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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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

Police Divisions Reorganisation Plan Newcastle Area Extended Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 9

The boundary of the Newcastle police division has been extended to Dorrigo as a result of the plan of the Commissioner (Mr. W. J. Mackay) to provide for…

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Madame Stavisky Before Court for Sentence Will Probably Be Released Paris, January 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 10

Madame Stavisky, who was dressed in black, with a purple scarf, buried her face in her hands in Court to-day, as the Public Prosecutor asked for a sentence…

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Hint From Police Vicarage Murder Surprise Secret Closely Kept Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

A development which the detectives predict will cause surprise is promised in the in­vestigation of the murder of…

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Saety Zones at Hamilton Council Interviews Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

A request that raised areas on the main road from Broadmeadow to the city be proclaimed safety zones was made by a deputation from Hamilton…

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Friendliness of the Police Oversea Observations by Mr. Mullan

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

The remarkable friendliness that existed between the police of Great Britain and the public was com­mented on by Mr. James Mullan…

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Shadowed by Police Girl Friend of Wanted Youth Suicide of Gunman Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

Soaked by rain throughout Saturday night, detectives had spent 28 hours continuously on duty before they traced the…

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"Boy Gunman" Suicides in Cellar Dramatic End To Relentless Police Hunt SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 7

James Arthur Penrose, 18, for whom detectives had been searching since Constable Terbutt was wounded on New Year's Eve, was…

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Maitland News West Maitland Police Court Had Schoolmaster's Wallet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., a plea of "Guilty" was entered by Harold Oliver Shaw, 18, of Homeville, who was…

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Youths Remanded Alleged Assault on Young Woman SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

Bail of £100 each was allowed Henry Rowe, 20, and Harold James Mahoney, 19, labourers, at the Parramatta Court to-day, when they were remanded until…

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Street Fight Alleged Man Charged with Manslaughter Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Austin Alexander Power, 38, laborer, was charged, at Kogarah Court today, with having feloniously slain John Alfred Brown at Hurstville on…

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Police Court Monday, January 6 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Found on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Edwin Douglas Holliday, 19, milk carrier, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel,…

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Police Inquiries Continue Carrington Incidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Police continued their investigations to-day into a series of incidents in which members of the crew of the steamer Kooyong were involved last…

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Court Business at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

Records at Cessnock Courthouse show that during 1935 there was an increase in business in practically all departments…

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Body Could Not Be Found Detectives Doubt Murder Story Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Detectives all last night and today were busy investigating an extraordinary story of an alleged murder and the burial of a body, but…

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Unusual Request to Court Bread Delivery at Avondale

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Because, it was stated, Seventh-day Adventists will not buy bread before sundown on Saturdays, an application was made by A. C. C. Lean…

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Approach to Court Schoolteachers' Decision Conference at Hobart Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

The conference of the Federated Teachers' Association of Australia to-day carried a motion urging that that portion of the constitution applicable to the…

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Preferential Clause Cancelled in Colliers' Award State Court's Decision Men's Illegal Action Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

The State Industrial Commission to-day found that the State branch of the Seamen's Union had deliberately…

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Court's Fatal Blow to New Deal Setback to Roosevelt's Recovery Plans Farming Control Illegal Washington

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

One of the most momentous decisions in American economic and political affairs was given by the Supreme Court to-day when it ruled by six votes to three that the entire Agricultural Adjustment Administration programme was…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 9

William James Croxon was charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., with a breach of the Totalisator Act. Sergeant…

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Postal Employee Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 9

Walter James Field, a postal employee, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen on December 24 a letter valued at £14, the property of the Commonwealth…

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