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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 208

Hunt for Gang Big Robbery at Nowra Belief of Police Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 5

Sydney and country detectives are engaged in a hunt for what they believe to be a gang of three men suspected of…

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First Court King Dressed in Scarlet Duke of Gloucester Absent London, March 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 11

The first Court of the season was held at Buckingham Palace to-night. It was the first in living memory held in March. This was essential to avoid interference…

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Police Faced With Jig-Saw Puzzle Piecing Together a Letter Search for Motive in Stockinbingal Drama May Never Be Revealed Stockinbingal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 5

While further efforts are being made to-day to secure from Sophie Tenzer a statement that might help in the solution of the shooting mystery, two more pieces of the vital letter, which were found early…

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Sentenced to Gaol for Three Months

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 7

Kenneth Lindsay, 34, boilermaker, was sentenced at Newcastle Court this afternoon to imprisonment for three months by Mr. Soane, S.M., on a…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 6

At Newcastle Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. J. Tarn, J.P., four men were dealt with for drunkenness…

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Seaman Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

Patrick Byrne, 41, seaman, was remanded till April 17 at the Newcastle Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen a tarpaulin valued at 5s…

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Blonde Girl in Police Court Eighteen—and Drunk

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 9

Blonde, pretty, and only eighteen, she sat before the dock in the Newcastle Police Court to-day, wailing to answer a charge of drunkenness…

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Court Dress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 3

New designs for the Jubilee courts, to begin soon, were exhibited at Buckingham Palace recently. These designs are taken as indications of what will be favoured,…

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Murder Charge Labourer Remanded in Melbourne MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 7

Alfred Charles Wright, 25, labourer, appeared at the City Court yesterday on a charge of having murdered Timothy Patrick O'Sullivan, 35, who was found in…

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Police Watched at Window Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 2

The very fact of a woman admiring herself before a mirror in a Newtown street led to the arrest of herself, another woman and two men yesterday…

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Woman Hanged Murder of Husband Accomplices Also Die Montreal, March 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

Mrs. Thomas Sarao died on the scaffold to-day when she was hanged for a 4500-dollar life insurance plot to murder her husband. With her were hanged on…

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IMPERSONATION Local Government Elections Police Are Inquiring Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

Detective-Sergeants Watkins and Baker, of the Sydney C.I.B., are investigating allegations of impersonation at the last municipal elections in December…

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Promotions of Police Ability Before Seniority Mackay's Policy Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 7

"Promotion by seniority does not appeal to me," said the new Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) to-day in…

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Tributes to Police the Premier Opens Annual Conference Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 9

The Government recognises the keenness and efficiency of members of the Police Force and is anxious that the men of all ranks should…

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Compensation and Common Law High Court Problem Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 6

Whether satisfaction of a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act debarred the next of kin from claiming damages under common law was the…

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Shooting Tragedy Miss Tenzer Interviewed Police Grip on Mystery Stockinbingal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 7

As a result of an interview they had with Miss Sophie Tenzer in hospital yesterday, detectives believe that when the inquest is held to-morrow week, the…

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New Film Racket Films Stolen and Renamed Police Get Busy London, March 16

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

Practically every big cinema organisation in Great Britain has been robbed by a clever gang in a most amazing film…

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Winding-up Order Granted by Court Northern Airways Limited Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 8

On the petition of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Mr. Justice Long-Innes in the Equlty Court to-day, granted a consent order for the winding up of…

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Stolen From Police Exhibits in Cattle Theft Cases Maitland Incidents Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 8

Stealing the exhibits from under the nose of the police is almost a common occurrence in country districts, said members of the Police Conference…

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Police Court Monday, April 1 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offence Against Decency

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 2

When the part-heard case in which Kenneth Lindsay, 34, a boilermaker, was charged with a serious offence against decency, at Hamilton, on January 1, was…

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