He Beat the Police Surgeon LONDON, June 2
THE MARQUIS of Dufferin and Ava, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, was charged at Greenwich with having…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Police Seize Plant of N.Z. Paper Wellington (N.z.)
Police seized the plant of "The People's Voice" at Auckland yesterday and dismantled it, as well as removing all printing material to the police…
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David Michael Jones of Cessnock, was proceeded against by Henry Bell at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday for having used indecent language at a dance…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theft of £25 Reported
David James Breeze, of Second-street, Boolaroo, reported to Newcastle police yesterday that £25 in notes had been stolen from a trunk in his room…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Monday, June 3 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour
Albert Edward Morley, 34, a labourer, was fined 10/ for having behaved offensively in the bar of the pacific Hotel, Newcastle, on June 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder Charge in Brisbane Brisbane
Allegations that a man struck a woman on the head with a boot last, then choked her to death, cut his own throat with a razor, and lay beside the dead woman's…
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Without calling on the defence, a jury at the Central Criminal Court today acquitted Esau Henry Curran, 69, an oldage pensioner, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police Court Stole From Railway
Pleading guilty, to having stolen groceries valued at £10, the property of the Commissioner for Railways, at Newcastle, on June 3, Alfred Clarke…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sent to Gaol for Six Months Disclosed Official Information CANBERRA
For attempting to impart information to the Communist Party, a Government Printing Office employee, George James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Booth Licences
Alton Thomas Cusick, licensee of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted three booth licences for each of the Newcastle race meetings on June 6…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Consent Verdict
Joseph Abrahams, trading as Director Distributors, claimed £5 from Leo Victor Samuels, of Carroll Street, Kogarah, as balance due to a canteen of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theft of Petrol From Shire Council Depot
The theft of 14 gallons of petrol from a Lake Macquarie Shire Council depot was reported to Newcastle police yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) No Evidence Offered
William Russell, 18, a newsooy, appeared on two charges—having stolen £3 10s in money, and a bicycle valued at £3, the property or Madeline Evelyn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman May Serve Three Days' Gaol Sydney
Fined £1, with 8/ costs, in the Traffic Court to-day for a traffic offence, Adelo Constance Hamilton, of Rawson Place, through her solicitor, said that she…
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As a result of a collision between two motor-cars on Morpeth-road, on March 29. Edith Mary Hawkins, of Wallalong proceeded against Justin Hearne, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Not The Time For Kid Gloves, Said Magistrate SYDNEY
"You can't wear kW gloves in tune of war," said Mr. Sheridan, S.M., to-day, at Central Court, when he sent four aliens, including a woman, to…
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Lambton Progress meeting last night decided to ask the District Progress Council to cooperate in seeking more police protection…
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Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted booth licences for Newcastle races to-morrow, June 17 and June 25…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Maitland—Cessnock—Kurri West Maitland Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.m.) Motor Traffic Breaches
John Vernon Lewis, of Addison-street, Manly, was fined 15/, with 8/ costs, at West Maitland Police Court, yesterday, for having allowed a motor-car to stand…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →3 Years' Gaol for Youth Shot Father Dead In Struggle SYDNEY
Patrick Gavin. [?]. was sentenced to the Central Criminal Court to-day to three years' imprisonment following his conviction yesterday of the…
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