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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

1,219 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 61

Police Protection Uralla and Kingstown Districts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 9

Following personal representations made by the Hon. D. H. Drummond. M.L.A.. Minister for Education, to the Chief Secretary, concerning police…

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DISTURBING! Revolver and Wireless Smuggled Into Gaol Possibility of Bloodshed Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

The discovery of a fully loaded revolver and three wireless sets at the Parramatta Gaol has caused grave…

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Australian Youth Police Commissioner's Views Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 4

At the Police Rotary Boys' Club, formed at Mortdale, the principal speaker was the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, who said the police…

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Police Difficulties Keeping Youths Off Streets SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

At the Police Rotary Boys' Club, formed at Mortdale, the principal speaker, Commissioner Mackay, said the [?] were in a quandary to know…

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Court Judgment Councils' Liability Failure to Serve Notice SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

An important point was made in a reserved judgment given by the Full Court to-day when the Court held that by their failure to serve a notice…

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Youth Dies On Reaching Home Following Alleged Assault SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1

When Harold-Charles Wheeler (19), of Lane Cove, staggered into his home at midnight last flight he told his lather he had been assaulted. He…

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Day-book Missing Search To Be Made District Court Action Adjourned

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 4

When in the District Court on Thursday before His Honor Judge Clancy, Norman Rodolf Larsen, garage proprietor, proceeded against Cecil…

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Royalty on Gravel Basis of District Court Claim Owner Sues Contractor for Payment

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 3

Henry Adolf Grob took action before His Honor, Judge Clancy, in the District Court on Thursday to recover from George Henry…

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Assault Charge

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 4

William Spencer appeared in the local Police Court last week, charged with assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to Peter William Lockrey…

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Australian Jew Sentenced in Palestine Kept Mad Girl in Coop

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 8

Mental specialist, Dr. Abraham Litvak, was sentenced at Tel-aviv, Palestine, to a year's imprisonment for detaining twenty-year-old Jewess…

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Killed Instantly Car and Cycle Collide Man Arrested and Charged BATHURST

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 1

James Alexander McLellan, 37, was killed instantly in a collision between a service car and the bicycle he was riding near Kelso…

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Rain in Court Comment by Presiding Judge Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 4

During a heavy, downpour of rain which found its way into the Banco Court this morning, Mr. Justice Halse Pogers said, "I wish the rain would…

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Mining Warden's Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 5

Two applications for suspension of residence conditions were before the Mining Warden (Mr. F. Scroope), in the Warden's Court yesterday…

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Maddocks Committed Alleged Indecent Assault To-day's Sydney Hearing Evidence of Arrest SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Sydney Aubrey Maddocks, (56) public servant, was charged with having at…

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Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 4

In the local Licensing Court yesterday morning, an auctioner's license was granted to Henry Patrick Kent; booth licenses were granted to Edward…

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Painful Court Scenes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 3

When sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Peter Joseph Smith, 17, broke down and clung to the railing of the dock so…

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Committed For Trial Alleged Assault Incident at Brodie's Plains "I'll Split Your Skull Open!"

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 3

Before Mr. F. Scroope, p.M., in the local Police Court yesterday morning, William Spencer was charged with that he did on March 10, at Brodie's…

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Thieves Lock Up Child Police Arrest Three Persons Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1

Thieves, who stole clothing valued at £100 from, a Bronte home yesterday, locked up a three-year-old child in a room for four hours…

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Gold Mining Suspension of Labor Conditions Application Before Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 8

In the local Warden's Court yesterday morning, an application was made by H. E. Manning, V. P. Wiltshire, W. J. Kinross, and S. G. Kerrigan…

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Theft From Egg Board Alleged

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 4

An Egg Marketing Board salesman, Edward Cohen, 41, was charged at Central Police Court, Sydney, with having stolen £711 11s 6d from the…

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