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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 189

Court Regrets Holiday With Pay Wanted Coronation Day Unions' Application Rejected MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 7

The Federal Arbitration Court to-day rejected with regret an application made on behalf of 35 unions for the proclamation of…

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Police Court Cattle Stealing Charge. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

William Anderson Lamb, or William Jackson, of Onus-street, Telarah, was charged before the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with having on or about…

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Theft of Shoes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

For having stolen a pair of shoes valued at 17s 11d from the Newcastle and Suburban Cooperative Society's Store yesterday, Beryl Gray Wilson…

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Theft of Gravel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

Fines and costs amounting to £5 3s 10d were imposed on John Andrew George Eason, of 44 Hampton Avenue, New Lambton, by…

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Stockton Man Charged Appears in Court in Adelaide Adelaide

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Albert Canute Anderson, of Newcastle, who, according to the Assistant Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Dayman) intended to catch a boat for England…

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Alleged Thefts at Boolaroo Two Men Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Bovd, at Teralba Police Court to-day, Stafford Harding De Velle (39), engineer, and William White (20), laborer, were…

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Sent to Gaol for Five Years Italian Guilty of Manslaughter Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Five years' imprisonment was imposed on Antonio Barbara (35), an Italian quarryman, by Mr. Justice Martin in the Criminal Court…

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Divorce Court Puzzle Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Divorce Court procedure went into reverse to-day when an application was made for alimony "pending a divorce suit," which…

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Small Debts Court Verdict for Defendant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 3

A verdict for the defendant was given in the case in which Elsie May Ambler, in the case in which Elsie May Ambler, of Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, sued J. W…

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Missing Boy Not at Muswellbrook, Police Still Inquiring

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Muswellbrook police have bean unable to trace Louis James (15), of Hartley-street, Lambton, who, according to a report, was seen…

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Local Police Promotions Sergt. Alford and Sergt. Forsyth

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 2

Congratulations were received to-day by Detective Sergeant W. L. C. Alford and Constable J. E. Forsyth, of Newcastle, on their promotions, which…

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Missing Boy May be at Muswellbrook Two Reports to Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 6

Louis James, 15, of Hartley-street, Lambton who has been missing since 7 a.m. on Saturday, is thought to be alive, and probably, in the Muswellbrook…

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Paraded Pants on Bar Table Comedy in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

"Do you think I would buy a pair of pants like these?" asked a defendant leaving the dock in the Quarter Sessions, and stepping up on the…

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Walked Out of Court Miners' Delegates at Wonthaggi Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Claiming that the State Government had broken faith and had not honored a promise for a full inquiry into the safe…

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Johnson's Appeal to Court Secretaryship of Seamen's Union Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

The dispute over the General Secretaryship of the Seamen's Union of Australia was mentioned to the Chief Judge of…

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Motive Still Absent in Double Shooting Tasmanian Murders Police Without Any Real Clues

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

Although they have scant clues, the police hope for an early solution of the murder of Henry Francis Lawson, 58,…

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Car Used by Duke of Gloucester Mentioned in the Traffic Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

The ear in which the Duke of Gloucester rode when in Newcastle was mentioned at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, when John Charles…

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LEFT £33,000 to Charity Court Awards £24,000 to Relatives Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

Approximately £24,000 is to be divided among the next of kin of the late Mennas Aroney, the joint proprietor of a…

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Five Years' Gaol Italian Sentenced MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 9

Antonio Barbara, 35, an Italian quarryman, was sentenced in, the Criminal Court to-day to five years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Mrs. Praetz, who…

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Police Pensioner and Magistrate Brisk Brush in Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 9

"You ordered me from this Court on Tuesday, and I want to take out writs against you and the men who elected me," said Job Joseph Welby…

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