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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 208

Magistrate's Rebuke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 6

Two men who appeared in the Newcastle Police Court yesterday to answer charges were rebuked by the Magistrate (Mr. M. E. Soane) for not wearing coats…

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Ten Stealing Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 13

Two brothers were convinced on a number of charges of theft from properties within 100 yards of each other at Belmont between November 1934 and March…

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Assault Case Lapses

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

Kenneth King told Mr. Mahony, P.M., in the Cessnock Police Court to-day that he did not wish to give evidence against Lawrence Lloyd Craft…

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Magistrate and an Ancient Car

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

During a discussion on old model motor can between the Magistrate (Mr. Soane), Mr. Enright (Solicitor, of Mailand), and Mr. H. O'Neill, at…

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Maitland-Cessnock-Kurri West Maitland Police Court Man Bound Over

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning, Margaret Elizabeth Nixon proceeded against Daniel John Nixon, on a…

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Acquitted on Assault Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

David Alexander Nelson, 34, motor salesman, was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted a woman aged 24. The…

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Woman's Death Elderly Man Charged SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

Bail of £200 was allowed Frederick Watson, 65, at Redfern Police Court to-day when he appeared on a charge of having feloniously slain Elizabeth Grace…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

An examination was held by the Deputy Registrar (Mir. E. A. Mahony), at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, into the bankruptcy of George Albert…

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Assault on Warders "Likely to Cause Riot" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

At the Central Police Court to-day, Mr. Williams, S.M., sentenced Edward Kelly, 30 ironworker, to 11 weeks' gaol for having assaulted Victor Stafford…

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Police Court Monday, March 18 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) "Woman to Blame."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 13

Frank O'Berlin 26, labourer, was fined in default four days imprisonment, for having used insulting words to Constable M. T. Emerson in Ada-street,…

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Cripple Sentenced Attacked Mother with Ruler Seven Years' Imprisonment Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

Convicted at the Central Criminal Court last week on a charge of having wounded his mother with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, Henry Bernard Fulton, 23,…

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In the Courts Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

The transfer of the license of the Hotel Newcastle from Kenneth B. Sharp to Augustine V. Digman was granted at Newcastle Licensing Court…

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Tramway Workers Object to State Court Award Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

Whether the Federal Arbitration Court had the power to delegate to a State authority wage-fixing functions was the…

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Russian Colonel in Court Small Debts Claim for £16 15s

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

Sequel to the collision of two cars at Mayfield West on March 3, 1934, was a claim for £16 15s damages at Newcastle Small Debts…

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Road Traffic Slows New Speed Limit in Britain Many Police Traps London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 1

A metropolitan speed limit of 30 miles an hoar was introduced all over Britain to-day, after four years of unlimited speed, and,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. RUBBISH UNCOVERED…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 3

The licence of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, was transferred from Anthony Barbeta to Robert Rowan. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs. Braye, Cragg and Cohen)…

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Grazier Found Not Guilty Charges of Sheep Stealing Unproven Forbes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

After a retirement of an hour and a half the Jury last night found George Limbers, well-known grazier, not guilty of two charges of sheep-stealing and…

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MAITLAND--CESSNOCK--KURRI West Maitland Alleged Stealing Youth Arrested on Warrant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

Claude Arthur Brain, 18, a labourer, was charged before Mr. R. A. Kersley, [?] at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, with having, at Marrickville, on…

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Forger's Suicide in Gaol Man Who Betkayed His Friends Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 7

He promised to reform and two detectives got him a position of trust with a city firm. Then, breaking his word to those who had befriended him,…

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