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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

4,218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 211

Trouble Averted Wickham Encounter Police and Pickets Crowd Massed Near House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 6

Surrounded by a menacing crowd of angry men, armed with pickets and road metal, a squad of police demanded entry into a house in Henry-street,…

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Fixing Wages Present System Criticised Arbitration Court Case Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 5

Attacking the present method by which workers' wages are varied each quarter by the Arbitration Court, Mr. H. C. Gibson, who is appearing for the unions at the…

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Police Guard Lang's Farm Home at Auburn Being Watched in Ambush Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 1

Not only have police been guarding Mr. Lang's farm at Ebenezer, near Windsor, during his…

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Remarkable Letter Read in Divorce Court Husband Went to Siberia Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 5

A remarkable document, in the form of a letter from a man in Siberia to his wife in Sydney, was produced in the Divorce Court to-day, when Alma Nortata…

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"Tin Hare" Charges Sent to Law Authorities Premier Is Questioned Has Asked Police to Inquire Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 5

The Premier announced in the Legislative Assembly to-day that a statement made yesterday by the Deputy-Leader of the…

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Grave Police View of Baby's Fate Engineering Experts in Newcastle Incinerator Search Fortnight Without Definite News Five Arrests New York

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 6

A fortnight has passed since Colonel Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped. Eastern police stations The Engineering Experts Committee met at the Newcastle offices of the Public Works Department today to discuss many matters…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 9

Thomas Evans, 19, of Cessnock, on remand, was before Mr. F. Sutherland, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday afternoon, charged with having…

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Summons Division Assault Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 4

An adjournment to April 20 was granted in the case in which Ella Verbena Frost of Scott-street. Newcastle, proceeded against John George Hawkins, of…

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Two Years' Gaol Sydney Shooting Affray SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 9

Sentence of two years' imprisonment wan passed by Mr. Justice James in the Central Criminal Court to-day on William O'Loughlin, 24, labourer, on a charge of…

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Police Court Wednesday, March 16. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Resisted Arrest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 4

Arrested for having used indecent language in Bond-street on Tuesday afternoon, James Riley, 40, a seaman, punched Constable H. J. Robinson several times…

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Police Guard On Million

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 1

The Policemen on guard outside the Treasury move all lotterers along. Over £1,000,000 withdrawn by Mr. Long from the banks on Saturday is in the vaults…

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Two Men Committed For Trial For Murder at Paddington Sensation at Inquest Suspected Man Turns "King's Evidence" Barrie Murder Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

The inquest on Alexander Barrie, aged 85, who was brutally murdered at his home in…

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Convicts Laugh and Jest in Dartmoor Trial Police Took No Risks Guarded Lorries and Road Patrolled Court Boarded London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 9

Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard and prevent the escape of 32 Dartmoor convicts,…

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Police Action Announcement in Assembly SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

The police are to investigate the charges that bribery or corruption was attempted, or actually occurred in connection with the granting of mechanical coursing…

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East Greta Reopening Differing Views Expressed Wardens Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

Conflicting views as to the safety and practicability of working the old East Greta colliery, which was abandoned in…

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Fears of Floods Warning Issued Through Police All Coastal Areas

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

Newcastle and Hunter Valley police stations were instructed this afternoon to issue flood warnings…

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Mr. Stevens Called on by Police Assembly Charges 'Premier's Action Clumsy' SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

The Chief of the Criminal Investigation Branch (Supt. W. McKay) to-night visited the Deputy Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. B. S. Stevens), under…

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Kidnapping of Baby Work of Three Criminals Police Reconstruct Crime New York, March 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

The possibility at a woman aided in the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby is eliminated by the police. In the reconstruction of the crane on Tuesday night,…

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Woman Murdered Police Search for Man Gashed with Razor Tragedy at Erskineville SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

Murder was committed in a house in Union-street, Erskineville, to-day, the victim being Catherine Simms, or Ball, a married woman. A man was seen by a…

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Leave Refused Rufe Naylor's Appeal Lottery Shares Full High Court's Decision MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

The High Court to-day refused special leave to Rule Naylor, of Pitt-street, Sydney, to appeal against the decision of the State Full Court of New South Wales,…

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