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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 208

Safety Zones in Streets Proposals Submitted to Police in Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 16

A proposal that safety zones be established at every tram stop between Hunter-street and Broadmeadow has been made by the Mayor of Hamilton…

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Tribute to Police Offer Evidence for Accused Sawtell Inquiry Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 12

Appreciation of the Police Department's fairness was expressed to-day by Mr. A. Gates, formerly C.S.M., at the end of evidence in…

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First Since War Court Martial of Admiral LONDON, February 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 9

Au a result of the collision between the H.M.S. Hood and H.M.S. Renown .on January 26, Rear-admiral Bailey and Captain Tower, of the Hood, and Captain…

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Judge's Warning Court Witness Threatened Letter From Mason Read Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 10

A sensation was caused in the District Court to-day during the hearing of a claim by Albert James Ward, labourer, of Woollahra, against Florence Burt. Matron of…

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Claim for £249 Breach of Promise Suit Poem Read in Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 10

When Miss Isobel Frances Reeves, of Albert Park, sued Ernest Hilton Whelan of South Melbourne, for £249 for alleged breach of promise of marriage, a poem…

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Three Men Charged Assault Cases at Glen Innes Glen Innes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 13

Before Judge Clancy at the Glen Innes Quarter Sessions, John Edward Elliot was charged with having shot at Elvin Bede Newsome, near Dundee, on February 1,…

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Murder Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 10

ENID KELLY (left) and Alma Locock, arriving at the Criminal Court. Melbourne, to give evidence in the trial in which Charles…

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Beach Inspector Sent to Gaol Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 10

Jack Watts, 58, who, according to the police, was well-known as an honorary beach Inspector at Neilson Park and Balmoral, and also as a vigoro…

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Year in Gaol for False Pretences Man's Record

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 11

"Light sentences are no use to you." said Mr. Harrison, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, to John Buck., alias Sceley, 48, advertising agent…

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Sent to Gaol for Nine Months Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 10

Sentence of nine months' imprisonment was passed by Judge White, at the Quarter Sessions to-day on Matthew Michael Moore, 28. who pleaded…

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Ten Years' Gaol Tallarook Manslaughter "An Atrocious Crime" Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

Ten years' imprisonment was to-day imposed upon Charles Jeffrey Jones, 24, labourer, of Tallarook, by Mr. Justice Macfarlan, in the Criminal Court, for the…

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Serious Offence Is Charged Man Remanded and Bail Refused Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

David Alexander Nelson, 31. mechanic, who was remanded at North Sydney court last week on a charge of having, at Newport on…

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Police Awards Arbitration Act Inspector CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

An extension has been made to the duties of the newly-appointed Arbitration Act Inspector (Mr. A. Blakeley), as a result of which he will report to the…

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Reputed Gunman Sent to Gaol Many Convictions at Age of 28 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

Arthur Norman Daws, 28, described by the police as ono of the worst types of criminals in New South Wales and as a reputed gunman, was…

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"Child Would Die" Story of Spiritualistic Seances Woman on Theft Charges Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 13

In the Hamilton Supreme Court to-day. Martha Ormsby, a half-caste Maori woman, appeared on five charges of having stolen sums aggregating £56/6/ from an…

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Sawtell Inquiry Evidence Concluded Police Fairness Praised Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 13

Mr. Arthur Gates, formerly Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, sitting as a Commission to-day, concluded the hearing of evidence at the inquiry into the…

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News Of Suburban Councils More Police for Lake Towns Council's Request

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

Lake Macquaric Shire Council does not agree with the Commissioner ol Police that towns in the Lake Shire are sufficiently protected…

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Fugitive Shot By Police Constable's Evidence Believed Bullet Ricocheted Fired to Frighten Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

Evidence that he considered n ricocheting ballet, which he had fired to frighten him, might have killed Richard Augustus Thurling,…

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Scene in Court Objected to Sons Giggling Hearing of Alimony Claim Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 13

Unable to read or write, Thomas James Parker, a milkman of Parramatta, created a stir before the Registrar in Divorce to-day. While in the witness-box under…

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Woman's Ordeal Man Sentenced for Assault Struggle in House Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 10

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge White sentenced Mathew Moore, 28, to nine months' imprisonment on a charge of having been found in a woman's bed…

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