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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 188

In and Out of Court Lengthy Loading Is Argued Meaning of Act

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 13

What is lengthy loading of a vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Traffic Act? This question was argued in…

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Laborers As Judges People's Court in Germany "Heads May Roll" London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 13

Herr Hitler's declaration in 1930 that "Heads would Roll." appears likely to be fulfilled, says the Berlin…

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McGRATH Swept His Opponent Off Court Dashed Another English Hope Showed Form of World-beater London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 1

Producing strokes, for which the "News-Chronicle" writer said there was no possible answer, Vivian McGrath…

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Assault Outside Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

Henry Ward Finley, 20, a fireman, was bound over in £20 to be of good behaviour for 12 months, in default imprisonment for due month on a charge of having…

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Murder by Natives Sentence Left to Court Considering Tribal Laws Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

A special amendment of the criminal law for the Northern Territory has been made by the Minister for the Interior (Mr. J. A. Perkins) to provide for the…

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Year's Gaol for Traveller Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 11

For not accounting to his employer for part of the money received through the sale of suite to several constables on the time payment system. John Alfred Hill,…

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Robbers Sentenced Taxi for Wholesale Thefts SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Sydney John Catell, 28, taxi-driver, and Thomas Jarrett, who pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering, were sentenced to…

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Police Court Thursday, May 3. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Fined for Betting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

Charged with having made a bet at Waratah on May 2, on a race run at Kensington, in contravention of the Totalisator Act, Eric Thorn, 23, a hairdresser,…

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Wallsend Court Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

William Pacl, of Smadmore, was fined £3, with 8/ costs, in default seven days' imprisonment, on a charge of having made use of indecent language in Cowper-street,…

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Three Additional Witnesses Wagga Murder Trial Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 11

Three additional witnesses, making 42, will be called by the Crown in the trial of Edward Henry Morey who has been charged with the…

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Court Welcome Wallsend Sessions Clerk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

Before proceeding with the business of the Wallsend Police Court yesterday, Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., formally welcomed as Clerk of Petty Sessions for the Wallsend…

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Sydney Police Get Swiftly On The Trail Of Big Jewel Theft Osborne Heirlooms Found £500 Coup Last Night From Palatial Flat All the Booty Has Been Recovered

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 7

Thieves have again visited the Darling Point area for the second jewel robbery of the year, the latest victim being Mr William Owen Fielding-Jones, retired grazier, whose palatial flat in Eastbourne-road, was last night robbed of jewellery and…

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Irish Republican Possessed Machine-gun Sent to Gaol for Year London, May 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 9

A prominent Irish Republican, Mr. Thomas Barry, has been summoned to appear before the Military Tribunal on a charge of possessing a machine-gun and…

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Decision Reserved Police Appeal in Betting Case SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

The hearing was concluded to-day in a betting case in which important questions were raised. William Hunt was proceeded against in October last year on a betting…

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Decree Granted £75 Damages Awarded Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 11

Before Mr. Acting Justice Markell and a jury of four at the Maitland Circuit Court at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday. Andrew Charles Peak, of…

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High Praise for Police North-west Mail Hold-up Mr. Gibson's Bouquet

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

A high tribute to the efficient manner in which the police had cleared up the North-west Mail train hold-up…

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Death of Mare Appeal Against Verdict Supreme Court Hearing Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

Before the Full Court of the Supreme Court of New South Wales this afternoon, Herbert Samuel Thompson, of the Tarwin stud, appealed against the decision of the…

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Arbitration Court Withdrawal of All Unions Suggestion From Victoria Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

After a long debate to-day, the Victorian branch of the Australian Railways' Union decided to ask the Australian Council of Trade Unions to take a ballot…

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Found in Ruins Gold Coins Worth £4000 "Hush" Money for Police Calcutta, May 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 9

A poor woman digging in the ruins near Mominabad, an ancient military encampment in the Deccan, found a brass vessel filled with gold coins to the value of…

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Said He Was Nauseated at Sight of Yanco Boys Being Punished Official Tells Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 7

"I was nauseated," said John Charles Litherland, officer in charge of staff matters and statistics of the Child…

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