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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

3,665 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 184

Gaol-breaker Still Free Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 9

Arthur Martin, 41, who escaped from Fremantle Gaol on Thursday night, is still at large…

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Mystery Sniper Farmers in Peril Police Help Sought Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 9

Farmers living near the mining town of Korrumburra, in Eastern Victoria have sought the assistance of the police in tracing a man who has been…

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Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

Thomas Dwan, 34, and Albert Cross, 25, strangers, were charges with having broken and entered the residence of Own C. Chapnian, at Wyong, on or about…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

Oswald Leslie Keith King charged Morgan James Shakespeare, Warrick Shakespeare, and William Turnbull Duffin, with assault in company. On the application…

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Murrurundi Burglary Murrurundi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

The business premises of Mr. H. S. Price chemist, of Murrurundi, were broken into at the week-end and £5/11/10 was taken from the till…

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Woman Shot Eight Times Youth Charged With Murder ADELAIDE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Miss Kitty Bradley, 53. who was shot eight times yesterday at her brother's farm near Robe, died to-day. Robert Jolly, 16, an employee on…

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"Hooded Men" Charged With Murder Prisoner's Confession London, January 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Two Cagoulards ("hooded men") have been charged with the murder of the brothers Carlo and Sabattino Rosselli at Alencon, in June, 1937. The, two…

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Gaol for Hamburg Merchants Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

After a trial, lasting three months, nine Hamburg merchants were sentenced to-day to terms ranging from two to ten years and heavy tines for…

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Police Court Monday, January 24 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Indecent Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Harold Charles Davis, 40, labourer, was fined £2, in default four days' imprisonment, for having behaved indecently in Porcher-street, Newcastle, on January 22…

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Cessnock Police Court Impounding Case Fails (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

Russell Reed, of Abermain, was proceeded against by the Kearsley Shire Council at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday on a charge of having rescued…

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Gaol Sentence and Licence Suspension Drunken Driving Charge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

"You might have killed someone," said Mr. Reed, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day when sentencing Norman Talbot, 23,…

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Rider's Licence Suspended for 12 Months "New Act Definite" Says Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

"I cannot help that, the new Traffic Act is definite in its penalties and no action of mine can lilt a suspension," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at…

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No New Information Pyjama Girl Murder MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

Sydney detectives who have been examining the Victorian police files in connection with the Albury pyjama girl murder have not found any new…

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Save Mothers From Murder Charge London, December 28

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Lord Dawson of Penn, the King's Physician, is planning a fight to save from a murder charge mothers who cause the deaths of their children…

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Police Prepare for Big Crowds Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

The police estimate that at least half a million people, probably 750,000, will converge on the city to-morrow. "I do not anticipate any trouble…

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Share Hawking Manager Sent to Gaol £100 Fine Imposed "Something Very Sinister" ARMIDALE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

A fine of £100 and a sentence of three months' imprisonment with hard labour were imposed on Arnold Lovell, 46, at the Armidale…

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Malicious Act Police Theory of Victorian Fire MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

Police at Red Cliffs consider that the fire which destroyed the home of Mr. A. G. Allnutt, M.L.A., early yesterday morning, was started, deliberately…

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Firemen's Hours of Duty Application Before Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

It is now over four years since Fire Brigade Employees sought to have their hours on duty reduced from 84 to 56 a week…

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Four Wounds Shot After Quarrel With Boy Woman's Story to Police Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

After a quarrel with a 16-year-old youth, Miss Kitty Bradley, a middle-aged woman, is alleged to have received three rifle shots in the back, and one in the left…

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S.P. Betting in Hotels in Newcastle Police Reports Suspicion About Some Of Them

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

Although some hotels in the Newcastle Licensing District have practically suppressed S.P. betting, the police suspect some licensees of still allowing it to be carried on, according to the quarterly report…

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