilton, on April 13. Frank Shelton. 29, laborer, was fined £3 in default six days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bail Granted in Murder Charge Sydney
"This man was defending himself and his homo from a violent, vicious, murderous and unprovoked attack," said Mr. J. Thom at the Central Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Finnish Peace Relieved General Staff German Murder-war at Sea Has Miscarried
In this article, written before the attack on Scandinavia, our correspondent reviews the war at sea and in the air, and voices the relief felt in military circles that the use of an expeditionary force in Finland proved unnecessary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opening of Police Boys' Club March in City on
With 1900 boys enrolled, the Newcastle Police Boys' Club—the biggest of its kind in Australia—will be officially opened next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing Charges
John Mahoney (20), was charged with having on April 13 stolen goods valued at 4s 6d the property of the Hunter River Broadcasting Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth Sentenced
Peter Percy Aldridge (19), was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor, on a charge of having on April 15 stolen a wallet containing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Stole Bags From Colliery
James Hartley, 19, of Cessnock, was charted at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., with having stolen a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fined for Assault
When John James McC[?]llum, of Newcastle-street, Cardiff, assaulted his wife, Maud Marion McCullum, at Cardiff, on April 6, his young son hit him on the…
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