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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

4,218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 211

Did Not Mind Gaol Prisoner Answers Judge SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

Convicted at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having attacked another man with a pair of scissors, Edward Johansen, 31, a Dane, was sentenced by…

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Italian Charged Alleged False Statement Electoral Qualifications Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 4

Joseph Mamone, an Italian, who was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with having made a false statement in a claim for enrolment, told the Court that…

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Native Shot Mission Officer Charged Tragedy at Kimberley Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 4

Charged with the manslaughter of a native named Jimmy, or "Pretty Fellow," at the Forrest River Mission at Kimberley on February 24, Henry Andrew Smith…

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Life Transportation Bengali Rebels Sentenced Trial Lasted 18 Months Calcutta, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 9

Twelve Bengalis accused of participation in the attack on the Chittagon Auxiliary Force and armoury during the rebel outbreak in April, 1930, were…

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Said He Was Kidnapped Graziers' Strange Story Two Men Charged Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

The strange case of the alleged kidnapping of the wealthy Scone grazier, Edward Montgomery Perrott,…

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His Partner "Cleared Out" Bankruptcy Court Story

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 8

"My partner cleared out some years ago and left mo to carry the baby." This, said Michael Joseph Duffey, of Donald-street, Hamilton,…

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High School Cricket Boys Too Good for Police Team

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 10

The Newcastle High School first eleven defeated the Newcastle Police at cricket yesterday at the Newcastle Sports-ground…

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Assault of Members in Parliament House Causes Protest Newcastle Will Be Rotary Centre Australian Congress Delegates From Many Parts the Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

Rotarians from all over the Commonwealth will be in Newcastle for the second annual conference of the 76th…

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Killed a Man To Save His Sister's Honor Dramatic Scene in Police Court Said He Was Called a Murderer Wife's Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

"She calls me a murderer, because I killed a man at Redfern for the sake of my lister. The man…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 8

The single meeting of creditors and the public examination of Michael J. Duffey, 66 Donald-street, Hamilton, was concluded before the Deputy Registrar in…

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Dartmoor Rioters Before Court Police Precautions Against Escape Big Crowd Present London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 8

For two hours scores of people waited in the lane outside the Tavistock (Devonshire) Guildhall for the trial of two convicts chained with…

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Grazier's Story Alleged Kidnapping Two Men Charged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 10

Evidence regarding the alleged kidnapping of Edward Montgomery Perrott, 65, a grazier, was given at the Central Police Court to-day, when Henry Edward…

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Crown Witness Police Allege Bribery Victorian Prosecution Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 9

Suggestions were made in the Third City Police Court to-day by the police that a crown witness had been approached and offered money to alter his evidence in a…

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Full Court Censure of Solicitor "Professional Misconduct" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 9

During the hearing of a ease before the Full Court to-day in connection with certain documents belonging to Henry Alford, the Chief Justice (Sir Philip Street)…

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"Return to Work" Court's Advice to Strikers PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

When Mr. A. J. Watts, as advocate for the goldfields tool sharpeners, who are now on strike, asked the Arbitration Court to-day to intervene by calling a…

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Wallsend Court Thursday, March 3 (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

William Gray, 35, was fined 10/, in default 24 hours' imprisonment for having been found drunk in Cowper-street, Wallsend on February 26…

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Selling Shares in Ticket Naylor Loses Lottery Appeal Case Full Court Decision Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 7

The decision of Mr. Justice K.W. Street in the Rufe Naylor case, was set aside by the Full Court…

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"Not Biassed" Magistrate Hears Case Three Men Charged Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 7

On charges arising from a clash between police and Communists near the Eight-hour Monument on February 25, three young men appeared in the City…

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Assault Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 12

On a charge of having assaulted his wife, Philomena May George, Reay-street, Hamilton, on February 23, William James George, Flood-street, Leichhardt, Sydney,…

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City Car Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 6

Mr. T. A. V. Chapman, of Fern Bay, reported to Newcastle police last night that his ear had been stolen. He parked it in Bolton-street at 8 p.m., and, when…

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