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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

4,091 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 205

Upper House Must be Referendum Abolition Bill High Court's Judgment MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 5

By a majority of three to two, the High Court to-day dismissed the appeal by the Government of New South Wales against the decision of the State Full Court that…

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Dramatic Air Dash to Save Dying Ministry Amazing Situation Develops Majority Missing Six Victorian Supporters Stayed in Melbourne Latham's Motion Government Likely to Be Defeated If 'Plane Fails to Arrive in Time Canberra, Tuesday. Rarely before in the history of Federation has the political situation been so charged with tension as is the case this afternoon. The Nationalist Party decided this morning that

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 1

move the adjournment of the House this afternoon as a test of strength of the Government. As five of the Victorian Labor members failed to arrive by train and others were absent from Canberra,…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 9

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., was on the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Simon Nicey, a miner, was charged…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

At Taree Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Mocatta, Jasper Quinlivan was found not guilty by the direction of the Judge on a charge of having at…

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Labourer Charged Ipswich Jewel Robbery BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 3

Clifford Jackson, 27, a labourer, appeared at the Police Court this morning charged with having stolen jewellery valued at £1111/11/, the property of…

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Plagiarist Murder "Blazing Car" Again £7000 Insurance Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 6

"A blazing car" trial, almost on all fours with the Rose affair in England, has been opened at Regensburg (Bavaria)…

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Nazis Arrested Hamburg 'Bus Murder Communists Retaliate Berlin, March 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

A native of Hamburg named Jansen, who was expelled from the police force last year owing to his Nationalist activities, and a clerk named Bammel, have…

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Small Debts Court Claim for Rent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 2

S. A. Bruniges, Thorn-street, Toronto, sued Mrs. Simmons, Smith-street, Mayfield East, for recovery of £2/9/6, representing rent for cottage, and cleaning…

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Court Appointments Mr. Lyons's Opposition CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

Before leaving for Tasmania to-night, Mr. Lyons, who was denied an opportunity of speaking on the adjournment motion stated: "Mr. Curtin interjected during…

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£10,000 Damages Claimed From a Doctor Neglect of Patient Charged Woman's Evidence Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

So filthy was Charles E[?]dy when his wife took him from a private hospital in Tomora that it took a special nurse two weeks…

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Missing Man Charred Human Remains Police Make an Arrest Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 8

When investigating the mysterious disappearance of Louis Carron, 27, a French-Canadian, Detective Sergeant Manning discovered charred human remains in the…

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Dead Man's Error Sinking of Dredge Nereus Seaworthy, Says Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

Giving judgment regarding the sinking of the dredge Nereus off the Tasmanian coast, the Marine Court to-day found that the dredge was in a seaworthy condition…

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Torn Fabric Loss of Airship R101 Court Exonerates Officers LONDON, March 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

"The airship R101 met with disaster owing to the fabric being torn in a storm," states the "Daily, Herald," revealing exclusively the conclusions of the…

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Big Fall in Banking Turnover Application for Wages Cut Arbitration Court Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 1

A TREMENDOUS fall in banking turnover in the past year was indicated in the Full Arbitration Court to-day by Mr. Menzies, K.C…

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Girl Chastised by Her Father & Brother Strange Allegations in Court Both Men Were Fined Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 1

An unusual case was heard in the Hornsby Court when father and son were fined for chastising the…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 9

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. On a charge of drunkenness, William Davies, of Abermain, was fined £1, or…

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Lodge Official Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2

Fifteen charges of having fraudulently omitted to account for money he had received while secretary and treasurer of the Glebe Miners' Lodge, were preferred…

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Police Hoaxed at Manly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 6

A middle-aged man, since pronounced by doctors to be insane, was responsible for a report that two men had been drowned off Manly on Tuesday afternoon. The…

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Police Court Wednesday, March 18. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Used Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2

For having used indecent language in Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, on Tuesday. Walter Lancefield Webb, 40, a labourer, was fined £2, or 14 days'…

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Convicts Set Fire to Their Gaol Militia to the Rescue Illinois

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 6

After a mob of 1600 convicts had set fire to the Interior of the new Statesville Prison to-day they ran riot for upwards of an hour…

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