Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
Booth license were granted to J. C. M'Intyre, Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, and to E. M. Kerr, Speer's Point Hotel, Speers' Point…
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Courts & crime, 1924
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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
Municipality of Waratah v. Robert Cocking, claim for £3 17s 10d, for arrears of dues. W. T. Jackson, acting town clerk, stated the actual amount…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German Murder Gang
The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Berlin secret police yesterday frustrated an attempt on the life of General von Seekt, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Police Wages
Six thousand policemen from all parts of London and the provinces met at the Albert Hall to protest against the lower wage proposed for the provincial police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 16. (Before M. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was admonished and discharged. Violent Negro. James Martin (29), marine fireman, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Appeals May Hinder Promotions Drafting Regulations
The Important work of drafting regulations under the recently-passed Police Appeals Act, is proceeding unobtrusively at the Chief Secretary's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ruhr Iron 10,000 Tons at Dunkirk Police Seizure Shipment to Japan LONDON
The French police, According, to "The Times" correspondent In Paris have seized 10,000 tons of iron stored at Dunkirk, pending…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 17. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Alleged Theft
William Plain (20), labourer, was charged with stealing, at Wallsend on January 13, a sheet valued at 10s, the property of the trustees of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Liquor Licensee Charged Wickham Prosecution
Percy Douglas Moncur, proprietor of the Bellevue Hotel, Wickham, was charged before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hit with Lamp Husband Charged MELBOURNE
According to evidence at the Melbourne police court. William Buckley (39), carpenter, struck his wife on the head with a lighted lamp. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Facilities for Travellers to and from Belmont are to be Doubled. Alleged Burglary Hamilton House Entered Rooms Ransacked Committal For Trial
James Dawson, aged 63, was charged at the Newcastle police court this morning with breaking into the residence of Mr. Alexander, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, District Registrar.)
Re Barbara Ellen Dews, of Mayfield. Mr. R. S. Adams appeared for the bankrupt. Bankrupt, a married woman, said her bankruptcy was caused through losses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →They Kissed Apology For Assault
An assault case at the Wallsend Police Court, in which James Punton, represented by Mr. Cragg, sued Martha S[?] settled represented by Mr. O'Donnell, was…
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There are plenty of rumblings just now, emanating from the police force, and it is said that the discontent which is undoubtedly rampant, is not likely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Arbitration Court
A New Zealand Labour Conference is at present sitting in Wellington. The deliberations are carried on in secret, but from day to day certain resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Costly Joke Gaol For Traveller Wellington (N.z.)
A commercial traveller picked up a parcel at a railway station (Marton), and retained it, he said, as a joke with his fellow-travellers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 18. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and the ball of two others, who did not appear, was forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged a Shark Life-saver's Resource Within a Yard Of Child SYDNEY
There are various ways of robbing a shark of its prospective meal, but the one adopted by Austin Dellitt, the life-saver permanently stationed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Wife Judge Faces Firing Squad Sequel To Brutal Crime Saltlake City
Omer Woods, a former Supremo Court Judge and one of the leading citizens of [?]ah, was executed by a firing squad in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About a "Double" Assault Charge Magistrate's View
At Newcastle Summons Court this morning, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S. M., Alexander Owen proceeded against George McNamara for assault…
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