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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 188

Wagga Murder Police Search Waggonette Relief Ticket Found Bore Name of Dead Man SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

A startling development occurred in the Wagga Wagga murder mystery to-day A local resident visited the police station and informed the investigating detectives…

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Sent for Trial Assault on Elderly Man SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

Charged with having assaulted and occasioned actual bodily harm to Mathias Olson, 61, William Massey, 46, a wine saloon proprietor, was committed for trial…

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Police Court Friday, January 5 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Breaking and Entering Alleged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 11

A remand until January 12, on bail of £80, with two sureties in £40 each, was granted, after certain evidence for the prosecution had been given, in the case in…

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Revelations Expected Early In Wagga Murder Case Police Are Hot on Suspects Trail Waggonette Gives Clue Man Questioned by Detectives Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Events are moving rapidly in the search for the murderer of Percival Smith near Wagga,…

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Shots Fired Police Surprise Burglar Chase at Inverell Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

When patrolling the devastated area in the vicinity of the Inverell flourmill and the Shall Company's depot, where serious damage was caused by…

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Police Raid in Suburbs 12 Arrested at Broadmeadow Betting Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 9

Four policemen headed by Sergeant Brodie made a raid this afternoon on a room at Broadmeadow…

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Police Take Action Alleged False Report of Robbery SYDNEY

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

Recently a man reported to the police that he had been held up and robbed, but when closely questioned he is alleged to have admitted that the story was false…

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Police Chase Alleged Thief Escapes Stolen Goods in Car Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

A policeman gave an alleged thief a few exciting moments in Abercrombie-street, Redfern, to-night but although he lost his man, he found later that he had…

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Twelve Charged Police Raid at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Twelve men were apprehended, following a raid by the police on a house at Broadmeadow on Saturday afternoon. They were conveyed to Newcastle police station,…

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Robbery at Teralba Two Charged with Stealing Evidence of Woman

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

"If you can assist the police to recover the remaining £100, worth of articles, then I will take it into consideration when…

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Eleven Men Are Charged Police Raid Made at Broadmeadow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Following a police raid on a house, in Broadmeadow on Saturday, 11 men appeared in the Newcastle Police Court to-day on charges under…

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Counterfeit Coins Three Men Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Charges of having issued counterfeit coins resembling florins, in Newcastle, on January 6, were prefer[?] against three men in the Newcastle…

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Three Men on Stealing Charge Rosedale Affair

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Charges of having stolen a riding saddle and other articles, valued at £6 10s, the property of Claude Stanley Cruch, at Rosedale, between…

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Traffic Cases at Newcastle Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Another long list of cases relating to traffic breaches was before Mr Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Court to-day…

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Counterfeit Coins Arrests in Newcastle Police Act Quickly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Swift police action followed a report on Saturday afternoon that counterfeit coins, in large numbers, had been circulated in the city. Within two hours three…

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THE Talking Screen Midnight Club at the Civic Clive Brook in a New Role Jewel Theft Story

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

Paramount's picture version of E. Phillips Oppenhcim's interesting detective story. Midnight Club, with the impeccable Clive Brook in the…

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Cigarette Papers Police Seize £1500 Worth Wharf Robberies Alleged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Following investigations which have been proceeding for some time, the police on Saturday raided premises ill the Eastern Suburbs, and recovered £1500 worth…

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Doctor Dead Nurse in Critical State Police Find Drugs Victims in Ashfield Flat SYDNEY

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

A doctor has died, and a nurse is in hospital in a critical condition, as a result of their taking morphine in the nurse's flat early on Saturday…

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Wanted by Police Bayonne Bank Bond Fraud Russian Financier Missing (Australian Press Association.) PARIS, January 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

The Minister for Justice (M. Reynaldi) has returned from a holiday to take personal charge of the case of the "French Kreuger," Serge Stavisky, who is wanted…

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Double Drowning at Hexham Fears That Sharks Attacked Bodies Police Search of the River Woman and Girl

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

The police believe that the bodies of the woman and the little girl who were drowned when a boat overturned in…

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