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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

3,757 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 188

Clever Theft of Tobacco Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

There is a belief in police circles that the gang which stole £50 worth of cigarettes and other articles from the kiosk at Manly Wharf early on…

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Three Men Charged Case Breaks Down

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

"Can you produce a single coin obtained from any of the three defendants, to show the the magistrate and let him…

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Discipline in Gaol Retiring Governor's Story Good Food and Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

Although he has spent a lifetime in prison, or, rather, in prisons, Mr. John McGoldrick, who will shortly retire from the…

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Police Seize Goods Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

Hundreds of pounds worth of allegedly stolen goods were recovered when police arrested a man in King's Cross yesterday. He is believed to be responsible for…

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Invited Police to "Take" Him Blue Shirt Leader Reappears

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

General O'Duffy, speaking at Lismore, prohesied an election in March, declaring that the Irish were weary of De…

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Cleaner Stunned 20 Keys Are Stolen Belief of Police Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

Police believe that the intruder, who crept up behind a cleaner in Film House, City, last night, struck her with a blunt instrument, seized her keys, and tried to…

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Hypnotised Ex-wife Injunction Against Doctor Demonstration in Court Chicago, January 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

Judge Desert issued an injunction prohibiting Dr. Ernest Bossow from hypnotising his divorced wife, after the latter had claimed that the doctor had forced her…

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Young Lover in Court Can See Girl Three Times a Week Leave Before Midnight

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 7

Is it preferable for a boy to meet a girl in her own home, or for the girl to have to resort to meeting him in…

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Reign of Terror in the Saar Valley Intimidation of Police Nazi Policy to Influence Votes League Plebiscite London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

The Saar Basin, in which the League of Nations intends to hold a plebiscite to determine whether the area…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

MR. A. E. Mahony, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon. Thomas Tourish, of Four-mile Creek,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

Mr. A. E. Mahony, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. A charge against James Albert Nichols,…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 11

On the application of the defendant, who said he had not been able to get in touch with two witnesses, the hearing was adjourned to January 29 of the case…

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Police Court Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offence in Park

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 11

Pleading "guilty" to a charge of having behaved in an indecent manner in Gregson Park, Hamilton, at 11.45 p.m. on Saturday. Norman Dunlop, 23, a labourer,…

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River Murder Analyst Still Examining SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 7

The Government Analyst has not completed his investigations of certain exhibits in the Wagga murder mystery, and the inquest on the body of Percy…

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Police Looking for Young Vandals

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 7

Police at West Maitland are searching for vandals who broke into the Maitland Junior Technical School and played havoc with the contents…

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Industrial Court Adjourned by Consent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 11

By consent the hearing was adjourned to February of the case in which R. J. Hutchinson proceeded against H. J Ginges, Newcastle, on a charge of having…

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Body in Duck Pond Murder Mystery in New Zealand Auckland (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

William Alfred Bayly, 28. appeared at the Police Court after several remands. charged with murdering Samuel Ponder Lakey and his wife, Mrs…

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No Jay Walking Police to Warn Pedestrians Starts on February 1 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 7

A number of organisations were represented at a conferene hold at Police Headquarters to-day, when the question of educating the people to obey the traffic…

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India Shaken by Severe 'Quake Big Death Roll Feared Dramatic Incident in High Court Judges' Dash Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 1

A severe earthquake shock, causing many deaths, was experienced over the greater part of India to-day…

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Woman's Death After Operation Investigation By Coroner Grievous Bodily Harm Charge Men's Faces Slashed Boxer Before the Court Hospital Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 8

"How many are there? I'll kill the lot." This challenge, according to evidence given in the Cessnock Police…

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