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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

4,052 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 203

Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 7

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. A charge of vagrancy against William Ashton Callaghan, 23, was withdrawn on…

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Licensee Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 9

Victor Albon Clive Parsons (37), licensee, who was charged with having sold a bottle of wine while being the holder of a wine and spirit…

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Summons Division Theft of Gas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 8

A fine of £3, with costs 8/, and professional costs £2/2/, was imposed on James Alexander Kerr McFayden, Young-street, Carrington, when he was proceeded…

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Dramatic Appeal for Woman Charged with Murder of Child N.Z. Case Causes Stir Anckland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

Counsel for the defence at the trial of Nurse Kerr, on a charge of attempting to poison her foster child, Betty, aged 8, called no evidence, but…

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To Stand Trial for Murder Assassin Before the Court Mayor's Death Miami

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 8

Gulseppe Zangera was indicted by the bade County grand jury to-day for the murder in the first degree of Anton Cermak, Mayor…

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SIR S. Walder, Sued Magistrate Dismisses Case SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 5

Stating that he was not satisfied that a relationship of employer and employee existed, the Chief Industrial Magistrate to-day dismissed a case, in which Eric…

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Police Court Monday, March 6. (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Found Not Guilty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 8

Robert Fitzgerald, 51, gardener, after giving evidence in rebuttal of a charge of having begged alms in Scott-street, on March 3, was found "Not guilty," and…

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Maitland District West Maitland Electricity Act "Need for an Amendment" Magistrate Dismisses Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 7

Reference to the need for an amendment of the Gas and Electricity Act was made at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, when, before Mr. M. C. Nott,…

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Arrested on Railway Police Vigilance Rewarded Three Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

The vigilance of railway detectives and police at Telarah was rewarded early this morning, when they saw a number of men…

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Melon Patch Raided Five Youths Before the Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

Five youths who raided a watermelon patch at Millfield on the night of February 27 were each fined 10sm and ordered to pay…

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To Prevent Accidents Children on Way to School Police Concerned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 1

The safety of school children at busy intersections in the city, Particularly at the Bank Corner, is causing the police a good deal…

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Set Fire to House Man's Outburst in Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 5

Exhibiting signs of nervousness, Steven Georgevitch, 46, a Czechoslovakian, put forward a remarkable plea when he appeared at the Parramatta Sessions to-day…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 9

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. TRESPASSING…

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Police Court Tuesday, March 7. (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Salesman Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 10

Alexander William Davidson, 39, salesman, on bail, was charged with indecency in Bolton-street on March 1. He was discharged…

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Zangara Charged Murder of Chicago Mayor MIAMI (Florida), March 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 7

Guiseppe Zangara was indicted by the Dade County Grand Jury to-day for first degree murder following the death of the Mayor of Chicago (Mr. Anton J…

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Gaol for Firing House Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 5

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day, Steven Georgeovitch, a Yugoslav was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having maliciously…

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Police Raids In Suburbs Sequels in Court Many Hotels Visited Long List of Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 6

There was a sequel to a series of police raids on Newcastle hotels last month, in the Newcastle…

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"Tissue of Lies" Street Bettor Fined Magistrate's Strictures Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 8

Imposing a fine of £35 on Solomon Marks, 37, at Glebe Police Court to-day, on a charge of street betting. Mr. MacDougall, S.M., said that defendant's…

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Tobacco Robbery Three Men Charged Case at Wollongong Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 8

At the Quarter sessions, before Judge Sheridan, Thomas Laws, Albert Clark, and George Hatch were each charged with breaking and entering the premises of the…

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Licensing Court Hotel Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 10

The application was granted when Colin Chapman Bentley, Maitland-street, Stockton, applied for a transfer of the licence of the Prince of Wales Hotel. Merewether,…

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