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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 95

Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, L.M. and Mr. C. Hibble A.M.L.C.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 8

The quarterly licensing report presented by Inspector Hood stated that for the area there were 117 licensed hotel premises. Of these, 57 were described…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 6

Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Patrick Harris was fined 10s for being…

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Heliopolis Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 5

It is reported from Cairo that the student who was arrested at Heliopolis on Saturday [?]s confessed to the murder of Corporal Ryan, and disclosed the…

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Coining in Gaol Warders Accomplices Convict's Wild Tale

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 6

A sensation was caused at the Old Bailey when a prisoner, charged with making counterfeit coin, told how he had learned and practiced the trick…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 23. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

Albert Smith, 38, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. For a similar offence, Norman Phillips, 42, was fined £1, or seven…

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Owners to Go to Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 5

It was [?]taed this morning by an official of the steamship Owners' [?] that an application had [?] made to the High Coort to-day…

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Murder by Mahsuds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

It is reported to the Allahabad "Pioneer" from the frontier that a patrol of the Berkshire Regiment was fired on by the Mahsuds near Razmak…

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The Bordon Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

At the inquest into the death of Mr. Hull, the bank manager, at Bordon Camp, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Abraham…

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Maitland Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

At the last sitting of the District Court at East Maitland several cases were adjourned and set down for hearing next Monday. It has now…

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Bad Blackmailers Gaol for 12 Years Farmer Pays Thousands

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 7

Denunciation of blackmail as one of the vilest of crimes prefaced the imposition of severe sentence upon two brothers at Lewes…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 24. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 8

Waiter King, 39, and Cecil Clench, 28, were each fined 10s, with the alternative of three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…

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Goldenberg Smiles Bank Manager's Murder LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 1

"I'll pose if you like," shouted Goldenberg, who has been charged with the murder of the bank manager at Borden military camp…

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In Chinatown Girl and Cocaine Court Sequel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 6

Standing in the dock of the drab police court known as the Thames Court, London, were a stylishly-dressed young woman and a Chinaman…

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The Kaiser's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 2

Count Zedlitz Trutzschler's book, "Twelve Years at the German Imperial Court," which has appeared in Berlin, falls like a blight on the hopes of all…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 25. Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 10

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and the ball of two others, who did not appear, was forfeited…

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Brutal Assault Four Men 'Arrested Old Man Knocked Down Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 3

An old man, Albert Simpson, a newsvendor, is in Sydney Hospital in an unconscious condition, as the result of being…

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Hair on End Victorian Disclosures Police Promises Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 6

Should an inquiry be granted to investigate allegations against the police force, many starting revelations, involving even the heads of…

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Triple Murder Fur Trappers Shot Bodies in the Ice Only a Straving Cat Left San Francisco

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 3

One morning in January three travellers named Morris Nicholls and Wilson, were cooking their breakfast in their fur camp, 20…

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Fun in the Air Speeding Countess Flying to Court London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 3

The youthful Earl and Countess of Kinnonil, who were recently married, flew from London to Perth to enable the Countess to answer a charge of…

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In the Bedroom Alleged Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 1

Antonio Gallardo, 26. was remanded till to-morrow, at Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., on a charge of assaulting…

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