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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 95

Twelye Months' Gaol Skinner And Warburton Sentenced To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 6

George Herbert [?] and George William Wat[?]rion who had been found guilty of robbery, were sentenced by Judge Scholes at Newcastle Quarter…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 6

Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Thomas Dixon was fined £1, with 8s costs for having used improper language…

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Postal Theft Employee's Lapse

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

Esmond William Wood [?] pleaded guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Session before judge Scholes to stealing a postal article the property…

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Judge Protests Police Cross-examination Usurping Court's Functions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

Judge Scholes attered an indignant protest at Newcastle Quarter Sessions this morning during the hearing of a case of alleged indecent…

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Arrest and Sequel Perjury Charge Commital At Police Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 6

William McGroarty aged 26, a fireman was before Mr. Laidlaw S.M. at Newcastle Police Court this morning charged with having at Newcastle…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 5. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 7

George Alexander Williams, 40, and William Denby, 56, were each fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. For resisting while being…

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Demonstration in Court a Popular Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

As a startling climax to a long-drawn-out trial, in which considerable public interest was centred at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, there was a…

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Murder and Suicide How Mr. and Mrs. Wade Died Wife Mentally Unsound Inquiry Into Edgediffe Flat Tragedy SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

A polgnant deama of the Wade family was told at the Coroner's Court to-day On February 19 last 16 days after the tragedy, the police forced their may into the flat or William David Wade middle aged an engineer. and his wife Maud…

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Old Man Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

James Dawson, an old man, who pleaded guilty to breaking, entering, and stealing, made a pathetic appeal for leniency. He stated he found it…

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Assault and Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

George Herbert Skinner and George William Warburton, found guilty of assault and robbery, were each sentenced to twelve months'…

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Murder of a Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 5

Detectives are seeking new light on the murder of the girl Vera Hoad, found strangled under the hedge of an asylum, through the examination of "Dummy"…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 6. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. Albert Lawrence and Clifford Ewart…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 6. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

Annie Shepherd (40), charged with drunkenness, was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment. Ernest Parker (30) and Thomas Evans (40) were…

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Police and Firemen. How Breach Occurred. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 5

The Police Conference to-day reaffirmed a resolution passed by the previous conference to cease co-operating with the firemen in the annual hospital…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

In re Edward James Stevens, painter. Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to sickness, and being unable to work. He had lived at…

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East Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Hugh Hepplewhite, for whom Mr. J. H. F. Waller appeared, was fined 10s,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 7. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 10

Michael Lynch, 60, labourer, for drunkenness, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment. Arthur Binck, 24, hawker, was charged with, at Hamilton, on March…

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Threatened Police Strike. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 4

The members of the South Australian Police Association have adopted the following resolution: "That the patience of the police force is exhausted, and unless…

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Late Vincent Gaut Was He Seen? Police Want Information

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

The police are desirous of fixing. If possible, the probable time of the death of Vincent Edward Gant (15). whose body was found on the cliff walk between the…

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Double Tragedy Constable and Engineer Shot Sudden Death Arrested Man Charged With Murder SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 6

Guy Challes Clift, resident engineer of the Corden[?] Dam works, who, with [?] Flynn, was shot near Appin yesterday, died in Camden Hospital at 6 a.m. to-day. As it was not likely that C[?] could livle with his grievous…

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