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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

4,052 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 203

Theft From Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 3

Details of the theft of tools from a car at Warner's Bay, and a chase through the bush on the night of April 15, were related in the case in which Frederick…

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Kurri Police Court Adulterated Milk Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 9

Four charges against three persons of having sold adulterated milk were dealt with by Mr. J. B. Scobie, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday…

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Many Remands Comment by Magistrate SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

Charges of conspiring to cheat and defraud Perty Cardoll of large quantities of goods were preferred against Charles Lane, 32, traveller, and Alfred James…

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Theft of £1900 Charge Against Salesman PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

Bernard Reisberg, a Polish Jew, salesman, who is alleged to have arrived from Melbourne, was charged that between November last and March 4, being a…

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Sales of Second-hand Goods Breaches of Act Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 9

Two charges of having failed to enter Items of second-hand goods correctly in the entry book were preferred against' Frank Coles,…

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Injured Man on Roadside Police Inquiries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 1

Inquiries by tho police into the finding of an Injured man on tho roadside who was believed to have been the victim of a car accident on…

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Jury for Craig Counsel Peruses Panel Murder Charge Retrial Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

The retrial of Eric Roland Craig on a charge of having murdered Elizabeth O'Connor, in National Park, on December 16, opened in a most unusual manner at…

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Alleged Tote Forgery Three Before Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 10

Evidence of the alleged admission of the forgery of a tote ticket at Randwick was given in the Central Police Court to-day by…

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War Pension Appeal to High Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

On the ground that the War Pension Appeal Tribunal's dismissal of his appeal for a war pension had not been properly determined an application was made to…

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Learned He Cant' Hit Trams Lorry Driver in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 1

Cecil Stacker learned to-day that the driver of a vehicle which hits a train can't drive on without becoming liable to a fine…

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Annual Police Report Attack on Communism "Activity at Evictions" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

In its annual report, the New South Wales Police Association makes a strong attack on Communism. The report states that during the year there was…

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Next Police Chief Not Military Officer Premier Gives Assurance Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 7

"The statement published in the New Guard organ, 'Liberty,' that the Government proposes to appoint a military officer as head of the police force in New…

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Had Two Brandies Woke Up in Police Station Drunken Driving Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 1

A remarkable story was told by Archibald Fraser (46), master butcher, who was charged in the Newcastle…

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Engineers' Office Melbourne or Newcastle? Case for Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 6

A dispute between members of the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers over the transfer of the head office from Melbourne to Newcastle, and…

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Communists and Evictions Strong Attack in Police Report Association Meeting Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 8

The question of alleged Communist activity in connection with eviction cases is given a prominent place in the annual report of…

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Police Courts Wednesday, April 26 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) at Newcastle Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 3

John Davis, 27, labourer, and James Waters, 28, labourer, were remanded to May 5, on charges of having broken and entered the Roman Catholic Presbytery,…

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Possession of Brooch Laborer Sentenced to Month's Gaol Pleaded Not Guilty

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 12

A charge of stealing jewellery valued at £30 was preferred against Stanley Paul Morrow (19), laborer, in the…

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'False Prospectus' Solicitor and Chemist Charged Not Police Prosecution Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 8

On a charge of having attempted to induce persons to become shareholders in a company called Evaporative Processes, Ltd., by issuing a false prospectus,…

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Theft From School at Merewether Newcastle Robberies

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 11

Newcastle police are investigating the theft of a broom, a kettle, two table cloths, and a woman's coat from Merewether Public School,…

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Police Court Thursday, April 27 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Intoxicated Driver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 4

Pleading "Guilty" to having driven a motor-car whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in Platt-street, Waratah, on April 24. Archibald Albert Fraser,…

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