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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 208

"Horrible Story" Collector Sent to Gaol Robbed Woman Pensioner Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 8

When sentencing Isaac Goldberg, 37, brewery collector, to three months' imprisonment for having robbed Ellen Mansfield, an old age pensioner, Mr. Moseley,…

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Foreign Claim English Court Preferred

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

The fact that a case in which a German salvage company and the owners of an American ship were concerned had been tried in an…

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Basher Gang in Bathurst Gaol Assaults Said to Be Common Affairs Bathurst

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 7

Prompt action on the part of Bathurst Gaol warders has been responsible in the last few days for queuing a series of disturbances among the…

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Small Debts Court Collision at Mayfield

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

Two toy cars were used for demonstrations in the case in which Reginald Buckenfield, of Margaret-street, Mayfield, claimed £16/15/ damages from Julian…

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Regulation of Traffic Requests to Council and Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 3

Dissatisfied with the reply by the Commissioner of Police to Its representations for the extension of the Metropolitan Traffic Act to Newcastle,…

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Force Behind the Police Australia and Security Business Address

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

"Do we ever stop to think why it is that a few hundred policemen are able to enforce the law in a community of a million or…

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Bombarded with Crockery Police Defied by Man. in House Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 7

A man, who is alleged to have been found in a house in Wallaroy-road. Double Bay, this afternoon, staged a sensational bombardment of a…

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Workers' Court Widow's Claim Fails Death of Husband Doctors' Opinions Differ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 2

The Workers' Compensation Commission, presided over by Judge Perdriau, who is assisted by Commissioners G. Halliday and T. Routley, and Dr. R. M. Mackay, heard…

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State Authority Wage Fixing Power Challenged Appeal to High Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 13

In the High Court to-day the Australian Tramway Employees' Association challenged the right of the Federal Arbitration Court to delegate wage fixing…

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Young Girls' Escapades Story Told by Police Found Revolver in House Truant From School Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 7

A story containing allegations that two Woollahra girls, aged only 12 and 11 years respectively, had been for some days…

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A Move Thriller in Real Life Gold Looted From 'Drome Dramatic Evidence in Court Neat Job at Croydon London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

A dramatic story concerning the disappearance of three boxes of gold worth £21,000 from Croydon Aerodrome on March…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 11

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday morning. John Hartley and John Brannagan,…

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Croydon Mystery Story of Gold Theft Three Men Charged (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, March 19

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

The theft of three boxes of gold worth £21,000 from Croydon aerodrome on March 4 was described as being "as dramatic as an Edgar Wallace novel" by…

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Stealing Charges Former Bank Manager BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 6

When Charles H. Russell, 48, a former bank manager, on remand from Ipswich, was charged with having stolen £100 from Thomas Smith in October, 1930, police…

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Stole Car Newcastle Man Sentenced MELBOURNE

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

Mr. Justice Foster, at the General Sessions, to-day, sentenced George Arthur Walls, 22 of Newcastle, motor mechanic, to imprisonment for two years for having…

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Suicide Verdict Hanged in Long Bay Gaol SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 7

A verdict of suicide was recorded by a jury in the Coroner's Court to-day in the case of George Harry Davis, 46, who was found hanged in a cell at Long Bay…

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Serious Disturbances "Basher" Gang in Bathurst Gaol BATHURST

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 7

Daring the past few days serious disturbances have occurred among long-term prisoners at the Bathurst Gaol. At one stage there was grave danger that a…

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Light Day at Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 8

For the first time for many months no matters were heard in the criminal or summons divisions at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. A police charge case…

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Enraged Negroes Riots in New York Boy Caught Stealing New York, March 20

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

The theft of a penny piece of candy by a 10-year-old negro boy, in a large "Five and 10 cent store," in the Harlem section of the city, almost exclusively inhabited by…

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Lucas Sentenced to Death Shooting of Constable Tells Story of Robbery Bargo Affair Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 9

After James Lucas had admitted robbery, but denied knowledge of the shooting of Constable Arthurson, he was…

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