Death Sentence Recorded Shooting at Tweed Heads Maitland Circuit Court
Sentence of death was recorded against Edward Thomas Green, 47, by Mr. Justice Maxwell, at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon. Green had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
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Scene of Brutal Murder
[?] in which an [?] woman [?]sioner was battered to death last night. The lower picture shows the in[?] of the room in which the woman's shockingly injured body was found. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ignored Progress Council Wallsend Association Charged
Members of Wallsend Progress Association had "turned their backs on" and refused to meet delegates from the Newcastle District Council of Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Refused Driving Licence Carrier's Appeal to Magistrate
An appeal against the refusal by the Commissioner of Road Transport to grant him a renewal of a motor driver's licence was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)
Robert Jones, 21, was charged at Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday with having on April 6 and 8 obtained goods, valued at 8/4 and 11/4 respectively, by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Burglaries Reported to Police
Several cases of buildings having been broken and entered and articles stolen have been reported to the Newcastle police…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Wednesday, May 8 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
Phillip Bernard Smyth, 34, and Vincent Scanlon, 34, labourers, were committed for trial on a charge of having a attempted to break and enter the butcher's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rates Claim to Go to Supreme Court
Greater Newcastle Council was informed last night that the trustees of Mater Miscricordiae Hospital had decided to contest in the Supreme Court the ruling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wants Hs Wife Back Husband's Petition in Divorce Court
A denial that he had refused to pay for the medical expenses incidental to the birth of his child because he needed the money to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outburst in Court Woman Removed After Interjection INVERELL
There were unruly scenes in Inverell Police Court to-day, when a witness alleged he was being called names and abused in the witness box. The wife of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Battered to Death Woman at Heddon Greta Man Heard Scream, Told Police
Martha Miller, 65, a widow and old-age pensioner, was battered to death in a lonely and dilapidated house in the bush at Heddon Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.m.) Newcastle Police Betting Fines
Colin Patrick Doyle, 30, laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been in Heaton Street, Jesmond, for the purpose of betting, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Search for Killer Woman Battered at Heddon Greta Sadist And Sex Maniac, Say Detectives
Only a sadist, say the police, could have committed the murder last night at Heddon Greta, where an elderly woman was battered to death and then frightfully injured about the body…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Don't Persecute Me Any More" Woman's Outburst In Divorce Court SYDNEY
Jean Crossley, who failed to appear in the Divorce Court yesterday, and for whom Mr. Justice Foyce issued a warrant, appeared to-day when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Arrest Man Charge of Murder Made Death of Woman at Heddon Greta
Police arrested a young man shortly before midnight last night and charged him with the murder of Mrs. Martha Miller, 63. at Heddon Greta on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Passenger Acquitted Motorist Charged with Manslaughter SYDNEY
The extent to which a passenger in a cart charged jointly with the driver, could be held liable on a manslaughter charge, was raised in the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →East Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.) Exceeded Speed Limit
Frederick Forbes, of Dawson-street, Lismore, and David Ernest Burgoyne, of Cessnock-street, Aberdare, were each-fined £3, with 8/ costs, for having exceeded the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Court Thursday, May 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Seaman for Trial
When Sergeant D. C. Yardy entered a butcher's shop in Hunter-street, Newcastle, early on Sunday morning he found a man crouching behind a grindstone and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Murder Young Man Is Remanded
At the Kurri Karri Police Court to-day before Mr. J. G. Selvage J.P. Cecil Roy Simpkins, a young man, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thefts Reported To Newcastle Police
The theft of two overcoats from the Crown Street branch of the Coo-ee Clothing Company was reported to Newcastle police yesterday…
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