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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 103

The Court Martial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 10

Magna Charta says that no man shall be condemned except by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. True, but how many say just what the…

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Court Barber's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 5

Charles Jaschke, the Court barber, has died at the age of 65 after a most romantic career. He arrived in London with only £2 in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 17. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 12

One first offender who did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness had his bond of 10s forfeited, and Robert Strachan (50), who was similarly…

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Industrial Court Colliery Employees' Award

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 3

Judge Beeby will sit at Newcastle court-house on Monday at 10 a.m. for the purpose of hearing the following cases:—…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 12

The license of the Adamstown Hotel. Adamstown, was transferred from Robert Everson to Edward Fitzallen. Mr. Griffiths appeared in support of the…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 6

At Newcastle Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M., Arthur Webb, 26, labourer, was fined 5s. or 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunken…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

There were only five appellants against eight assessments. The valuator consented to reduction in case of William Robson if £10, and Mrs. S. Gould of £5…

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Third Remand Redfern Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

After having been remanded twice, Cecil Henry Riby Aves, aged 22, a laborer, appeared at the Central Police Court again to-day on a charge…

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Wire and Nail Workers Claims for Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

There was a good attendance at a special meeting of the Wire Nail and Netting Section (Rylands) of the Australian Workers' Union, held yesterday…

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More Police Needed Association's Complaint Too Many Duties Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

At the Police Association conference to-day the report of the secretary stated that the press and many of the public had repeatedly pointed…

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Judges Attacked Were They Mistaken in Thome's Case? "Flimsy Decision" "He is Not Guilty of the Murder of His Fiancee" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

"The Law Journal." the mouthpiece of the legal profession of England, attacks the Court of Criminal Appeals for the manner in which it disposed of the appeal of Norman Thorne, against the sentence of death imposed on him after he had been found guilty of murdering his…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Bert Bickerton, a bookmaker, was fined £2. with 8s costs, for having, on February 8, at…

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Crowborough Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

The "Daily Express" understands that Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, has written a letter to the father of Norman…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 20. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 6

Four first offenders did not appear to answer charges of drunkenness, and their bonds were forfeited. On charges of drunkenness, John Johnston (56) and…

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Newcastle Police to the Rescue

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

The photograph shows a group of Netty policemen who form part of the Newcastle force. They have been selected to take part in the scratch-pulling championship at the charity carnival to-morrow night…

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Arbitration Court Colliery Staffs' Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 4

The hearing was commenced yesterday, before his Honor Judge Beeby, in the Arbitration Court, at Newcastle, of an application made by the United Collieries'…

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Ugly Situation Truculent South Africa Niggers Risings Feared Four Natives Killed in Brush With Police at Bloemfontein CAPETOWN, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

Bloemfontein to-night is seething with excitement. A white constable attempted yesterday to seize a quantity of Kaffir beer at the native compound on the outskirts of the town. He was pelted and chased…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. A charge of vagrancy against John Henry-Schofield, a stranger, was…

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Husband Charged Alleged Wife Murder Kingstown Shooting Dramatic Court Scene ARMIDALE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 5

A dramatic story was told in the Armidale Circuit Court, when Liste Samuel withers was charged, before Mr. Justice Ferguson,…

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Money Theft Young Man Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 5

"I am sorry for what I have done, and I will pay it back," stated a young man named William Anderson, who was charged before Mr. Shropshire,…

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