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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

4,218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 211

Fought Over Girl, Said Police Two 'Bus Conductors Fined 10s

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

Cecil Roy Huddlestone, 19, a laborer, and John Gibson, 22, 'bus conductor, according to police evidence, had fought and argued over a…

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Intruders Surprised Two Arrests in Shop Covered by Police Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

Constables F. Welbourn and A. B. Cavanagh, of Lismore, made a sensational arrest early on Saturday night in one of Lismore's principal shopping centres. Two…

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New Training for Police Beat System Has Been Changed Handling Explosives Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 6

Two important changes have been introduced in the Police Department—training in the science of explosives and a new system of…

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New Guard Leader Supreme Court Appeal Claims on 21 Grounds Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

There are 21 grounds in the appeal which will be lodged in the Supreme Court to-morrow on behalf of the leader of the New Guard (Mr. E. Campbell)…

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Magistrate's Reproof Police Use Some Red Tape

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

A four-year-old charge was resurrected at Cessnock Police Court to-day. Charles Peters was charged with having during 1928…

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Assault Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 9

Under section 566 of the Act the information was dismissed, and an order made for the payment of £2/15/ compensation, in default, five days' imprisonment,…

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Stealing Charge Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

The adjourned case from Morpeth against Albert Dennis Dawson, of Morpeth, who was charged with having stolen a mowing machine grinder, the property…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court Motor Traffic Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Stephen John Lucas, of Allandale-street,…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

At the Newcastle Licensing Court to-day a transfer of the license of the Town Hall Hotel. Waratah. was granted from Edwin Thomas Byrnes to…

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Police Court Monday, February 22. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Fought in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 9

Described by Constable Woodlands as the aggressor in a fight in the bar of Amos's Hotel, Mayfield, about 6 p.m. on Saturday, Robert Stevens, 23, labourer,…

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Cowra Shooting Attempted Murder Charge COWRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

George Bedot, 23, was arrested to-day on a charge of having shot at Charles Fountain with intent to murder him. The arrested man is related to Fountain,…

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Valueless Cheques Man Sentenced at Armidale "Menace to Community" Armidale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

William Fitzsimmons, a stranger to Armidale, pleaded guilty at the Armidale Police Court to-day to five charges of false pretences by means of valueless cheques…

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Industrial Court Employed a Juvenile

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 9

George Barnes, dairyman, Crescent-street, Mayfield, was fined 10/, with 8/ costs, 5/ witness's expenses, for having employed a child under the age of 14…

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Waterside Award Argument in Federal Court MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 6

Summing up the arguments for a new waterside workers' award in the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. A. E. Turley, General Secretary of the Waterside Workers'…

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Followed by Police Moonlight Party Puzzled New Guard Rumor Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

A mixed party of 30, who started off from Bellevue Hill for a moonlight picnic at Castle Hill last night, found themselves…

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Want Cut Restored Members of A.e.u. Issue Protest Court Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

Resolutions, protesting against the continuance of the 10 per cent, cut in wages, were adopted at a meeting…

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Stood on Bed Escape From Lock-up Young Man Before Court Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

Clarence Williams, 25, who escaped from Scarborough lock-up on February 8, was sentenced at Wollongong Police Court to-day to three months' imprisonment. On…

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Business Treacheries Alleged Soviet Leader Before the Court He Worked for British' Riga

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 6

Accused of having worked in the interests of the British masters than for the Soviet, Karrevich, a…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 9

Mr. F. D. Sutherland, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. Anthony William Toma, 18, known as…

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Oyster Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 8

"This oyster stealing is very prevalent," said Constable Ford, of the water-police, at Newcastle Police Court to-day. "It's very hard to catch…

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