To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.)
Twenty-five men were each fined £1 in default two days' imprisonment when they pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found in a…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Six Months For Stealing
"I don't know why you have not been declared an habitual criminal. I'll do so if you ever appear before me again," said Mr. Soane, S.M., when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Theft Of Goods
William Benson, 26, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen goods valued at 14s, the property of Woolworths Ltd., on May 27…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Monday, May 26. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded
Arthur Leslie McCallum, 25, ironworker, was remanded to June 5 on a charge that at Newcastle on May 24 he used indecent language in a public place (the…
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A complaint alleging the non-fulfilment of labour conditions under a private lands lease, covering an area of 80 acres near Cessnock, will be dealt with…
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A bag of chaff from premises in Mayfield. a suit case from a Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, home, bicycles from the Technical College and Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Hanged in Police Cell Sydney
Sidney John Patrick, 27, of College-street, Balmain, was found hanging in a cell at the Darlinghurst police station to-night. He was rushed to St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland and District District Court Plaints
The next sitting of the District Court will be held at East Maitland Courthouse on June 18. The Registrar of the Court (Mr. A. D. Tyler) stated yesterday that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lured Man to Death Crown Claim in Murder Charge SYDNEY
Robert Edward Hepburu, 52, had lured Arthur Charles Lampshire to Jannali on March 2 and then murdered him, claimed the Crown at the Central Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain Cracks Down on Fifth Column Gaol Now for Speaking the Wrong Words London
Great Britain is taxing no chances with Fifth columns or parachute' troops, and the measures to cope with them grow more active and intense. London dally assumes a more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heddon Inquest Begun Aged Woman Battered to Death Young Man on Murder Charge
Mostly preliminary evidence was heard by the Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns), who opened an inquest at Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday into the death of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Courts Newcastle Police (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Laborer Sentenced
Arthur Allan Taylor, 31, laborer, was sentenced to imprisonment for one month when he pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a number…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Tuesday, May 28 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Soldier Discharged
William Benson, 26, a soldier in uniform, pleaded "Guilty" to having, at Newcastle, on May 27, stolen six pairs of socks, one shaving brush, one tube of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spent Five Months in Gaol Aboriginal Then Acquitted DARWIN
After more than five months in gaol awaiting trial, an 18-year-old aboriginal was found not guilty in the Darwin Supreme Court to-day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Months' Gaol for Illegal Use of Car Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Robert Henry Pratt, 20, labourer, and Leslie Dugdale, 20, labourer, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thefts Reported to Newcastle Police
A bag of oats was reported stolen to Newcastle Police overnight from the Greater Newcastle Council's depot at Chatham-road. Hamilton. Cecil George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French General Court Martialled London
General Bodet, of tho French Army Medical Corps, was sentenced to-day by court martial to six months' imprisonment for abandoning his post…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day in the Courts Newcastle Police Court Embezzlement Charge
Samuel James Walters (19), laborer, of Nott-street, Merewether, was further remanded to June 28 on a charge of having embezzled £234 18s 6d w[?]le…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →District Police Courts Wednesday, May 29 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) One Month's Gaol
Arthur Allan Taylor, 31, a labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for one month for having stolen, at Newcastle on May 26, sugar bags, valued at £2/5/,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sentenced to Death Shooting of Woman Sydney
William Grifiths, 38, hotelkeeper was to-day found guilty at the Central Criminal Court and sentenced to death…
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