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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

3,769 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 189

Policeman Alleges Assault Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 9

Alleged to have assaulted a policeman during a street fight, Charles Jordan, 29, a wharf labourer, was committed for trial from Central Police Court to-day…

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Magistrate's Threat Committal for Contempt SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 12

Informing the Magistrate (Mr. Sheridan) that he had ordered him from the Court on Tuesday, and he wanted to take out writs against him and the man who…

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Double Murder Charge Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 11

Charged with the murder of Henry Lawson and Gordon Francombe, at Moina Donovan Packett, 33, a rabbit trapper was remanded for eight days at Sheffield…

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Singleton Sessions Acquitted on Assault Charge SINGLETON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 6

Before Judge Nield at the Singleton Quarter Sessions to-day, James Parley, of Scone, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having caused actual bodily…

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Police Court Thursday, April 29 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Betting Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 18

Cecil Holl, 42, hairdresser, pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having used premises in High-street, Swansea, for the purpose of betting on March 29. His…

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Licensees in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 18

Herbert Sidebottom pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been the licensee of the Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton, on which Joseph Furnis was found…

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Theft of £1500 Alleged Story of Divorce Action Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

Charged at the Central Police Court with having stolen £1500. the property of Ernest Edward Webber, Leonard Francis Hunt, a traveller,…

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Commonwealth Bank Notes Forged Youth Sent to Gaol Syndey

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

Robert Taylor (19), laborer, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to 12 months' Imprisonment on 16 counts of having forged and uttered…

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Industrial Court Penalties Imposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 18

For having failed to keep time and pay sheets correctly written up as required by the Builders' Award, Alfred John Mack, Lambton-road, Waratah, was ordered to…

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Police Chief Has Operation Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) was operated on to-day. It was a major operation, but…

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Man Claims £2000 for Assault Hotel Owner and Licensee Sued Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

Charges that he had been assaulted by the licensee and the proprietor of the London Hotel, Surry Hills, and that his upper and lower Jaws…

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Money Frauds by Telegram Man Sent to Gaol for Six Months Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

For a series of frauds involving the unauthorised despatch of telegrams in the names of persons whom he had met casually. Kenneth Lionel…

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Pyjama Girl Murder State Reward Offer to Continue SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 12

The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) stated to-day that the reward of £500 offered for the conviction of the person or persons who caused the death of a…

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Back to Devil's Island Soho Murder Case Verdict Paris

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

Roger Vernon. alias Charles Lacroix. 36, who was charged with the murder of Max Kassel in Soho (London) in February. 1936, was found…

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Charges of Treason Farcical Trial in Germany Catholics Sent to Gaol Berlin, April 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 12

Charged with treason by advocating a United Communist and Catholic front, four Roman Catholics were convicted to-day. Father Rossaint, of Dusseldorf, was…

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Suspect Escaped Into Victoria Exciting Chase by Police Leeton

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 6

An exciting 40-mile chase after a motor cat thief by two police officers ended to-day when the thief escaped across the Victorian border…

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Yarra Mystery Limbs Police Still Search for Clues Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

Detectives who are trying to solve the mystery crime revealed by the discovery in the Yarra on Easier morning of the severed arms and legs…

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Sequel in Court Merle Oberon's Accident LONDON, April 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 12

At the Police Court to-day, the Magistrate dismissed a charge of dangerous driving against Sidney Digby, the driver of the car in which Merle Oberon was travelling…

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High Court Appeals Compensation for Davistown Disaster SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 13

The dependants of Gladstone Boulton and Lois Acheson have decided to appeal to the High Court of Australia against the decision of the Supreme Court in…

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Daring Escape From Police Pursuers Dived Into River Almost Nude Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

Eluding three policemen who chased him in broad daylight yesterday, a man dived into the shark infested…

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