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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 189

Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 11

John Harold Wall, of Bridge-street, Homeville pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen a women's bicycle, valued at £10 the property of Frank John…

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No Place Like "Home" Mother's Appeal to Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 8

Sir Vivian Henderson, magistrate at South London Juvenile Court, read in Court this letter from the mother of a boy he ordered to a home a few…

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Died in Gaol on Eve of Release Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 7

A Maori aged 74, who was imprisoned at Wellington for debt, was advised that arrangements had been made by his solicitor to pay the debt…

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To Resume Court at

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 1

SOR.—London, Tuesday: It is understood that the King and the Queen, Immediately after Easter, will begin two or three weeks' residence at…

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Licensing Court Licences Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 4

The licence of the Newcastle Hotel. Newcastle, was transferred from William Beamish to Charles Braban Mellords. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye, Cragg…

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Small Debts Court Plaintiffs Non-suited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 4

At her request, the plaintiff wan non-suited in the ease in which Mary Ann Weale, Denison-street, Hamilton, sued Leslie Blackford, Maitland-road,…

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Police Collecting Is Restricted Organising for Charity Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 5

Police in future will not be permitted to solicit donations in kind or money except for the annual police carnival and for other functions that…

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Pope's Encyclical Secret Police Seize Copies LONDON, March 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 9

Secret police raided the Bishop of Berlin's palace and seized copies of the Pope's encyclical which, according to the London. "Times's" Berlin correspondent,…

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Police As Masons More References in S.P. Inquiry Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 7

More references to "Masonic influences" in the Mowlds case were made to-day at the Royal Commission on S.P…

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For Insurance Man Committed Suicide Court Disallows Claim London, March 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 10

It was clear, stated the Court of Appeal to-day, that Major Charles Rowlandson, 58, deliberately committed suicide in order to allow his estate to collect insurance…

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To Consult Both Parties Arbitration Court Reform in N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH, Wed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 6

Labor unions, dissatisfied with recent awards of the Arbitration Court, have been demanding that the Government change the constitution of…

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SINCE 1923 Woman Posed as Man Disclosures in Court London, March 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 10

The amazing story of a woman's male masquerade since 1923 was described to-day at the Marlborough-street Police Court, when Valerie Arkell Smith, 42,…

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To Be Revived Another Court Tradition Residence at Windsor London, March 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 10

The Australian Associated Press understands that another of several Court traditions abandoned by Edward VIII. will be revived immediately after Easter,…

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44-Hour Week Metal Trade and Coach Unions Arbitration Court's Award Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 2

The Federal Arbitration Court to-day made an award providing for a 44-hour week for metal trade and coach-making employees in New South Wales, Victoria,…

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Sent to Gaol Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 5

A sentence of two and a half years imprisonment was imposed by Judge Barton, at Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day, on Albert William James,…

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Police Court Wednesday, March 24 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

Reginald Clarence Toby, 30, a labourer, and Stanley Joseph O'Halloran, 28, a labourer, were committed for trial at next Newcastle Quarter Sessions, on a…

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Nelson's Eye "No Provision in Law" Magistrate's Retort Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 8

The Magistrate (Mr. McCulloch) at the Central Summons Court to-day dismissed 16 additional summonses against street photographers…

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Not Guilty of Murder Warwick (Qld.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 9

After a retirement of only 14 minutes, the jury in the trial in which James W. Johnston, 26, was charged with the murder of Harry Nelson, returned a verdict…

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Industrial Court Baker Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

Proceeded against by Inspector R. J. Hutchinson, on behalf of the Department of Labour and Industry, on an information that he had not kept time sheets…

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Alteration in Police Uniforms Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 5

Police uniforms in the State are to be altered to make them more attractive and to assist the public to identify more…

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