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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

4,091 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 205

Police Court Wednesday, February 11. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Alleged Vagrancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

At their request, Ilazel May Bramble, 32, and Mary Coppard, 36, were remanded till to-morrow on charges of vagrancy. Bail in each instance was…

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Ormond Murder McMahon Proves Alibi Dramatic Moments Leeton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

Robert James McMahon, who was committed for trial by the Melbourne Coroner on a charge of having murdered Mena Griffiths, aged 12 years, who was found…

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Two Big Claims District Court Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

Newcastle Timber Co., Ltd., Merewether-street, Newcastle, in the District Court, claimed from George H. Wilson, building contractor, £217 6s [?]d, in…

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Seven Injured Police Car in Collision MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

When travelling at 60 miles an hour, a police motor car patrolling the Brighton, district early this morning, crashed into a car in which two jockeys were going…

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Police Intervene Unemployed Demonstrations Demands in United States New York, February 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

Unemployment demonstrations all over the nation to-day brought police interference in several cities, including. Boston and Oakland, but generally the gatherings…

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Parents Scout Suicide Theory Death of Girl Artist Police Inquiry Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

Inquiries into the possibility of foul play are being made by the police, who are investigating the death of Lindsay Joan Hazelton…

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Jumped From Train Dartmoor Prison Escapee Quietly Arrested by Police London, February 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

John Gasken, 31, the second convict who escaped from Dartmoor during a fog last Friday, has been recaptured near Laira Junction, after five days of liberty…

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District Court Wednesday, February 11. (Before Judge Sheridan.) Claim Against Relative

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 2

In the part-heard case in which Marie Dodds, of New Lambton, claimed £100 from her nephew, John William Bockenstein, of Adamstown, alleged to have been…

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Can't Be Set Free Yet McMAHON Must Face Court No Announcement Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Notwithstanding the result of police inquiries into the alibi set up by Robert McMabon, who stands committed for trial…

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Bank Clerk Charged Alleged Theft of Money SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 14

At the Central Police Court today, Francis Gregory O'Sullivan, 25, a clerk in the Government Savings Bank, was committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Alleged Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 22

James Costello, 19, labourer, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having stolen a quantity of metal, valued at £2, the property of the Public Works…

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Preparations for Newcastle Surf Carnival To-morrow Are Complete Sergeant Denies He Forced Youth to Confess Magistrate Believed Police One Month's Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

"Sergeant Thompson was going to punch me across the face because I would not make a statement."…

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Savage Assault on Young Girl Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

Phyllis Rutherford, 15, of Buckingham - street, Richmond, was the victim of a savage attack in…

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Police Court Thursday, February 12. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 22

On a charge of drunkenness. Hugh Hawkins, 50, labourer, was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment…

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Again Bound Over Stallard Before Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 22

Joseph Graham Stallard, who, in 1929, was bound over for two years by Judge White on a charge of having failed to account for money collected on behalf of…

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Visit to Leeton McMahon's Alibi Tested Mena Griffiths Murder Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 14

After a visit to Lecton of police officers and the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Book) to tests the alibi, of Robert James McMahon, 36, labourer, awaiting trial on a charge of…

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Verdict for £13 Agent's Claim District Court Action

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

Claiming commission alleged to be due on the sales of motor cars at various dates, Thomas Harold Shepherd sued H. R. Kempley and…

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District Court Thursday, February 12. (Before Judge Sheridan.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 22

In a rainstorm on the night of March 14, a collision occurred between a 'bus ard a utility truck at the intersection of Tudor-street and Gordon-avenue,…

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Police Use Batons 300 Unemployed Scattered Attempts at Intimidation Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 13

When 300 unemployed attempted to intimidate 25 men on relief work in South Parklands, today, they were routed by a small party of police. When they…

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Maitland and District News West Maitland Cottage Damaged Outbreak Reported to Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 15

An outbreak of fire was discovered at 2.45 a.m. yesterday in an unoccupied five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Trevor-street, Telarah, owned by Mr. David…

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