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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 208

Three Months' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 12

Murty Clarence Sullivan, 39, laborer, of Wickham, who was convicted last week of having had a coat and skirt in his possession, suspected of…

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Alleged Assault Two Men Remanded SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 9

Frank Dearden, 47, and Frederick Charles Williams, 51, labourers, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having assaulted Charles…

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Acropolis Athens' Citadel Battle Ground Nature's Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 8

WARNED by a large landslide that the walls of its Acropolis are weakening, modern Athens is planning to reinforce with…

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Stole Stockings From Store Clerk Fined by Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 3

Seen taking some hosiery from Winn's Store on Friday, Charles Harris (49). clerk, ran out of the shop and threw the goods into a…

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Woman on Murder Charge Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 9

Giving evidence at Richmond North Queensland, in the case in which Louisa Banfield is charged with the wilful murder of her husband, Henry Banfield, 63,…

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Kisch Convicted But Asks High Court to Restrain Magistrate Hearing Next Friday Judge Will Not Act Before Sentence Newspaper Cited for Contempt Manning's Protest in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 9

Following the conviction at the Central Court to-day of Egon Kisch on a charge of being a prohibited immigrant, application was made to Mr. Justice Evatt in the High Court this afternoon for a rule nisi to…

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Assault in Street Man Sensitive About His Hat Resisted Arrest

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 10

When charged at the Newcastle Police Court to-day with having assaulted a man, Leslie Frank Thompson, 20,…

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Robberies at Hotels Two Young Men Are Charged Alleged Admissions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 10

Robberies in the Maitland district it the end of last year and the beginning of this year were mentioned it West Maitland Police Court to-day,…

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False Pretences Young Man Charged Warrant From Wagga Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 7

Harold Mark Fry. 27, appeared in the Casino Police Court yesterday charged with having at Wagga Wagga, on January 11, 1934, falsely pretended to Lilian…

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Factory Gutted Vengeance Suspected Man Charged with Arson Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 8

After having smashed the show windows of A. J. Watts's furniture warehouse at Dunedin, a man is alleged to have set fire to the firm's factory. The…

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Body Found in Harbor Hospital Receipt Aids Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 9

The body of a man, later identified as that of Charles Edward Henri White, aged about 62, was found floating in Newcastle harbor this…

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Caressing Girl Young Man on Beach Inverloch Murder Clue Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 7

Believing that they have a clue which will lead to a solution of the Inverloch crime, police are making a search for a young man, who is stated to have been…

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Used Bible As Aid to Prophecy Got Him Into Gaol in Germany London, January 5

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced at Halle to six months' imprisonment for having attempted to convince an acquaintance from the…

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Smart Arrests Police Surprise Intruders in House and Garage Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 7

Sydney police made several exciting arrests in the suburbs last night and early this morning. In one instance they had to smash their way into a house…

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MAITLAND-CESSNOCK-KURRI West Maitland Police Court Men on Stealing Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahoney, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Thomas Lachlan Goodwin, 20, and…

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Gaol Escapees Used Duplicate Keys Sentenced at Hobart Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 7

The dramatic escape from the Hobart Gaol, on November 11, of Henry Price, 36, and Keith Wrathall, 28, had an aftermath at the Supreme Court to-day, when…

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East Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony P.M. presided at the East Maitland Police Court, yesterday afternoon. Frederick S. Green was fined £1, with…

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Motorist Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

Owing to pressure of business, the hearing was adjourned until January 31 of the case in which Ernest Collinge, of Rawson-street. Mayfield, was charged with…

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Fined for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

A high-crowned brown hat, with practically no brim, was an exhibit in the case in which Leslie Frank Thompson, 20, masseur, pleaded "Guilty under provocation,"…

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Stealing Charge Four Men Remanded SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

The sequel to the sensational capture of four men in a garage at Kensington on Saturday night was the appearance of Walter Balfour, 25, Richard Balfour, 28,…

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