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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 188

Newcastle Courts Tuesday, March 20 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Sentenced for Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 3

Sentence of two months' imprisonment was passed on Arthur Allan Taylor, 25, a labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen at Wickham, on…

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Two Arrested Victorian Gaol Escapees MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 8

Frederick and Clement Albert Schultz were arrested to-day, following their escape from the Warrnambool Gaol on Monday, near Caramut. Two other escapees…

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Industrial Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 8

A verdict for £3 2s 6d with 6s costs and £1 is professional costs, was made at the Industrial Magistrate's Court to-day in the case in which Cuthbert…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 3

Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford. Gosford, was granted three booth licenses for Newcastle races on March 31. Donald Frederick Robertson was granted…

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Small Debts Court Hearing Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 3

The hearing was adjourned until April 4 of the case in which William Dewey, Hannell-street, Wickham, sued Albert Forster, Edwards, Bishopgate-street,…

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Ears Cut Off Two Italians Charged "Black Hand" Letter Alleged Money Demand BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 7

An Italian interpreter was necessary at Innisfail Police Court to-day, when two Italians, Guiseppi Buiti and Guiseppi Parisi, were charged with having wounded…

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Court Contempt £20 Fine for Interjecting BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 8

Mr. Justice Macrossan, in the Criminal Court to-day, fined Anthony, Ryan £20, in default three months' gaol, for contempt of court…

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Lysaght's Works Application to Court Parties in Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 6

The hearing of the application of the union for an award for the sheet mill at Lysaght's Newcastle Works was begun before Mr. Justice Cantor at the…

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Thief Stole a Bible! Surprise for the Police Newcastle Thefts

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 8

Among the articles reported stolen to Newcastle police this morning was a copy of the Bible, which was taken together with two…

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Man and Niece Evidence in Divorce Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 8

How she was robbed of her husband's affection by his niece was told by Mrs. Beatrice Nellie Fitzgerald in the Divorce Court to-day. She said that for 13 years…

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Earl of Beauchamp Sues for £100 Faulty Tennis Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 7

A tennis court upon which he said he was "afraid to ask his sons to play," formed the subject of a claim for £100 damages by William Lygon,…

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Court Congestion Magistrate in Occasional Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 6

For the first time in the history of the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Newcastle sitting, which was concluded yesterday, was held in the main room at…

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Gaol-Breakers Captured MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 15

Joseph Fletcher and Robert Ramsay, two of the four men who escaped from the Warrnambool Gaol on Monday, were arrested at Terang, near…

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Six Months' Gaol Women Witnesses Congratulated

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 14

Sentencing Arthur Sands, 23, a laborer, to six months' Imprisonment, with hard labor, at New castle Police Court to-day,…

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Confidence Trick Two Australians Sentenced LONDON, March 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 8

The Australians, James Lewis and George Blake, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having attempted to steal £1000 from an American…

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Police Court Wednesday, March 21 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 11

A remand to May 23, on £30 bail, was granted in the case in which George Edward Dunn, 29, also known as George Matthew Dunn, was charged with having…

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Industrial Court Contributions Claimed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 11

A verdict for the amount claimed, with £1/7/ costs, was returned in favour of the plaintiff in the case in which Cuthbert Bell, Secretary of the Water Board…

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Plotters Sentenced Bomb Explosion in St. Peter's Mussolini's Clemency Rome, March 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 7

As a result of the bomb explosion in St. Peter's on June 25, 1933, the three accused. Renato, Cianca, and Leone Buccilioni, were sentenced to 30 years'…

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Earl Beauchamp's £100 Suit Tennis Court Dispute Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 15

The evidence of William Lygon. Earl Beauchamp, taken on commission before his departure from Sydney, was submitted to the District…

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Mother's Rights Adopted Child Dispute Unusual Court Case Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 8

An unusual case involving a decision on the questions whether the adoption of an illegitimate child under Queensland law divested the mother domiciled in New…

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