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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 188

Fight at Meeting Police Disperse Combatants Daceyville Labour League Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 10

Rowdy scenes occurred at a meeting of the Daceyville State Labour League to-night. An alteration took place between two women and the assistance of the…

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"U.s.a. Police Methods" Miners' Treatment at Wonthaggi Mr. Orr's Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 9

That methods "savoring of those used by the American police" had been used against the miners at Wonthaggi State…

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Capital Charge Against Two Girl Breaks Down in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 5

Breaking down in the witness box, a 19-year-old girl, who had allegedly been the victim of an assault by two men, buried her…

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New Rail Log Unions' High Court Appeal 40,000 Affected Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 9

Next Monday, Mr. Justice Evatt, of the High Court, will begin the hearing of the appeal by unions against the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court that an…

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Stealing Charge

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

Edward John Murphy, 38, watchman at Honeysuckle workshops, was charged with having stolen 56lb of white lead. valued at £1/3/, the property of the…

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Fireman Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 2

Hector White (30), [?]reman, appeared before Mr. Doolan, J.P., at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, on charges of having behaved in an…

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Father Charged Murder of Young Son Found Dead in Car Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 9

Laurence Oliver Mollor, 44 a powerfully-built man, appeared at the Fremantle Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered his son, Albert Mollor, 10 years,…

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Wagga Murder Trial Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 17

The trial of Edward Henry Morey, on a charge of having murdered Percy Smith, at Wagga will open at Wagga on Tuesday, May 8. It is stated 39 witnesses…

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Bankruptcy Court

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

Reginald Cecil Wallace, labourer, of Grey-street, Wickham, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court. He said that the cause of bankruptcy was unemployment…

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Assaulted Girl Septuagenarian Sentenced Two Previous Offences Sydney

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

The statement that he had been sentenced to death in Melbourne in 1889 for a criminal offence on a girl, and that the sentence had been subsequently…

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Police Court Friday, April 6 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Language

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

John Simpson, 65, labourer, was charged with having used indecent language in Pacific Park, Newcastle, on April 5. Constable Selley said that he was…

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Suspect Held by Police Seattle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 1

Small-size camera films are important clues in the case against a suspect who has been detained by the police in…

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In The Courts Assaulted Police is Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 2

Included in three charges made against Frederick (or Frank) Sellers (56), laborer, at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, was one of having…

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Unclaimed Goods Auctioned by Maitland Police Officer

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 2

Sergeant Garland assumed the role of auctioneer at West Maitland Courthouse to-day, when an auction of unclaimed goods was held. Among…

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Police Auction Sale Bicycles Commanded Firm Market Some Got Bargains

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 2

The atmosphere of the bargain basement prevailed in the back yard of Newcastle Police Station this morning,…

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Kill on Sight Police Search for Dogs Found Chasing Deer Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 9

Prepared to shoot them on sight, police are searching for two Alsatian dogs, which were seen chasing a deer in National Park, which is a sanctuary. The man beat off…

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Notorious Brigands Daring Escape in India Police Armoury Looted Calcutta, April 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 9

Eleven notorious brigands awaiting trial for a village holdup in the Bhawalpur State made a daring escape from the gaol at Bhawalnagar yesterday, and are…

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Remarkable Story Man in Sydney Divorce Court Judge Grants Decree Sydney

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

"My wife made the arrangements for the marriage all unknown to me. She even borrowed £1 for the ring," said Walter Carmichael, in the Divorce Court to-day,…

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Fugitive Desperadoes Shoot Their Way Clear Machine Gun Hits Police Three Are Killed and One Wounded Tourists Compelled to Aid Flight Two Men and "Suicide Sal" New York

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 1

Fugitives from justice after killing two policemen at Austin, Texas, the desperadoes Boyd, Barrow and Raymond Hamilton with their blonde companion "Suicide…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 6

Several minor cases were heard by Mr. A. S. Tunchon, J.P., at the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday morning, the defendants in most cases being remanded…

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