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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 188

Philip Hargrave Application to S.A. Court ADELAIDE

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

Mr. Justice Napier to-day, adjourned the application to allow Philip Hargrave, the boy pianist, to continue his tour of Australia. Hargrave remains a ward of…

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Loss of Memory Missing Woman Found Police Dog Assists Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 9

The Alsatian police dog, Tess, was used by the local police in a search for a woman who was reported missing from her home in Wollongong. The…

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MR. E. J. HOGAN Sequel to Court Judgement MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 8

On Monday the Full Court of the High Court will hear the application on behalf of members of the Victorian Central Executive of the Australian Labour Party…

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Three Chinese in Court Opium Smoking Charges Sequel to Raid

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 3

The sequel to a raid last night on a house in Devonshire-street by Sergeant Deane and Constables Goode and Dawes was the…

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Car, Wireless Set and £215 Thefts Reported to Police Homes Broken Into

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 2

A motor car, motor tools, by-cycles, a wireless set, and £215 in notes were among the articles reported stolen to the Newcastle…

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Alleged Libel Action Against Company Rasputin Film Narrative of Murder (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, March 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 9

"It is quite natural, I am not a professional murderer," Prince Youssoupoff replied to Sir William Jowitt, K.C., for the defendants, when the action was…

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"Was Extravagant" Boy's £10 a Week Salary Bankruptcy Court Case Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 9

James Francis Liddy, who, when 14 years' old, was given £10 a week by his father to manage a boot shop in the city, gave evidence to-day in the Bankruptcy…

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Abduction Charge Queensland Chase Ends Man Before Mt. Isa Court Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 9

A remarkable statement detailing efforts made to avoid capture is alleged to have been made by John Logan, who was arrested to-day on a charge of having…

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Police Court

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

At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, Percival James Purnell, 18, a labourer, was remanded to this morning, on £20 bail, by Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M., on a…

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U.S. Police Fear Escapee May Break Into Gaol Notorious Killer and Robber Guards Doubled Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

Now that John Dillinger, America's most cold-blooded killer, has broken out of one gaol, police fear that he may…

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Escaped From Gaol Suspect at Bellingen Bellingen

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

George Henry Hunt 27, who had been lodged in the lock-up on remand in connection with a theft from a car, escaped between 10 o'clock last…

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Prisoner's Escape Heavily-Guarded Gaol Stole Sheriff's Car Crown Point (Indiana), March 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

Dillinger, America's most notorious bank robber and murderer, walked out of the heavily guarded and supposedly escape-proof Lake County goal here…

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Police Guard At Lysaght's Works Strike Rumours Preparing for Picketing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

Following a meeting of employees of John Lysaght's, Ltd., at Port Waratah, a persistent rumour was abroad last night that the gates would be picketed at an…

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Abduction Charge Bail Opposed By Police Queensland Case Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

When John Henry Logan, 32, appeared at Mt. Isa Police Court on, Saturday on a charge of abduction, the Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Geise, opposed his…

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19 Natives Killed Battle with Police Party Mandated Territory Rabaul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

Details of the battle between Karamuntina natives and a police party are now filtering through. The district has resumed its peaceful condition after a…

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Coroneo Case Court Grants Appeal Non Suit Granted Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

Upholding the appeal of the Kurri Kurri and South Maitland Amusement Company against the verdict for…

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Court Sequel to Domain Clash Six Men Remanded Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 8

Each in turn asking that their protest against the "brutal assault by the police" be recorded, six men were remanded to March…

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Wounded Man Refused to Make Statement Police Detain Three Men Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

Police are combing the underworld for the man who, they believe, was responsible for the shooting of Mrs. Hill. Three men have been detained…

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Court Stirred Rasputin Film Case Evidence by M.P. LONDON, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

The hearing was continued to-day of the action in which Princess Youssoupoff, otherwise Princess Irina Alexandrovna, cousin and niece of the murdered Tsar…

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Hunger March Mass Meeting in London Fireworks at Police Otherwise Orderly Deputation Sought London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

To enable the workers to reply to the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, a mass…

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