Stealing a Trip Bogus Dependents London. Friday Night
Owing to frequent collusion between Englishwomen and repatriated men, the authorities are now very closely examining the applications for…
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Courts & crime, 1919
1,127 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 57
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 1. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act
James Brown, the driver of a motor omnibus, plying for hire between Newcastle and the suburbs, was proceeded against on a charge of committing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Strike the London Union London, July 31
A mass meeting of London police decided upon on immediate strike to secure the recognition of their union and to enforce the withdrawal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ferdie Wanis Is Money Appeal to English Court LONDON, July 30
Ex-King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, has attempted, through a counsel of the Chancery Court, to stop the formal transfer to the Treasury of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salving Sunken Ships Hun Fleet at Scapa No Court of Inquiry LONDON. July 30
In the House of Commons, Mr. Waller Long stated that one German battleship, the Baden, three light cruisers, the Emden, Frankfurt, and Nurnberg,…
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At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, P.M., three first offenders, for drunkenness, forfeited the amount of their bonds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bolshevik Murder
The sensational murder of Ardasjeff, a prominent Bolshevik, is attributed to supporters of the old Russian regime, and has led to ten arrests, including those of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Strike Fails
The National Union of Police called an immediate strike as a protest against the Government Bill prohibiting the police joining a trade union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Strike Excitement in London LONDON, Sunday Night
The police in the provinces have not obeyed their union, except 300 men in the Liverpool dockyards. Only one striker is recorded among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclist Injured Taxi Driver Charged
Arthur George Wheeler, a taxi-driver, appeared before Maitland Court this morning to answer a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Repatriation Magistrate's Experience Mr. Butler's Work
Mr. C. F. Butler. S.M., who has been away from Newcastle eight weeks, occupied the bench at the police court thin morning. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Police Strike
There are 850 police on strike in London, and 630 in Liverpool, where special constables have been called out to quell rioting in the poorer districts. Nine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defiant Seamen Sent to Gaol Disobedient to Orders "We Wont Go to Sea"
Three seamen from the British steamer Kaituna were sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment by Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at Newcastle Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liverpool Riots Pitched Battles in the Streets Machine-guns and Tanks Police Strikes Extending London, Monday Night
Conflicts have occurred between mobs and soldiers at Liverpool, the troops firing volleys overhead. A man was shot in the stomach. Two thousand reinforcements have arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Police Strike
The British police strike is regarded as a fiasco. Speakers at a meeting of strikers at Tower Hill held out hopes of labour support and an extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irish Police Attacked
Twenty men attacked the Broadford Police Barracks, in East Clare, maintaining, a brisk fire for over an hour. The police returned the fire. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Police Strike
Sir Nevil Macready, the Commissioner of Police, has cancelled all police leave, It is believed that some who were absent under the guise of leave are actively…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 5. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc
Four first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, and one of them, William Horne (33),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footpath Cyclists Waratah Court Cases
The Waratah Council monopolised the time of the magistrate (Mr. Gunn) at Waratah Court this morning. The council, by its inspector (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Interference Government Holds Aloof From Strikes But Resists Direct Action Railwaymen Sympathise with Police Scenes in Liverpool London, Tuesday Night
The Liverpool railway men demand that the National Union of Railwaymen shall support the police strike. The Government has decided to revert to the…
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