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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

3,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 186

Brothers Sent to Gaol Theft of Bicycle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

"This is evidently a case of deliberate stealing," said the Magistrate (Mr. Soane, S.M.), when sentencing two brothers at Newcastle Police…

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Stealing Case Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

To a charge of having stolen, at Wallsend, on or about January 6, a quantity of scrap iron, valued at 7/, the property of R. W. Miller and Co. Ltd., William…

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Cables in Brief Anti-fascist Sentenced.—

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

Rome, Thursday: Professor Antonio Pesenti, the financial author, has been sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment for anti-Fascist activities abroad…

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MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Railway Pilfering Magistrate's Warning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 13

Giving evidence at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, a railway detective stated that the department was making a special effort to suppress pilfering…

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Court Ends Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

The members of the Australian Federated Union of Enginemen and likewise their confreres of the A.W.U. are happy. The Industrial Court has decided with them…

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Police Court Thursday, February 6 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Six Months' Imprisonment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 16

Pleading "Guilty" to four charges of theft in a dwelling, Edward Clarence Long, 25, gardener, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months on each charge…

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Lorry Pursued by Police Dangerous Driving Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

Pursuit of a motor lorry which he said had passed an intersection at a dangerous speed and zig-zagged across Scott-street was described to-day by…

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Bandits Seen by Typist Clues in Melbourne Murder Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Miss M. Landy, a typist employed at the Department of Health, opposite the back of the Stamp Comptroller's Office, is one of the witnesses whose…

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Dentist's Death in Wagga Police Investigation Wagga

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Mrs. Eve Pelletier, a dentist, and the wife of Mr. S. F. Pelletier, also a dentist, was found dead in her bed in a flat in Fitzmaurice-street last evening…

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Murder Victim Woman Sought Protection for Husband Victorian Premier's Comment Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

The Premier of Victoria (Mr. A. A. Dunstan), who is in Sydney, to-day referred to statements that Mrs. Seriven, widow of James Seriven, the Government…

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£5000 Damages Claimed Police Commissioner and Newspaper Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

A Supreme Court writ claiming £5000 damages for alleged libel from Messrs. Wilson and MacKinnon proprietors of "The Star" was filed to-day by Mr. R…

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Small Debts Court Verdict for Rent and Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

Against Stanley Thomas Andrew, corner of Veda and Samdon Streets, Hamilton, John Cule Lewis, 21 Turner-street, Georgetown, secured a verdict for £15/3/…

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Police Court Friday, February 7 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Theft of Bicycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 19

Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Charlestown on February 5, a bicycle valued at £4, the property of Mr. Cook, Theo Siever, 22, a labourer, and…

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German Clergyman Sent to Gaol Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 1

Pastor Althaus, of Hanover, was sentenced to-day to six months in prison for having forbidden children to use the Hitler salute or take part in the clamor…

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Bullion Missing Registered Bag Opened Puzzling Theft at Cairns Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 11

The Postal Department has received advice that bullion, probably consisting of a bag of gold and remittances to the Postmaster…

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Police Boat Searches Sea Front Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 6

Nothing has been seen of a man believed to be Jack Hornsby since he swam out to sea from Middle Park pier at 9 a.m. to-day…

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Police to Check Relief Issues Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 19

Fifty police, wearing civilian clothes, will make a special check on the issue of food relief in the metropolitan area. This check is in addition to…

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Police Guard at Wharf Trade Slump Follows Dispute Port Kembla

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 3

Police guarded the approach to the steelworks jetty all night during the loading of the steamer Kowarra and do not intend to withdraw until the…

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Olympia "Battle" Stories Recalled in Court Sir Oswald Mosley Action Against Railwaymen's Official (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 11

Stories of the Olympia "battle" in June, 1934, were recalled in evidence, when Sir Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Fascists; in the King's Bench…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 6

On a charge of drunkenness. Samuel Walls, 50, a labourer, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment by Mr. C. W. Naylor, J.P., at Newcastle Police…

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