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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 188

Court to Decide Lysaght's Men to Resume Settlement Terms Mr. Justice Cantor Intervenes

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

The dispute between the management and men employed at Lysaght's Newcastle works has been settled, and work will be resumed this morning…

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Vendetta Motive for Cottage Fire Woman Has Moved Was Persecuted by Explosions Police Have Theory Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 7

An attempt to fire a cottage in Mimosa-street, Bexley, last night, was the culmination of a vendetta which has been…

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"Let's Put Up Wages If We Can," Says Chief Judge Colleagues Agree With Him Federal Court and Wage Cut Argument in Railway Section of Case Probable Decision Indicated Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 7

"If possible let us avoid further cuts, and if possible let us make the restoration above the present level, realising that fixation may be only a temporary expedient," said Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Federal…

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Charlestown Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 7

Henry Williams, of Dudley, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Charlestown Court on Thursday, for the use of indecent language…

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Attempted Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 15

"You will not last much longer at this sort of thing; otherwise you will be declared an habitual criminal," said the Magistrate, when imposing a sentence of…

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Dutch Commander Sentenced . THE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

A sentence of four months' imprisonment and dismissal from the service, on the charge of neglect of duty, was imposed to-day…

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Police Court Friday, March 9 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 15

On the application of the police, a remand to March 16 was granted in the case in which John Hanford, 40, labourer, was charged that, having been a…

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Labourer Charged Use of Title "Doctor" SYDNEY

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

When Alfred Charles Wyndham, 39, a labourer, was brought before the Central Police Court to-day to answer a charge of having illegally used the title of…

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Pilliga Murder Charge Burren Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 8

Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Richards, who was committed for trial by the Coroner last night on a charge of having murdered George Washington Nott, left here this…

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Demanded Drugs Revolver Pointed in Shop Addict Sent to Gaol Sydney

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

Said to be a drug addict, Leslie Nell, 24, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day for robbery while armed…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 6

Charged before Mr. T. A. Doolan, J.P., at Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, with having stolen a quantity of coal, valued at 1/, the property of the Railway…

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Coal Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

On a charge of having stolen 20 lbs. of coal at Waratah on March 9 Charles Evans Dodd, 35, laborer, was fined £5, in default 10 days…

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Riots in Domain Protest Against the Police Court Proceedings Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

Uniform men were stationed among the crowd at the back of the Central Police Court today, when 17 men and four…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

At West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, Mary C. Beatty, of the Victoria Hotel, East Gresford, was granted leave of absence for six weeks…

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Pilliga Murder Accused in Long Bay SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Richards, 49, who is under committal for trial on a charge of having murdered George Washington Nott, arrived in Sydney from Narrabri…

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Deputies' Case Full Court Rejects Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 3

The Full Court, comprising Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Acting Justice Markell, unanimously dismissed the appeal of Thomas Robbins,…

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Police Attacked Citizens Rally to Assist ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 2

Thirty men from the town of Marmera attacked two policeman at Renmark last evening, as they were arresting a man. A sergeant was thrown over a…

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Murder Women Terrorist Party Threats If Indian Bill Passed Calcutta, March 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

Threats to murder Englishwomen was contained in letters received at a Calcutta newspaper office from the "Bengal Revolutionary Party."…

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Shot by Chinese English Police Inspector in Singapore Pawnshop Singapore, March 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

Singapore police have for hours been combing Chinatown and searching ships and riverside warehouses for a Cantonese youth who shot Police Inspector Popejoy,…

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Stavisky Inquiry Jewels Seized by Officials Barristers Condemn Police Paris, March 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

Following the visit of a mysterious unnamed person, the authorities have seized jewels belonging to Stavisky, valued at £15,000, believed to have been pawned at…

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