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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 188

Court of Petty Sessions Belmont Is Told It Will Have to Wait

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

The Lake Macquarie Shire Council's agitation for tho establishment of a Court of Petty Sessions at Belmont has not, for the time being at…

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Army of Police Hunt for Kidnappers Wealthy Youth Captured Anxiety for His Safety £40,000 Ransom Offered St. Paul

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Edward Bremer of St. Paul, is still alive and still in the hands of kidnappers whom, police believe, are holding…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 8

John McLean, 42, a labourer, of Newcastle, appeared before the Newcastle Police Court yesterday charged with having used indecent language. He was…

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Wool Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

At Newcastle Police Court to-day, John Knight (63). a storeman. was charged with at Newcastle. between January 15 and 22. having stolen…

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Holiday Sequel Thefts Reported to the Police Jewellery, Clothes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

The usual holiday sequel for those who have been out of the district is now being told to the Newcastle Police. On…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

Norman Wesley Lee, 30, a clerk, was charged before Mr. T. A. Doolan, J.P., at Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday, with having, at Woy Woy, on January26,…

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Cessnock Robbery Theft From Chemists' Store

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

Two cameras and toilet and manicure sets, worth £20. were stolen from the Cessnock branch of Washington H. Soul and Co. last night…

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Roy Governor Out of Gaol Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

Roy Governor, the former bushrauger, was released from Bathurst Gaol yesterday and placed in car for Condobolin Mission station…

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Man Charged with Murdering Brother Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 7

William James Vinccombe. 57, of Woomelang, who was arrested after the shooting of his brother, Henry George Vinecombo, 59, at Red Lion,…

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N.Z. Double Murder Charge Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

The hearing was concluded on Saturday of the case in which William Bayly was charged with having murdered Samuel Lakey, and his wife, Mrs. Christobel…

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Posed As Police Constable Sp. Bookmakers Were Duped

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

According to evidence given by Sergeant Brodie at Newcastle police Court to-day, Norman W. Lee, 31, clerk, told several…

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Armed Violence in Cork Is Charged General O'duffy's Allegations Followers Were "Beaten Up" Shooting in House Cork

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

Mob law ruled and Bolshevism ran rife, declared General O'Duffy, Blue Shirt leader, referring to the situation in…

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20,000 on Strike Cooks and Waiters in U.S.A. Police Guard Hotels New York, January 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

Demanding union recognition, higher pay and shorter hours, 20,000 waiters, cooks, and kitchen assistants went on strike to-night, crippling the service of…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

An adjournment to February 7 was granted in the case in which William Powel North Stockton proceeded against Jack McKinnon, North Stockton, on a…

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Fined for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

"Apparently both of them were asking for trouble, but there was no necessity for a tennis racquet to be used," said the Magistrate, imposing a fine of, £3,…

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Alleged Assault on Cricket Ground Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 8

When William Howard Holden, 49, salesman, was charged, at the Centrl Court to-day, with having maliciously wounded Thomas Buckland…

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Police Court Monday, January 29 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

James William Patrick Griffen, 20, a wheeler, was fined £1, in default two days imprisonment, for having used indecent language in the hallway of the…

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Industrial Court Butcher Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

Joseph Anschau, of Maitland-road, Mayfield was fined £2, with 17/ costs, in default six days' imprisonment, for having committed a breach of the Butchers'…

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Man Shot Brother on Murder Charge MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Following the shooting of Henry George Vinecombe, 59, near Talbot, yesterday after an altercation, William James Vinecombe, 57, of Woomelang, brother of the…

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Dead Chemist's Warning Note "Call the Police" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

"Do not enter this office, Call the police!" Behind the door Cecil Charles Brooks-Teale (31), chemist, sat in…

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