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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 208

Contempt Alleged Piddington and "S.m. Herald" Before High Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

Declaring that there had been a vilification of the character and judicial behavior of the High Court by the "Sydney…

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Bookmaker Pays £184 to Wrong Man Punter Then Turned Up Matter Referred to Police Pay Out Again? Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

Tricked into paying the wrong man £184 at to-day's settling, a well-known A.J.C. Paddock bookmaker may yet…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED…

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Sent to Gaol Farmer Defied Court Order Bankruptcy Proceedings Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 13

"Bankrupt is being both stubborn and foolish. He is defying the laws of this country, and unless he gives this undertaking he will be punished." said Judge…

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£7000 DAMAGE Fire Follows Burglary Clothing Store Gutted Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 7

After thieves had allegedly broken into Peterson Bros.' clothing and drapery store in Yass-to-day, a fire broke out and gutted the building, causing damage estimated…

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Rockhampton Tragedy Prison Warder Charged BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

John Thomas McQuade, a prison warder, in the back of whose motor-car the body of a young woman was found it Rockhampton on the morning of January…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 3

George Andrew Embleton was granted a transfer of the-licence of the Hamilton Station Hotel from Leonard William Marchant. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen appeared in…

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Women On Lindbergh Murder Trial Jury

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

THE JURY IN COURT during the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. who is charged with the murder of the Lindbergh baby. There are four women, all marred, on the jury…

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Scent, Socks, Soap and Spark Plugs Charged with Goods in Custody

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

Cakes of coap, bottles of scent, razors, socks, paint brushes, and handkerchiefs were police exhibits at Newcastle Police Court to-day in the…

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Bicycle Thieves Active Police Supt. Issues Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

Bicycle thieves are active again in the city and suburbs, and the Superintendent of Police in Newcastle (Mr. Gibson' has decided to…

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Small Debts Court Part-heard Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 3

After further evidence had been given in the part-heard case in which Mrs. Maud Plain of Williams-street. Smedmore, sued Archibald Bingham of Swan-street,…

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Reported Missing 500 Australian Women Sequel to Albury Murder Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 13

Intensive inquiries have been made by the police in order to solve the mystery of the identity of the young woman who was murdered near Albury…

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Newcastle Courts Tuesday, January 29 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Fined for Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 3

A fine of £3, in default six days' imprisonment, was imposed on Harry Hind, 32, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Newcastle,…

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Drama of Sahara French Officer on Trial Murder Follows Intrigue Tunis, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

A desert drama of illicit' love, jealousy and violence was revcaled at the opening of the trial of Lieutenant Cabanes, a handsome French officer charged with…

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"Not Justice" Man's Remark in Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

A fine of £1 on each of three charges —two of having sold literature in the Domain and one of having collected money without authority—was imposed on…

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Farmer Hoaxed Gold Lost from Aeroplane Police Search Continues London, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

A Kentish landowner informed Hill- man's Airways that the gold lost from a 'plane during a storm had been found on his property, but later it was revealed…

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Hit Mother with Ruler Youth's Dramatic Story to Police "To End Sufferings" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 7

That he struck his mother over the head with an office ruler in order to put her out of the misery of her own sufferings was the…

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Kisch Case Discussion Charge Against "S.m. Merald" High Court Hearing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

In the High Court to-day, Mr. Justice Evatt, referring to the publication of letters and articles in newspapers contributed by…

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NOW 16 DEAD Poisonous Liquor in U.S.A. Police Seek Bootleggers Utica (N.y.), January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 7

With the death of three more to-day, a total of 16 persons have lost their lives over the week-end from drinking poisonous liquor containing wood alcohol…

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Theft at Rifle Range

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

Newcastle police reported yesterday that thieves broke into a building at the Adamstown rifle range during Tuesday night and stole a number of carpenter's…

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