Licensing Court Transfer of Licence
The licence of the Terminus Hotel, Scott-street, Newcastle, was transferred from Cecil Baden Powell to Andrew George Melville. The police made no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
2,515 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 126
Small Debts Court Verdict for Plaintiff
The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate Proprietary Ltd. claimed £16/5/6 from John Harrington, of Hunter-street. Newcastle, for surcharge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Courts Summons Court Negligent Driving
Ernest John Robinson, c/o. Royal Hotel. Stockton, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having driven a taxicab negligently on Maitland Road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belmont Police (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M.)
A fine of £1, in default two days' imprisonment, was imposed on Cecil Keating, 26, for having behaved indecently in Main-road. Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£2264 From Police Carnival Boys' Clubs Will Benefit SYDNEY
The Chief Secretary (Mr. A. U. Tonking) disclosed to-day that the net profits of the police carnival for 1940 were £2264/17/11 the highest since 1935…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police
Kathleen Ryan, 26, pleaded guilty to a charge of having used indecent language in Hunter-street. Newcastle, on May 11. She was fined £8, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Divorce Court "Left in State of Suspicion" Judge's Comment on Evidence Cessnock Divorce Suit
The story of a raid on a house at Catherine-street, Cessnock, on the night of February 7, this year, was told before Mr. Justice Maxwell in the Matrimonial…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →N.Z. Conspirator Sentenced Wellington (N.z.)
Gordon Percy Aston, who with Harvey Maitland Chrystall woo found guilty yesterday on six of seven counts, involving conspiracy, false pretences, attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Court Newcastle Wednesday, May 15 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial
George, McNulty, 19, labourer, was committed for trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions in July, 1940, on charges of breaking and entering. Bail in £30 was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man for Trial Charged with Canberra Road Deaths CANBERRA
Following a smash on the Canberra-Queanbeyan road two weeks ago, when five people wore killed, David James Hamilton, 23, labourer, of Canberra, was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Handled Bombs London, April 20
Detective-inspector Robert Fabian and P.C. Ernest Hayward found I.R.A. bombs and made them harmless. For their courage, it was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police
(Before Mr. M. E. Soane, A.M.) "This is your third offence. If you come back I will have to consider sending you to gaol without the option…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ignored Danger Signal Court Censures Master of Idant SYDNEY
The Marine Court of Inquiry to-day found that the foundering of the Idant at Camden Haven on March 13 was caused by the master attempting to enter Camden…
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At the Quarter Sessions to-day Charles Thompson and John Miller were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on charges of having, while posing as flag sellers, tried…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gaol for Illegal Use of Car Sydney
At the Balmain Police Court to-day, Austin Williams, 24, labourer, was sentenced to four months imprisonment by Mr. Maloney for having literally used a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Police Court Thursday, May 16 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Illegal Betting
Cecil Leo Thomas, 30, a labourer, was fined £20 for having been in a street, the wash-house at the Marquis o' Lorne Hotel, Lambton, on Wednesday, for betting…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Given a Gaol Sentence: Demanded Money Sydney
With a toss or her head and a broad s[?]le, Ruby Gladys Evelyn (27), today greeted a sentence of nine months imprisonment passed on her for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remanded on Charge of Murder Woman's Death At Heddon Greta
At the Kurri Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. D. Selvage J P., Cecil Ray Simpkins, 24, appeared on remand on a char[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Charged with Theft of Pension Money Sydney
Following investigations by Detective-Sergeant Flint, of Parramatta, into the disappearance of a bag containing £77 from a box at Courijah railway station,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Friday, May 17 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Gaoled for Theft
"This is not the first time you have acted together," said the Magistrate, sentencing Thomas Andrew Juratowich, 29, labourer, and Albert Stewart, 32,…
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