Court Presentation Caretaker Promoted
Mr. Charles H. Bartlett, who has acted as caretaker of the Newcastle courthouse for the past 13 years, was at the conclusion of the court business this…
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Courts & crime, 1924
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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 16. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three first offenders, for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Another, who had been similarly charged, and had been admitted to bail, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daylight Murder Indian Crime Killed The Wrong Man CALCUTTA, Sunday Night
"May every drop of my blood sow seeds of freedom in every home in India." These were the words with which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Spur of the Moment" Unintentional Murder Dockers Death Bullying For Beer LONDON
At the inquest on Edward Murphy, a decker at Poplar, who died from a wound in the abdomen caused by a butcher's knife, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exhibition Plans Police Get Ready Trains And 1000 'Buses LONDON
Scotland Yard is prepared for an influx of criminals at the Exhibition, and is establishing a special department at Wombley, with numerous…
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George Downs, 26, a labourer was arrested yesterday near Scottsdale and charged with having murdered his wife. Downs only returned home a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Court
Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Llewellyn Robson was fined £1, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 18. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Eleven first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Denis M'Grath (46), seaman, and Thomas Allen (45), seaman, were each fined 19s, or three days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Topical Condominium Court British Judge Leaves Exchange Problem
The "Sydney Daily Telegraph" announced yesterday that Judge Dever arrived by the Pacifique from New Caledonia, and is en route to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Double Tragedy Murder and Suicide Husband and Wife Dead Sensation in Woollahra SYDNEY
There was a sensation at Woollahra this morning, when the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in Undereliffe Flats, New South Head Road, Woollahra, Their names are Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Once a Fighter Squires in Court Trouble at Cessnock
William Squires, well known in boxing circles, was charged before Mr. A. R. Perry P.M., at the Cessnock police court this morning, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legation Defied General Assaults Police Impudent Chinese "Above All Law" LONDON
A disagreeable incident, highly instructive as to the deelining respect for foreign rights now characteristic of chinese officialdom…
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Mr. A. R. Perry P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Charles Smith, for being drunk in the Empire Theatre, was fined 10s, with 8s costs…
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The ago we live in is an automotive one. Speed, and yet more speed, is what we ask for. In nowhere is this evolution coming into being so quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Padded" Woman Kurd Theft Case Daphne's Delinquencies
Daphne Coppock, a married woman, pleaded not guilty at Kurri police court this morning to stealing a quantity of house linen valued at £3 10s,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West-end Trouble Alleged Assault Dialogue In Chinese
There was a very large number of Chinamen present at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, when George Herbert Skinner (45), green…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Tragedy Murder and Suicide Sydney
The Sydney police this morning, on entering an upstairs flat at 311 New South Head-road, Edgecliff, discovered the dead bodies of a man and a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 19. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Charges Withdrawn
F. Apps, alias F. Lomas, 59, commercial traveller, was charged with having secured, by means of valueless cheques, money and goods from Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charge Chinaman Before Court
The case of Choy Bing, 60, gardener, of Jesmond who is charged with an alleged serious offence on a girl under the age of 16 years, at Jesmond, was heard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dockers' Strike Court of Inquiry Appointed by Government. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Mr. Thomas Shaw, the Minister for Labour, announced that he had decided to appoint a Court of Inquiry under the Industrial Courts Act to inquire into the…
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