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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 188

Metropolitan Police Chief's Visit Inspected District

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The Metropolitan Superintendent of Police (Mr. Mackay) visited Newcastle to-day, and, in company with the Superintendent of the…

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Quarter Sessions Four Pleas of "Guilty" King-street Assault Labourer for Sentence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

Four persona entered pleas of "Guilty" at the sitting of the Quarter Sessions, which began at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Judge Nield presided. Mr. B. V…

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"Undies" Appear in Court Second-hand Dealer Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 8

Two dainty saimon-pink articles of feminine attire were held up in the hands of Constable Dawns in the witness box at…

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Arrest in Bush Police Seize Goods Worth £300 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 11

Goods valued at £300 alleged to have been stolen were recovered after police had arrested a man in the Castle Hill district this afternoon following an…

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Alsatians As Pets Discussion in Court Case at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The merits of the Alsatian dog were discussed in the Wallsend Summons Courts yesterday in a case in which, under the Dog and Goat Act, Laurence Herbert…

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Wallsend Court Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 14

"I am quite willing to leave myself entirely in your hands," Robert Edward Goldie, 38, said, in reply to a suggestion by the Magistration for a prohibition…

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Industrial News Award Stopped N.S.W. Railway Employees Order of Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 11

Following the pronouncement of a reserved decision by the State Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Henwood) giving substantial salary increases to three sections…

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W.A. Mob Riots Machine Gun, Rifles and Hand Grenades 200 Police Ready Foreigners Told to Return PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 9

Though there was no continuance of the mob riots at Boulder and Kalgoorlie to-day, a further batch of 200 police armed with a machine-gun, hand grenades and…

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Women Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 7

Two women were remanded until next Monday, on ball of £10. at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on charges of stealing and having Roods in their…

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Short Liberty Man Sent Back to Gaol SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 4

Pleading "Guilty" at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, to a charge of having had housebreaking implements in his possession, and three charges of…

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Police Court Friday, February 2 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Fined for Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13

Henry Kelly 29, labourer was fined £3, in default imprisonment for six days when he pleaded “Guilty” to a charge of having used indecent language in king…

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Police Search Young Woman Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 10

Newcastle broadcasting stations have cooperated, with the police in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of Lorna Ellis. 17. who left her home at 17…

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Murder Charge Brother to Stand Trial Evidence at Inquest Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 10

At the inquiry to-day into the death of Councillor George Henry Vinecombe, a former President of Talbet Shire Council evidence was given of threats made…

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Inspector Aspery Promoted Police Changes in the North

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 3

The Superintendent of Newcastle Police (Mr. Gibson) was advised to-day of the promotion of Inspector Aspery, who is Inspector in Charge…

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Communists Shot Down Try to Escape German Police Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

Johan Sheer, successor to Schaelman in the Communist leadership in Germany, and three other well-known…

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What People Think Perry's Remarks On the Court—Grand Opera for the Prince—Oxenham's Omission from Team. The Talkative Perry

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 4

Those who watched the Englishmen in action at District Park in the tennis exhibition were not surprised to read of Perry's talking…

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Police Are Rounding Up Goldfield Killers and Looters Many Fear To Give Names Special Constables Are Not Popular Now Being Withdrawn From Service No Fear of Further Disorder Kalgoorlie

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 3

Despite all efforts of the police to identify the men responsible for the two deaths, and the looting, and damage to property, those among them who may know, refuse to "split."…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

Before Mr. A. S. Tunchon, J.P., at Newcastle Police Court, on Saturday Victor Jeffries, 29, labourer, was charged with the theft of an ice cream server…

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Police Officer Promoted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

Word has been received in Newcastle that Inspector J. H. Aspery has been promoted to the rank of Second-class Inspector as from the beginning of the…

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Gaol to Altar Prisoner's Unique Wedding BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 8

A unique ceremony was performed on Saturday at Toowoomba. Arthur Sawyer, a prisoner in Boggo-road Gaol, was permitted temporary freedom and, accompanied…

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