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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

1,127 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 57

Amir of Afghanistan Reported Murder Vancouver, Monday. The Amir of Afghanistan has been assassinated. Australian Flying "The Ideal Country" Bright Prospects LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 1

"Australia is the most ideal country in the world for flying. Melbourne is destined to be the great aviation centre of the Commonwealth," said…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 25. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 6

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, and the bail of another, who did…

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Proletariat's Revenge Auer's Murder Revolution Rampant LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 1

The Berlin newspaper "Vorwaerts" learns from Munich that Herr Auer's assassin is a common butcher named Linner. He is a member of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 26. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.m.) Summons Division. Failing to Wear Masks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 7

Austin James Lynch of Newcastle, was proceeded against on a charge of remaining at the booking office Window at the Newcastle railway…

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The Afghan Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

It is reported that Nasrullah Khan, an Anglophobe brother of the late Amir of Afghanistan, has seized the throne. It transpires that the Amir was…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. In the cases, Colliery Mechanics'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 27. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

The ball of a first offender, charged with drunkenness, who did not appear, was forfeited. Assault and Malicious Damage…

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Won, and Lost Italian's Betting Agent Convicted of Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

A charge of theft was preferred against William Jackson, a bookmaker's clerk, by Giovanni Ruggero, a Watt-street fruiterer, at Newcastle…

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"Secret Movement" Merewether Police Station

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The Mayor of Merewether (Ald. Wells) informed his council last night that secret negotiations had been going on for some time between the…

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I.W.W. and Police. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

The report of Mr. Justice Street, the Royal Commissioner, in connection with the J.W.W. cases, and the statements of those police officers, whose conduct…

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King's Medallists Police and Firemen Awards SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

Information has been received in Sydney that Superintendent John Walker, chief of Sydney's detective force; ex-Superintendent John Talt,…

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Arbitration Anomaly Centralised Court Labor Council Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

Mr. Musgrave told Newcastle Labor Council last night that clause 35 or the Arbitration Act played into the hands if the centralising unions. He quoted…

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Killed at Close Range Seton's Murder Six Bullets Fired LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

At the resumption of the Rutherford case, Dr. Spilsbury gave evidence that the shots were fired at Major Seton from a distance of a yard and a half…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Re Walter Horace Towers, labourer, of Newcastle. The single meeting of creditors lapsed, and the, public examination was declared Concluded. Bankrupt…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Verdicts for the amounts stated were given, with costs, in the following cases: Archie Albert Jeffery v. Mrs. Irwin, of Robertson-street, Carrington, £1 5s 9d,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M., and Mr. C. Hibble, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Transfers were granted of the following publicans' licenses: H. Gibson to Mary Anne Pick, Exchange Hotel, Newcastle, G. Southen. to J. P. Goodall, Lass of…

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The Police Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

Mr. Macready, the Police Commissioner, owing to the tone of the letter from the executive of the metropolitan policemen's organisation, in which the Commissioner's…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 28. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 4

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court. William Brunn (30), seaman, was charged with having been…

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Newcastle Industrial Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

Judge Cuplewis, accompanied by his associate, Mr. Thompson, will leave on Monday evening for Newcastle, where he will attend the courthouse on the following…

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Townsville Terrorism Returned Soldier's Stand Extremists Seek Police Aid Townsville (Q.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 5

Further details of the interference with the returned men at Alligator Creek meat works show that on Wednesday two returned men were…

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