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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

3,714 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 186

Wages Boards Powers to Make Awards Appeal to High Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 6

The State Cabinet to-day approved of an appeal being made to the High Court against the decision of the State Full Court, which upset the recent…

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Divorce Petitions in Newcastle Court Married for Three Weeks Then Husband Left

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 9

The marital bliss of Lena Louise Baker (nee Miller) of Tudor-street, Hamilton, and Stuart Wallace Baker, Dawson-street,…

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Newcastle Courts Tuesday, May 12 (Before Mr: M. E. Soane, S.m.) Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 3

The licence of the Town Hall Hotel, Waratah, was transferred from John William Shaw to Charles Augustus Byrnes. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Brays,. Cragg…

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Federal Session Supply Bill Australian's Trade with America "Court Goodwill" Minister at Washington Urged CANBERRS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 8

Emphasising the importance of avoiding a quarrel with the United States on the ground of ill-balanced trade. Sir Donald Cameron (U.A.P., Lilley, Q.), in…

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Solicitor Charged Misappropriation Alleged Cessnock Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

Albert Edward Westcott (58), solicitor, of Cessnock. was charged at the Cessnock Police Court this afternoon and remanded until May 26…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

Reuben Jones, 25, of Brunker-street, Kurri Kurri, pleaded "Guilty" before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, to a charge of…

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Escaped From Gaol Parkes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

Parkes police spent the whole of last night in drizzling rain and bitter cold, watching at road intersections for Peter Cavanagh, who escaped last night…

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Man Breaks Gaol Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 7

A man who was under arrest on a charge of breaking entering and stealing escaped from Tullamore lock-up to-night. He was exercising after tea, and…

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Driver Committed Kurri Ambulance Smash Manslaughter Charge Evidence in Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

Robert Noel, of Main-road Neath, who was driving the Kurri Kurri District Hospital ambulance on the night of February 17, was committed for trial at the…

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Police Court Wednesday, May 13 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 5

For having behaved in an offensive manner in Hunter-street West, on May 12, Albert Percival Pritchard, 41, a labourer, and Samuel Joseph Hoyle, 45, a labourer,…

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Hamilton Council Police Control Fire Board Nominations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 5

Hamilton Council, at its meeting last night, decided to have representations made to the Department of Justice of have the district police controlled from…

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Murder Charge Man Sent for Trial Alleged Statement Kiama

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 8

The District Coroner to-day committed Francis Henry Joseph Maudlin, 27, labourer, for trial on a charge of having murdered Charles Dawson, 47, pensioner,…

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District Court Fifteen Divorce Petitions Verdict for £400

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 3

Fifteen undefended divorce petitions were dealt with by Judge Nield, in Newcastle District Court yesterday. In addition a part-heard case was completed,…

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NEWS from the Councils Police Centre at Hamilton Move by Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 11

Hamilton Council believes that Hamilton should be the centre of police activities in the Newcastle district…

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Police Say Fowls Were "Fished" Charge Fails at Casino Casino

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 11

When Michael Chetauti (48), was charged with stealing a fowl from the yard of Patrick Lett, it was suggested in the evidence for the…

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Hickey to Hang To-day Angry Protests in Assembly Police Precautions Mother Visits Son for Last Time Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 7

Edwin John Hickey, murderer of Montague Henwood, State Conciliation Commissioner, will be hanged at Long Bay Penitentiary at 8.30…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 13

While patrolling in the police car on Wednesday night, Sergeants H. W. Taylor and J. Clements arrested two men who were in a motor-car parked near the…

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Cessnock Police Court Alleged Misappropriation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 13

Albert Edward Westcott, solicitor, of Cessnock, was charged before Mr. F. R. Wood, J.P., at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, with the misappropriation,…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured Parkes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 5

Within a few hours of his escaping from Tullamore lock-up last night, Peter Cavanagh was back again. Police this morning captured him five miles away…

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Murdered Woman Aircraftsman Sentenced to Death LONDON, May 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 12

Frederick Herbert Field, 32, an aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force, was to day sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Beatrice Sutton, early on the morning of…

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