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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 191

Jury Rigging Charged Foreman and Plaintiff £300 Mentioned Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 7

The charge against Harold Henry Beckman, 43, agent, and Daniel John Davies, 44, engineer, of having, between December 1…

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Prisoner's Feat Forged Notes in Gaol Helped by Warder London, April 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 10

The release of a forger from Parkhurst prison to-day after serving a term of seven years' penal servitude revealed an astonishing story of forged Treasury notes…

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No Arrest Yet Mudgee Mail Robbery Police Still Active Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 9

No arrest has yet been made to crown the police investigations into the robbery from the Mudgee mail train on Tuesday night…

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Maitland District West Maitland District Court Alleged Breach of Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 11

The action against the proprietors of the Blackhill Borcholo Colliery was continued before Judge Sheridan at the Maitland District Court yesterday. Harold…

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Police Too Eager Public Outcry in France Innocent Man Imprisoned Paris, April 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 10

An Armenian tailor, named Almazian, who last October was questioned by the police in connection with the finding of the body of Frederic Rigandin in a trunk…

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Woolfe Divorce £10,000 Damages Claim Settled Out of Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 7

The £10,000 claim by Vernon Percival Wallace Woolfe against Clivc Govett (co-respondent in the Woolfe divorce suit) has been settled out of…

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Charlestown Court Thursday, April 10, 1930. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) No Duty Stamp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 5

James Sneddon, of Charlestown, was proceeded against by the commissioner of Stamp Duties, for failure to put a duty tamp on a receipt for £5/13/9, which he…

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Vitriolic Attack Former High Court Chief Justice Labour Member's Grave Charge Uproar During Constitution Bills Debate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 9

Constant uproar prevailed in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon when, during the debate on the Constitution Alteration Bills, Mr. J. C. Eldridge, Labour member for Martin, made a vitriolic attack on a former…

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East Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 11

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, John Casey was charged with the detention of a gun, the property of Thomas…

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Police Court Friday, April 11. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Posed As Shareholder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 13

Repented impositions on the Newcastle and Suburban Cooperative Society by a man who pretended to be a shareholder, were described in evidence relating to…

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Escaped Convict Police Still Searching ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 10

Police are still searching for John Horace Hayes, 45, an habitual criminal, who escaped from a gang of working prisoners Yatala Labour Prison on…

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Murder Charge Woman Sent for Trial Man Stabbed in Stomach Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 10

The death of a young man at Brisbane Hospital recently, following an affray at a house at Breakfast Creek on March 21, had its sequel to-day in the…

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Rowdy Scenes Duchess and Chef in Court "She Was Raving" London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 1

The Duchess of Leluster, who was found In a gas-filled room in a Brixton flat, where she had been living with a chef named Stanley. Williams, has…

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Princes and India Are Treaties Broken ? Ban on Employees "Ranji" and Police Revolver London. February 27

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 3

The ever-growing interest in England in the future of India and especially in the conference which is to assemble in London towards, it is expected, the end of this year, to discuss the forthcoming recommendations…

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More Arrests Violation of Salt Laws Clashes with Police Campaign Grows in Bombay (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, April 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 9

The Bombay campaign for the violation of the salt laws received a set-back lust night, when 300 police raided the Congress party's offices in the city, arrested…

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Train Bandits Master Mind Behind Hold-up Police Puzzled One of the Biggest Coups in N.S.W. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 6

Convinced that an organisation with a clever schemer at its head was responsible for the robbery in the guard's van of the Mudgee Mail on Tuesday night, detectives realise that they must not underrate the ability of the gang…

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Brutal Attack on Girl in Busy Melbourne Street Girl Waylaid Eye Witness Informs Police in Melbourne Street Two Men Held on Serious Charge MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 3

Seized by two men and carried off in full view of passers-by, at the corner of Gratten and Swanston-streets, Carlton, on the outskirts of the city proper last night, a young woman, it is alleged, was taken to the old general cemetery, and was there…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 6

Formal adjournments represented the only business dealt with at Newcastle Court on Saturday morning. Robert Burns, 35, labourer, who was charged with…

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Three Men Charged Sequel to Accident Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 7

Three men have been arrested and charged with using a car without the owner's consent, and one of the trio with dangerous driving, as the result of an…

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"I Am Very Sorry" Emily Parker's Murder Arrested Man's Plea London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 6

Albert Edward Marjerum, who was arrested after the murder of Emily Parker on Dartford Heath, has been charged with murder at the Dartford…

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