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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

1,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 95

Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 4

There will be a sitting of the Arbitration Court in Newcastle on Tuesday. One of the matters to be dealt with is an application by the Carrington Coal…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 30. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 7

Upon charges of drunkenness, three first offenders were admonished and discharged, and William Arthur Fulton. 41, was fined £1, in default, seven days'…

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Alleged Theft Remand At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

Charles Frederick Hines was charged at the Cessnock police court yesterday before Mr. Geo. Wheeler, J.P., with having stolen a push bike, valued at £15, the…

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Murder at Roxheim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

It is reported from Mayence that the Under Burgomaster of Roxheim, an adherent of the Separatists In the Palatinate, has been murdered in a Roxheim…

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Missing Cattle Alleged Theft At Gresford

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., at Gresford police court yesterday, heard evidence in an alleged cattle-stealing case. Eric Dur was charged with stealing…

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New Zealand Murder Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

Robert Henry Scott (33) has been arrested for the outrage and murder of Gwen Murray, at Gisborne. His was hunted to the Motu Valley, 15…

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Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

Memos. E. P. M. Sheedy and R. B. Pettigrew, directors of the Newcastle South Collieries, Limited, have lodged with the warden's clerk at Newcastle an…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 31. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

Three persons, who had been locked up for drunkenness, and were admitted to bail, did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Two other first…

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Charge of Incitement Seaman who Resisted Arrest "Don't Twist His Arm" Police Prosecution of Alderman Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

Keen interest was evinced in the case in which William Chudleigh Loades, an alderman of carrington, was charged with inciting a person to resist arrest, when it came up for hearing at Newcastle Summons Court this morning, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 6

Eric Joseph Duff, a cattle dealer, was charged at the Gresford Police Court, before Mr. A. R. Perry, on Thursday, with stealing a cow, valued…

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Murder in Bristol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 5

The disappearance in September last of George Cooper, an engineer's pattern-maker, aged 60, who was the tenant of a modest villa at Brislington, a suburb of…

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"Dream Murder" Is It Possible? Solicitor's Experience Is dream-murder possible?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 5

A London solicitor, who has been in practice for 30 years, sends an account of an astonishing dream attacK that he made on his wife, which…

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Captured in Loft Burglary Charge Two Men Committed SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 4

Pieces of candel, a glove, a sock, a glass-cutter, two pieces of gelignite quilts, a jemmy, and other tools were among the exhibits at the Newtown…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 1. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 10

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was admonished and discharged, and the bail of two others who did not appear was forfeited…

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Court Dress King's Concession Loss To The Tailors LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 1

The West End tailors havE circularised ministers beseeching orders for court uniforms for attendance at court functions, consisting of gold…

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A Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

A woman's piercing shriek from the cells below startled the crowd assembled in Keynsham Police Court to hear the sequel to the discovery of a man's…

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Police Transfers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 8

Sergeant Borthwick has been transferred from Wickham to Honeysuckle Point, in Heu of Sergeant Roberts, who has been apopinted to Newcastle…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 2. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 2

A first offender, for drunkenness, was admonished and discharged. John O'Neill, 29, and George Thornham, 30, ship's firemen, for improper language, were both…

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Forgery and Theft Secretary Pleads Guilty SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 8

On a charge of having forged and uttered two cheques for £4000, and on charges of having stolen cheques worth about £12[?]1, William…

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Gaol for Shoplifter Married Woman Punished SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

"Something must be done in these cases of married women who go shoplifting. They should be sent to gaol. If they are fined it is only the husband who is…

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