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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 208

Police Clue to Melbourne Jewel Theft Amazing Epidemic of "Smash and Grab" Raids Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 7

Police have obtained a clue to the identity of one of the "smash and grab" raiders who escaped in a motor car last night after…

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Solicitors Meet The Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 2

THE SOLICITORS' TEAM which met a cricket team representing Newcastle Police at the Sports Ground on Thursday afternoon. Included in the group are L. L. Waralnd, S. V. Chapman. S. S. Milchell. N. T. Cragg. A. E. Rankin. J. J. Youll, W. C. Connington. H. L. Curry. M. E. Soone (the Newcastle Stipendiary Magistrate), and J. M. Ruggero…

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"Swank" His Downfall Young Man's Confession Sentenced for Robbery Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 10

Before Stanley Kennedy O'Brien, 22, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to two years' imprisonment for robbery and receiving, he told Judge…

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Drinks Bring A Welcome Break In Police Cricket Match

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 2

A WELCOME INTERRUPTION in the cricket match at Newcastle sports Ground on Thursday afternoon between teams representing Newcastle Solicitors and Police The Solicitors after a torrid time in the field, greet the arrival of the drinks with a smile. Then were joined by the two police, balsmen. and the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Phillipson), who was one of the umpires…

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Claim Fails Pianist Sues for Wages Industrial Court Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 3

A claim for a balance of wages, amounting to £8/12/6, alleged to have been due to him as a musician, was made by Leonard Spice, sen., of Union-street…

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Anti-mason Drive Nazi Police Raid Famous Lodge BERLIN, March 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 10

In continuance of the Nazi drive against Freemasonry, secret police raided the oldest Prussian lodge, the "Three Globes" during a grand lodge meeting to-day…

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Chased by Police Scrambled Up a Signal Gantry Woman's Adventure Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 7

Chased by four police, a young woman raced down a steep railway embankment at Newtown early to-day and scrambled up a signal…

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Head Injury Blamed for Life of Crime Court Rejects Appeal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 10

John Kingsley Clarkson, 25, who appealed to the Full Court to-day against a sentence of five years' imprisonment on a charge of false pretences and…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 6

Ray Wilson, 57, a labourer, was fined 10/ for drunkenness, and £1, in default two days' imprisonment, for having used indecent language, by Mr. M. E. Soane,…

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Indian Murder Moslem Sentenced to Death CALCUTTA, March 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

Shah Mohammed, a Moslem house servant, has been sentenced to death at Allahabad for murdering his master, Mr. A. G. Crawford, the Police Superintendent…

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Gold Stealing Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

London, March 9.—Cecil Swanland, 47, artist, has been charged at Croydon with being concerned with three others not in custody in stealing three boxes of gold,…

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Rescued: Charged Victim Was Wanted Man SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

Redfern police last night were called to the assistance of a man who was being kicked by a crowd of men. V hen the police arrived they found a…

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Walked Out of Lock-up Prisoner Sentenced to Six Months

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

Escaping from Weft Maitland Police Station on the night of March 5, Lewis Abrahams, of Ryde. Sydney, was at liberty five hours before he was…

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"Nothing to Say" Police Commissioner in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 7

"I've got nothing to say about it—nothing at all," said the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) when questioned in Newcastle to-day regarding…

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German Fiction Story of Albury Murder Paper's Imaginative Effort Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

He who said that truth was stranger than fiction was not acquainted with the efforts of an imaginative German journalist who produced a report of the…

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Police Chief's Address "No Traffic Problem in Newcastle"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 9

The commissioner for Police (Mr. Childs) surprised members of the Rotary club to-day when he declared that Newcastle had no traffic…

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Brisbane Meat Strike Court Calls Conference BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

The Industrial Court has called a compulsory conference of the parties to the abattoir dispute for Tuesday. The arrival from Melbourne yesterday…

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Potato Ban High Court Decision Queensland Concern Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. F. W. Bulcock) is perturbed by the Full High Court's decision that the Victorian prohibition on Tasmanian potatoes is…

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Prahran Robbery Thieves Desperate Men Police Working on Clue Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 9

Police, investigating the "smash and grab" raid on a Prahran jeweller's shop on Friday night, in which £200 worth of jewellery was stolen, are working on a…

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Man Killed Struck by Police Car St. Peters Fatality Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 7

William James Burns, 42, a returned soldier, of St. Peters, received fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a police patrol ear at St. Peters last night…

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