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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

4,154 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 208

Digger Helped to Sydney Magistrate's Anzac Day Gesture

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

The spirit of Anzac Day pervaded Newcastle Police Court to-day, and the magistrate (Mr. Soane, S.M.) made a generous gesture towards an unfortunate…

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Police Association Smoke Social

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 6

The annual smoke social of the Newcastle branch of the Police Association of New South Wales will be held in the Masonic Hall in Wolfe-street on…

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Sentenced to Death Generals in Greek Revolt ATHENS, April 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

A court-martial has passed the death sentence on General Papoulas former Commander of the Creek Forces in Asia Miner and on the General Kimisia for…

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Police Court Tuesday, April 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) "Stopped a Train."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 5

In the case in which Thomas Thompson 53 labourer was charged with drunkenness and having wilfully trespassed on the railway at Hamilton on April 19 it…

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Explosions in Sydney Home Laborer Is Charged Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

Frank Dewsbury (43), laborer, was charged at Central Court to-day with having maliciously placed a large quantity of gelignite in the house of…

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Nazi Guards Murder Miners' Official Resentment in the Ruhr London, April 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

The Brussel's correspondent of the "Daily Herald states that news has been received that Frizt Husemann, former Presided of the Miners International was…

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Bicycles in Possession of Police Suspected Thefts at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 8

Cessnock Police Station looked like a bicycle shop to-day, for in it were a large number of bicycles and parts believed to have been stolen…

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Industrial News Metal Trades Application to Court Rehearing on April 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 8

The Organiser an Advocate of the Amalgamated Engineering Union at Newcastle (Mr. T. B. Ward) has received from the authorities in Melbourne a copy of…

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Left Court Keeper of King's Purse Egyptian Problem Ends London, April 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

The "Daily Telegraphs Cairo correspondent says that owing to the representative of the Prime Minister Nissin Pasha) to the High Commissioner (Sir…

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Theft of Clothes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 5

Alexander Leese, 46, a labourer, was sentenced to imprisonment for three months when he pleaded, "Guilty" to the theft of a suit of clothes, valued at £3,…

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Wireless Act High Court Ruling Awaited Magistrate Defers Decision Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 8

Pending a decision by the High Court on whether the Wireless and Telegraphic Act is ultra wires the Commonwealth Constitution, no decision will be given in the…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 24 Gave Him a Chance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 5

Michael Phayer, 40, a labourer, was fined 10/, in default imprisonment for one day, when he pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been drunk in Newcastle on…

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Bank Teller Charged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 8

A statement that the Eric Cann, 27, a bank teller, had lost £1050 at the Rosehill races and Harold Park dog races on the day the money was stolen was made by…

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Thefts Reported to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 8

A resident of Mayfield reported to the police this morning that her handbag. containing £3 3s, was stolen while she was shopping in Newcastle…

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Industrial Court Pastrycook Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 5

Proceeded against by Edwin Joseph O'Grady, on behalf of the Federated Pastrycooks' Union, Leslie John Cooper, of Hunter-street, Newcastle, was fined £1,…

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Mr. Lyons in Ulster Guard of Honor of Armed Police welcom in Belfast Belfast

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 8

A guard of honor from the Royal Ulster Constabulary stood with fixed bayonets and a police hand played when Mr. Lyons slepped from the train to-day…

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Alleged Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 2

Cecil Patrick Maher, 29. laborer, was charged by warrant at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having assaulted Constable Pace, at Wickham…

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Daylesford Shooting Man Charged with Murder Woman Is Mentioned Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 7

Allegations that the friendship between Mrs. Katherine Rankin Morton, licensee of the Wentworth Hotel, Daylesford, and Thomas…

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Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 2

While Thomas Morris Jenkins was talking to a friend in Morehead-street, Lambton, lost night, Thomas Fitzpatrick, 31, laborer, punched him…

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"The Island Murder."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 8

In "The Island Murder," the new serial publication of which will begin in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" to-morrow, the well-known author, Paul Trent, has…

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