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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

3,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 186

Police Cadets Arrive Assistance to Detective and Station Staffs

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

The police reorganisation scheme at Newcastle was advanced a further stage to-day when Cadets A. Southern and C. Bowie arrived from…

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Forgery Alleged Police Story of Missing Man ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 8

When Eric Ronald Ivor Bowman Tapley, 27, a fisherman, appeared before the Court yesterday on a charge of forging and uttering, it was stated by the police that…

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In the Court To-day Child in Pawnshop Trouble Over Stolen Tricycle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 5

Determined to make money, a girl, 11 years of age, stole a tricycle from one of her school-mates and pawned it for 10s. Detective-Constable C. R. McMahon told that story to the Magistrate (Mr…

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Peace Proposals Rejection by Germany Expected "No Further Humiliation" Strong Opposition to Proposal to Police Frontier (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 7

It is generally believed that Germany will reject the proposals outlined in the British White Paper, in view of the German condemnation of the plans for an international police force, and the reference of the Franco-Soviet Pact to The Hague court…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 9

In the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., the case. Frederick Joseph Harvey, of Oakhampton. v. Reginald John Harvey,…

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Theft of Bacon

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 8

For having stolen a side of bacon. valued at £1 10s. the property of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society. Thomas Johnson (52). fireman,…

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Car Stealing Charge Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 12

Charged with having stolen a motor-car, valued at £350, the property of William Alfred Sullens, Assistant Engineer of Erina Shire, also surveying instruments…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 10

Proceeded against by Inspector R. J. Hutchinson of the Department of Labour and Industry, on a charge of having failed to keep time and pay sheets correctly…

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Police Court Monday, March 23 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 10

Fines of £1, in default two days imprisonment, for drunkenness, were imposed on each of the following defendants—Patrick Kellaher, 33, a labourer;…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., presided at the Maitland Small Debts Court yesterday. Francis Joseph Reid, of Lorn, proceeded…

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Murder Charge Maltese on Trial Dispute Over Suitcase Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 8

On a charge of having murdered Emmanuel Attard in East Sydney on November 20 of last year, Guiseppe Caruano, 49, a Maltese wharf labourer, appeared in the…

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Suit Case Tragedy Man Acquitted of Murder Witness Absent Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 7

When the trial of Guiseppe Caruano (49). a Maltese, on a charge of murder was resumed at the Central Criminal Court to-day, the defence…

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After the Mosley Meeting Disturbers in Court London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

As the outcome of disturbances in connection with Sir Oswald Mosley's Albert Hall meeting a woman and 16 men were charged to-day with various…

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Confession Is Mentioned Murder of Vicar Trial Begins in Melbourne 39 Crown Witnesses Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 7

A large motor car spanner, a quantity of blood-spattered clothing and two rust-stained watches, were among the…

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Court Fight for a Daughter Alleged Eccentricity of Her Father Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 5

[?]y Lyon Moss, retired financier, said in Court that his former wife had had only one obect—to get him to his grave, so that she could get his…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 9

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 2

Permission was granted to Francis Feighan to carry on the Australian wine licence at Warner's Bay. Application was made by Patrick Francis Feighan, an…

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Starting Price Betting Probe Vicarage Murder Women Crowd the Court Trial of Cornelius Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 7

Women predominated again in the Criminal Court to-day when the trial of Edward Cornelius (28), motor mechanic, on a…

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Theft From Railway Gang Box of Tools Stolen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 9

The theft of a wooden box containing 24 saws, 18 mixed flies, and 30 steel bits from a railway job near Morisset during the past few days has been…

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Mosley Meeting Assault on Constable Man Heavily Fined London, March 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 8

One woman and 16 men have been charged with various offences as an outcome of the disturbances winch occurred when the leader of the British Fascists…

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