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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 208

Power Alcohol Former Queensland Act Declared Invalid by Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 6

Five Justices of the High Court declared to-day that up to the passing of the Queensland Motor Spirit Vendors Act of 1934 the Act of 1933 was invalid and…

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Interstate Trade High Court's Decision Carrying Goods by Road Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 6

Upholding the validity of the South Australian Road and Railway Transport Act to-day, the High Court, by a majority of four to two, dismissed an appeal by…

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Husband's Story to Court Said Co-respondent Fired at Him Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 8

Allegations that during a chase two shots had been fired at him by the co-respondent, whom he had surprised in his wife's bedroom, were…

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Police Chief Mr. Mackay Appointed Commissioner Mr. Childs Resigns Change from March 24 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

The Metropolitan Superintendent (Mr. W. J. Mackay) was to-day appointed by the State Cabinet to succeed the present…

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Ulm's Tragic End Echo in Probate Court Leave to Swear Death Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

An echo of the flight of Charles Ulm and his companions, which ended so tragically when they were forced down in the Pacific Ocean in December, last year,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 11

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. SYDNEY SHOW INCIDENT. Mark Tobias Clarke, of Sydney, was…

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He Did Not Like Policemen! Miner Charged with Assault Makes Cross Charge!

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 8

"I don't like policemen," said James Percy Warren, 44. miner, at Portland Place, New Lambton. on the evening of March 2, to…

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Vanua Levu Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 10

Suva, March 12.—An Indian, Kaliappa, was sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of a compatriot named Lachmaya, on a lonely bush track at Vanua Levu…

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Murder Suspected Central Australia Aboriginal Report at Oodnadatta Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 9

A message from Oodnadatta states that the report has just come to light of a supposed murder of an aboriginal at the Tieyon station last September…

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Six Railwaymen in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 8

Vermont Victor Clark (40), Cecil George Schubert (37), Bertie Gordon Slade (36), Walter Vincent Codrington (32), Harry Mamby Dutton (33). and…

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Small Debts Court Case Part Heard

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

Sequel to a collision between a car and a motor-cycle at the intersection of Tudor-street and Gordon-avenue, Hamilton on the night of January 20, 1934, was a claim…

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Declared Criminal Young Man Sent to Gaol "A Pest to the Community" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 14

John Williams, 26, who was declared by the police to be a dangerous criminal of whom not one good word could be said, was sentenced to-day by Judge Curlewis at…

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Police Traps for Speedsters Official Cars Will Be Disguised London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 1

In addition to current methods of detection In the enforcement of the metropolitan speed limit of 30 miles an hour, commencing next Monday, a…

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Missing Man Police Fear for Safety Loud Explosion Heard Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 9

Fears are entertained for the safety of Malcolm McIntyre Campbell, 53, resident of Woolgoolga, for whom police and volunteers are searching in rough…

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Brisk Exchanges in Court Charge of Sheep Steals Forbes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 8

Brisk exchanges between the defendant and the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. P. W. Berne) marked the continuation of the case in which…

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Hoax Call to the Police Sequel to Yarra Bay Shooting Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 7

A bogus report believed to have been made by a vindictive person sent police mid ambulance men rushing to the home of the Edwards family at Yarra…

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Consorting Act's Ban Man's Complaint in Court Judge Gives Heed Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 7

When Oscar Pike, 29. at the Quarter Sessions to-day complained of the severity of the Consorting: Act, Judge Curlewis said that it was…

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Alleged Street Raid in Sydney Man From Melbourne Appears in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 8

George Henry Edwards, 29, described as a fruiterer, was/ remanded by Mr. Stevenson, S.M., ail the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having…

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Three Scouts Are Reported Missing Eleven Days Since They Started Police Plan a Wide Search Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 7

Fearing that three Clovelly rover scouts who left Sydney eleven days ago to hike from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves may be lost in some of the wildest country on the Blue Mountains, Police from Katoomba,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. On a charge of having failed to renew a motor licence, John Cummings, of…

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