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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 189

Accountant Charged Man Killed by Car SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 12

On a charge of having feloniously slain Arthur Stutchbury in the city last night, Alexander Parkins, 22, an accountant, was remanded on £200 bail at the…

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Seven Years' Gaol Bullahdelah Killing Quarrel Ended Tragically Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 11

Charged at the Central Criminal Court with the murder of James Weeks, 58, near Bullahdelah, James Wears, 46, to-day was found guilty of manslaughter. He…

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Sensational Development Murder Case Witness's Declaration Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

Awaiting execution in Pentridge prison for the murder of James Edward Scriven 63. a messenger employed in the…

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"Tied to Dray" Youth Alleges Assault Claim for Damages Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 12

Robin Lee Logan, by his next friend, Lee Logan, brought an action to-day against William Britten and Harold John Britton, claiming £2000 damages for…

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Police at Mine Chief Secretary's Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 10

The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey has replied to a letter presented by Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A.. from the Secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall…

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"Totally Untrue" Evidence at Murder Trial Witness's Affidavit Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 11

There was a sensational development to-day in the Titles Office murder case. In an affidavit filed in the High Court, John Stevens said the evidence given by…

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Industrial News Protest Made at Trades Hall Police at Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 6

"We will continue to protest against he use of the police in industrial disputes of any description," said the secretary of Newcastle Trades Hall…

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Damages Claim Mrs. Brady's Case Fails Judge on Police's Duty Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 12

The case in which Mrs. Grace Mary Brady claimed £2000 from Detective-inspector Frank Matthews and Detective. sergeant Frank Leonard Allmond for…

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Admitted Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5

Approaching Plain-clothes Constable Parmenter on the Cessnock Showground, Oswald Joseph Brennell, of Boomerang-street, Cessnock, and Albert James Caban, of…

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Fainted in Court Man Charged with Wangi Attack

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

After having been charged and remanded, at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having maliciously…

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Mother Charged with Murder Son Seven Years Old Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

When Mrs. Marlon Elizabeth Payne (37), of Yarrbat Avenue. Balwyn, was charged at the City Court to-day with having murdered her seven-years-old…

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Sent to Gaol Head of Fire Brigade BERLIN, March 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 8

The ex-Burgomaster of Langenhahn has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for incendiarism. He was head of the fire brigade, which is said not to have…

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Police Interest in Boys' Clubs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Mr. T. J. Lynch) on Saturday announced that the police and Rotary Boys' Club scheme would be extended to…

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Murder Charge Man Found in Gutter SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

The body of Frederick Hartup, 22, of Newtown, was found lying in a gutter in Marrickville yesterday afternoon. There was a bullet wound in the heart…

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Mussolini Pays Court To Islam's Millions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

Signor Mussolini's triumphal entry to Tripoli (Italian Libya), signified the new relations With the Moslem World into which Italy is entering. "Islam has in Italy a sincere friend," said the Viceroy. Marshal Graziani, soon after the Italian occupation of Abyssinia…

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Under Protection of Government Man Remanded on Murder Charge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

"He deserves to remain under the protection of the Government," said counsel at the Central Court to-day on behalf of Patrick Doyle (26),…

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Wife Arrested Charge of Murder Man Shot in Thigh Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

Late on Thursday night, Henry John Burrows was found lying on the verandah of his home, at Dalkeith, with a shot would in the thigh…

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Appeal Grounds Titles Office Murder Sentences 'Matter of Grave Concern' Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5

The High Court on Monday will hear the appeals of Rupert Davies, 28, and William John Cody, 24, against their conviction and sentence to death for the…

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Human Bones? In Cave Near Beach Fisherman Reports to Police Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

What the police believe are human bones were found in a cave close to the water's edge at Clovelly to-night. The discovery was made by Golin Campbell, a fisherman,…

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Eleventh Hour Move In Murder Case Crown Witness Said His Evidence "Untrue Attempt to Save Two Men From the Gallows Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

At the eleventh hour, 'John Stevens, of Victoria — street, North Melbourne, motor mechanic, made one of the moat startling retractions in the history of crime. Last Friday. Mr. N. H. Sonenberg, solicitor for the…

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