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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

4,052 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 203

Fines Total £10 Assault on Constable SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 10

Fines totalling £10 were imposed upon Augustus O'Halloran, 20, when he was convicted at the Central Police Court to-day on charges of having assaulted…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 14

A verdict for £5/10/, with 10/ expenses was given in favour of Johnson and O'Neill in an action against F. Mayo. Harold Lyon O'Neill said that on…

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Tobacco Company Field Managers Charged Alleged Conspiracy Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 10

An amazing story of an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors in a tobacco plantation scheme at Texas and Archerfield (Queensland) was told in the City Court…

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Hams Were Stolen Laborer Sent to Gaol "Told Boys to Steal"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

"This is a serious matter. It is not only the receiving. There is evidence that you sent two boys to this…

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Protect Punters Convicted S.P. Men to Settle Bets Magistrate's Action Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

Stating that he wished to protect the punters, Mr. May, S.M., in convicting three men at the Kogarah Police Court to-day for starting-price betting, said that…

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"I Must Have Been Mad" Craig's Alleged Confession May Miller Inquest Police Story of Interview Women in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

"I must have been mad. I killed her." That statement was alleged to have been made by Eric Roland…

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London Murder Statement by Furnace "Revolver Went Off" London, January 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

A statement by Samuel Furnace after his arrest for the Chalk Farm murder was read at the inquest on Furnace to-day. In the statement, Furnace said:…

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Police Raid Alleged Illicit Rum Seized Customs Prosecution Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 10

When the hearing of charges against John Brown, Keith Brown, William Brown, and Ernest Thompson, relating to alleged offences against the Excise Act,…

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Bankruptcy Court (Before Mr. C. W. Naylor, Deputy District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 14

The public examination into the affairs of Clarence and Herbert Mullard, carrying on business as C. and H. Mullard, timber merchants, of Morisset, was concluded…

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N.S.W. Crime for 1932 Increase in Murder and Assault Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

Although there was a net decrease in the number of crimes under all headings in the year 1932, there were heavy increases…

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Police Court Friday, January 20. (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 10

Hugh John Stewart, alias Delray, 27, commercial traveller, was remanded until January 27, on a charge of having fraudulently evaded payment of a taxi…

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Rings Worth £1318 Remand on Theft Charge SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 8

The daring robbery of a quantity of jewels from a shop in George-street, City, late yesterday afternoon, had a sequel this morning, when Herbert Jenner, 19,…

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Burned Body Murder Last Scene Played London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

A verdict of murder was returned against Samuel James Furnace lit the inquest on Spatchett. The dead man was found in London with bullet…

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Shop Assistants' Dispute Court Fight?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

The president of the Shop Assistants" Union (Mr. Dugan), was advised to-day by the vice-president (Mr. Tacon) that the matter of the…

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Cruel Assault on Old Man Pushed Naked Into a Back Yard Two Arrests Made Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 2

Sitting in a wooden box in a backyard of a house in Campbell-street, St. Peter's, with his head and body smeared with axle…

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Editor's Penance To Sweep Police Station Steps TEHERAN, January 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

The editor of the newspaper "Kooshesh" has been arrested because he telegraphed to the Shah of Persia thanking him for dismissing Abdul Hussein…

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Dramatic Police Move In Bessie O'Connor Case National Park Crime For the Crown Accused Man Craig Held on Murder Charge Sequel to a Line-up This Morning Remanded Until January 30 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

With dramatic suddenness, detectives brought Eric Roland Craig to the dock in No. 1 Central Police Court to-day, where he was charged that on or about December 14, 1932, at National Park, he did…

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"Bound and Gagged" Girl's Story to Police Made It Up Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

That she had been bound, gapped and assaulted by a man, and had afterwards crawled to a sandstone rock and cut her bonds,…

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Robbed the Hand That Fed Him Police Seeking Mean House Thief Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

Bondi police are looking for one of the lowest type of petty thieves, a man who robbed a family that befriended him and who, it is believed,…

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Grocery Shop Wrecked by Gelignite Cullen Bullen Outrage Police Make Arrest Portland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

The whole of the front portion of a grocor's shop in Mudgee-road, Cullon Bullen, near Portland, was wrecked shortly before 3 a.m…

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