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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 208

Student Killed Clash with Belgrade Police BELGRADE, February 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 8

Over 300 students have barricaded themselves in the University buildings and declared a hunger strike as a protest against the treatment of fellow-students alleged to…

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Police Commissioner's Illness Mr. W. H. Childs in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) had a sudden attack of illness while in Newcastle to-day, and was forced to forego a luncheon at…

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Surprise Witness Lindbergh Baby Murder Expert on Handwriting Flemington (N.j.) February 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

In the trial of Bernard Richard Hauptman, who is charged with the murder of the Lindbergh baby, the defence called a surprise witress to-day. Peter Sommers,…

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Confidence Trickery Reputed Leaders in Police Hands Melbourne Man London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

The French police claim, says the Paris correspondent of "The Dally Mail," that the largest gang of international swindlers which…

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Police Use 'Plane Suspect Chased in Territory Bathurst Island Arrest Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Mounted police made use of an aeroplane for the first time in the history of the Northern Territory yesterday when they went in search of a man believed…

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United in Grief Mothers Meet in Coroner's Court Scalding Fatalities Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Two young mothers—strangers to each other, but joined in sympathy by a common grief—faced each other in the depressing…

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"In State of Panic" His Reason for Absconding Brauner in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

That he was in a state of panic when he absconded from trial in Sydney in December was stated at the Quarter Sessions to-day by…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahon, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. The Secretary of the Shop Assistants'…

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Police Chase at Swansea Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 7

The police chose at Swansea on Boxing Night was recalled at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, when Adrian John Gelder, 44. wharf…

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Blacksmith Sentenced

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 7

William Bell, 36, blacksmith, convicted yesterday on a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing at Kyogle on November 3, 1034, was sentenced…

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Assault Charge Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 11

After evidence had been given by three witnesses, George McDonald, 45, a seaman, was discharged on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted George Jesse, at…

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Police Court Monday, February 4 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Indecent Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 11

Frederick William Hodder, 27, bus conductor, was fined £1, in default two days imprisonment, for having behaved in an indecent manner in Regent-street,…

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Goes to Gaol with All Mod. Cons. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 7

a prisoner who believes in home comforts and all modern conveniences is now being accommodated at the Campsle police station…

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Man Charged Alleged Attempted Suicide Girl's Death Recalled Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

William Waldic 20, who was committed for trial four months ago on a charge of having aided Esther Challenger, 18, to kill herself by taking poison at a farm…

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Industrial Court Hearing Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 11

By consent, the hearing was adjourned until February 18 of the cases in which the Firemen’s and Decklands’ Union proceeded against Newcastle Newcastle Ferries Co. Ltd…

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Goods in Custody Charge Engineer in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

Further evidence was heard at Newcastle Police Court to-day in the case in which Arthur William Bottrill, 54, engineer, was charged with having…

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On Murder Charge South African Detective Girl Shot Through Head Pretoria, February 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

Detective Sergeant J. H. Coetzee, of the South African railway police, has been charged with the murder of Miss G. P. Opperman, whose body, with a…

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Railway Awards Slight Rise for Ironworkers Federal Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

An award incorporating the terms of an agreement reached between the parties—the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners and the…

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Police Round Up Young Lawbreakers One Party Tried to Burn Tram Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

The C.I.B's. round-up in the last few days included a Bondi schoolboy who is alleged to have forced his way into local flats and robbed them of…

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Another Kisch Application High Court Asked to Restrain Action Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

In the High Court this afternoon, before Mr. Justice Evatt, Mr. Piddington, K.C., applied for a rule nisi to restrain the authorities from…

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