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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

4,052 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 203

Bankruptcy Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 9

Unemployment was the main factor a the bankruptcy of James Marshall, furnaceman, of Sydney-road, Broadmeadow, and Thomas Lever, of…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 5 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 11

Roy Patrick Ashford, 27, carter, and Arthur Hannon, 29, machinist, were remanded until April 24 on charges that they offered and uttered a counterfeit…

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Woman Cashier 23 Charges of Stealing "Helped Someone in Trouble" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

At Central Police Court to-day, Constance Francis, 26, cashier, was committed for trial on 23 charges of having stolen more than £450 from Ernest Hillier, Ltd.,…

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Death After Brawl Youth on Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

At the Yallourn Court to-day Colin Crane, 20, appeared on a charge of having murdered George Whitmore, 19, who died in the Yallourn Hospital last night. It…

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That Court-house Pound Note

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

THE pound note found by Dr. McDonald on the floor of Newcastle Court House yesterday, has returned to its…

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Obstructed Police Man Remanded for Sentence SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 5

Describing himself as a leader of the unemployed, Stanley Moran, 30, was convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day on a charge of having wilfully…

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Captive Released Pirates Demand Ransom Threat to Murder Officers Shanghai, April 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

Definite threats to shoot the three British captives remaining in the hands of the pirates unless a huge ransom were paid were contained in a letter delivered…

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Bessie O'connor Murder Crown Decides on Retrial of Craig Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 9

Eirc Roland Craig will again be placed on trial on a charge of having murdered Bessie O'Connor at National Park…

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District Court Maitland Sitting Solicitor Withdraws from Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 9

During the hearing of an action in the Maitland District Court yesterday, Mr. W. J. Enright, who was appearing for the plaintiff, took exception to a remark made…

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Stole Kit Bag While He Slept Sydney Man's Report to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

J. Eaton, of the Seamen's Home, Sydney, reported to the police this morning that his kit-bag and contents, valued at £10, had been stolen…

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Nazi Murder Englishman Fatally Shot "Was Doomed Man" Former Confidant of Leader (Australian Press Association.) VIENNA, April 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 7

German armed Nazis crossed the frontier and raided the Austrian Durchholzen hotel, where they shot a newspaper man named Dr. George Bell, an…

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Sir John Simon's Indictment Of The Soviet Packed House Hears Story Support From Labor Benches Confessions Described As "Rubbish" Police Methods Attacked London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

The intensity of the feeling aroused in Great Britain by the arrests in Russia of the British engineers on charges of espionage and sabotage, and their subsequent treatment, was reflected by packed…

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Woman Shot Ballarat Hotel Room Man Charged with Murder Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

Further evidence was heard at the Ballarat Supreme Court to-day in the case in which Patrick Sheedy is charged with having murdered Mrs. Winifred Naomi…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 6

The public examination was concluded into the affairs of James Marshall, Sydney-road. Broadmeadow, and Thomas Lever, Stuart-street, Charlestown…

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Police Court Thursday, April 6 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 6

Arthur Hannon, 29, machinist, and Roy Patrick Ashford, 27, carter, were remanded until April 24, on charges that they offered and uttered, and had in their…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 6

New Lambton Council, represented by the Town Clerk (Mr. L. H. Short) was given a verdict against Joseph Thompson, Junction-road. Milson's Point, North…

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Murder Charge White Man on Trial Quarrel Over Lubra Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

The story of a quarrel between a white man and an aboriginal over a lubra was unfolded at the Darwin Supreme Court today, when Frederick Davies appeared…

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Taxi, Station and Court in Few Minutes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

Frederick James Ives, 60, an engineer, spent a few hectic minutes this morning. Summarised they were: Engaged taxi, refused…

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Reply to Soviet Britain Seeks Power to Ban Imports Sir John Simon's Appeal Execution at Gaol Where Vickers' Men Are Held

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 9

High tension prevailed in the House of Commons on Wednesday when the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) moved the second reading of the bill giving the Government power to prohibit importations of Soviet goods…

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"Attempted to Take Charge of Train" "Bagmen" at Taree Party of Twenty Defies Officials "Menace," Say Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

The police are determined to take drastic action to combat the growing menace of train "jumping."…

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