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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 208

Clerk Remanded Police Allegations Against Firm 'Considerable Sums Involved' Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 11

Joseph Patrick Shinners, 27, clerk was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having obtained blankets, sheets, and quilts, to the value of…

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Detective Drama Police Dig for Stolen Plays Taken with Car Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 11

On behalf of the law and J. C. Williamson Ltd., three Melbourne detectives, who had come to Sydney…

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Shooting Charge Wounded Constable Gives Evidence Two Men Before Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 5

Although still suffering from the bullet wound which he received on January, 14. Constable James Simpson to-day left the Police Hospital, where he is still an…

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Captain of Renown Is Dismissed Sequel to Collision "Hazarded Two Battleships" Verdict of Court London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

Captain Henry Sawbridge, of the Renown, was to-day convicted of hazarding two ships by negligence, at the…

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Police Court Thursday, February 28 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison, S.m.) Starting-price Betting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 6

Jack Tennant, 30, a labourer, was fined £10, with 14/9 costs, in default 22 days' imprisonment, for having committed a breach of the Totalisator Act at Islington…

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Mother Protests Against Son's Taking Oath Magistrate's Comment Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 12

Strong comment was made by Mr. Stafford, P.M., at the St. Kilda Police Court, to-day, after a woman had protested against her son's giving evidence…

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Girl's Story of Assault Detectives Search for Culprit Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 7

Detectives and uniformed police have been rushed to the dense scrubland between Turramurra and Hornsby, following the…

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During the King's Pleasure Man Sent to Gaol for Shooting Longreach

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 8

Found guilty of having attempted to kill Arthur Bowen Elliot on December 13, 1934, by shooting him with a revolver, Albert Devlin Beil was…

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Captain Tower Acquitted Battleships' Collision Court-martial London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

At the third and last court-martial in connection with the collision between the Hood and the Renown in the Mediterranean, Flag-captain…

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Strong Language in Court Jilted Girl Awarded £249 Damages Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 7

Counsel in the County Court today described a young man who had jilted his fiancee as a "callous, viperous, treacherous, and…

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Labour Unions American Court's Ruling Setback for Government New York, February 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 11

The Associated Press correspondent at Wilmington (Delaware) says that the Federal Government lost an major battle under the National Industrial Recovery…

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Railway Line To Weston Company's Plan Application to Land Court Scheme Is Opposed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 7

The Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. Brown) told the Maitland Land Board to-day that if the application of a mining…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

Two strangers, Edward Nye, 36, and Gordon Douglas, 29, were charged before Mr. M. D. Austin at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with vagrancy…

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Gloucester Police Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

The Secretary of the District Council of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester Primary Producers' Union (Mr. A. W. Frazer) informed the delegates at the…

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Police Court Friday, March 1 (Before Mr. E. J. Harrison. S.m.) Vagrancy Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 17

To permit defendants to leave Newcastle, a remand to Monday was granted in the cases in which Annie Elsie Jackson, or Jones, 31, and Eileen Noble, 33,…

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Diverse Duties Canadian Mounted Police Boundaries Widened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

For the first time in its history the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is sending two of its senior officers to attend a special course at Scotland Yard. They…

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Intent to Murder Charge Against Foreigner Brawl in Shop Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 2

On a charge arising out of a melee in Elizabeth-street last night. Bruno Bombardlere (34), a bootmaker, appeared at Central…

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Gruesome Parcel Man's Legs on Train Was It Murder? London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

The discovery of a man's legs skilfully severed at the knees, and wrapped in a brown paper parcel, under the seat of…

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Italian Wounded Altercation in Shop Two Men Charged Two Detectives See Melee SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 12

Following an alleged altercation concerning a business matter, during which a shot was fired, in a city bootmaker's shop, to-night, Bruno Bombardiere, 34, an Italian,…

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Burned Bones Discovery at Wagga Police Investigating Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 11

The discovery of a small handful of burned chips of bone and teeth, on the edge of a lagoon about 15 miles out of Wagga, has led to intensive police…

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