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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 95

Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 5

A transfer was granted of the license of the Argenton Hotel from A. E. Barron to C. E. Bellamy. Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared in support of the application…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Claim for Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 5

James Aloyslus Walsh and Albert William Gardiner, trading as the Newcastle House, Business, and Real Estate Agency and Hotel Brokers, proceeded against…

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Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

Charged with the theft of ono me rag, two silk shirts, one gold-filled wristlet watch, and one blacking brush, valued at £7 10 John Thon[?] Erumpton, aged 23, was…

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"A Fair Go" Police Court Justice

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

"Well get fair go from the bloke on top," was the opinion of one defendant at the Newcastle police court. Weather the fact that he was later…

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Told the Police All Bank Manager's Murder Goldenburg Smiles London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 1

Lance-Corporal Goldenberg, who was arrested for the murder of Mr. Hall, bank manager, at Borden, has been remanded…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

Following an estrangement, Ralph Jones, aged 26, a tailor in Birmingham, is alleged to have attacked his fiancee with a razor and severed her cheek from the…

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The Bordon Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

As the sequel to a long cross-examination. Lance-corporal John Goldenberg a native of Swansea, and an inmate of Bordon camp, has been arrested on the…

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Scuffle in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

There was a Scuffle between two witnesses in Albury Small Debts Court. A man was fined for riotous behavior…

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"I Hit Him Hard" Row Between Two Freds Alleged Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 6

"Looking into all the circumstances. I'll dismiss the case," said Mr. laidlaw, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court this morning, when Frederick…

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Cards Conspiracy Police Abandon Charge LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 1

Edward Joseph Naughton, a merchant who was arrested on returning from Australia, and charged with coarpiring in 1919 with Alfred Dean…

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Hard Court Tennis Players At Hampstead LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. K. D. Fairley, of Nelbourne, and Dr. P. E. Allison, of New Zealand, are notable newcomers in the Hampetead hard court tennis…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 10. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 2

James Tobin, 43, and Walter Evans, 50, were each fined 10s, with the alternative of three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…

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Murder at Leura Shuttleworth Found Guilty. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Douglas Frank Shuttleworth, aged 21, a labourer, was charged with having murdered David Oliver Sharp,…

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East Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alex. Tegg was charged with riding a motor cycle in Melbourne-street, on…

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Murder on a Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 5

The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports that an attempt to steal diplomatic documents from Hassan Feuzi, a Turkish officer, by chloroforming…

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Two Floggings Heavy Gaol Sentence WALGETT

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 3

Reginald Edwards, 43, was found guilty at Walgett Quarter Session of an offence against a five-year-old boy. Judge Moratin, [?] sentene[?]ng Edwards…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 11. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 11

Daniel Winstone (60) was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Discharged…

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More Power for the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 10

For reaching amendments have been recently effected the Police Offences Act, with a view of strengthening the hands of the police and detectives in…

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Absconder Suicides Run To Earth By Police MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 4

Run to earth at Bruthen, while absconding from ball, Arthur Henry Jackson, rather than meet a charge of sheep steading, shot himself dead…

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Three Months' Gaol Boarding House Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 6

A fine of £19, with the alternatives of three months imprisonment, was imposed on John Thomas Brumpton (29). laborer, by Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at Newcastle Police…

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