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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 103

Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 6

Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, yesterday. Henry Thomas was fined £1, in default,…

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Murder by a Boy London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Remarkable evidence was given at the preliminary trial of Ernest Rhodes, the youth charged with the murder of Grace Blackaller, the 16-year-old girl whose…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 29. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Remanded to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

Walter Paton, M'Nab, 19, a motor driver, was charged on warrant that at Sydney, on July 30, he obtained from Jack Rapton, by means of a false pretence, a revolver,…

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Police Art Union Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

The art union in connection with the police effort on behalf of hospitals was drawn to-night. The first prize was won by ticket No. 653825, the second by…

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Witness Ill Carried from Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Arthur Skinner, of Catherine-street, Mattland, a witness in the circuit Court to-day, became ill, and had to be carried from the court. He was…

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Colliery Railway Warden's Court Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

A. A. Holland and Co. applied for a colliery railway lease 19 miles long from Quarrobolong to Kearsley, before Warden James, in the West…

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Strike Echo Police and Election MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

The last has not been heard of the police strike. Plans are being formulated by the Reinstatement Association to make the question of…

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Small Debts Court. Dispute Over Shirts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

David Cohen and Company, Limited, proceeded against William Johnston, trading as D'Argeaval and Johnston, of Beaumont-street, Hamilton, claiming £20 12s…

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Sydney Police Carnival a Tragic Ending. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

The night carnival promoted by the police to augment the funds for hospitals ended in a sensational manner to-night…

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Crowded Court "Lay-By" Man's Creditors Robe Business

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

A bankruptcy examination at the Newcastle courthouse this morning was attached by a crowd of [?]en creditors…

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Police Carnival £70,000 For Hospitals Unfortunate Ending Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 6

The accident at the police carnival at the Showground last night, when seven persons who were in a hut in the bushranging scene were burnt…

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Fair Rents Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

The case of George Thomas M'Quirk versus Clara May Ewbank and Mary Ewbank, for the determination of the rent of a dwelling house, situated at 35…

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Maitland District Circuit Court Civil Jurisdiction Hancock v. South Maitland Railways, Ltd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 6

At the Maitland Circuit Court, held at the East Maitland Courthouse, yesterday, before his Honor, Mr. Justice Ferguson, William Sampson Hancock and Henry…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 5

No cases were set down for hearing in Newcastle Police Court yesterday. Plain-clothes Constable Charters is anxious to get in touch with a boy who…

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The Bombay Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 7

A Bombay message states that Mumtaz Begum, whose attempted kidnapping a couple of months ago created a sensation, and resulted in the death of her…

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Theft From Till "Muddled With Drink"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Minnie Robinson, who assists her mother in a refreshment room in Vincent-street, Cessnock, saw a man come from…

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Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

Mr. E. A. James presided at the Warden's Court, held at the East Maitland Courthouse, yesterday. James Ralston applied for authority to…

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Warden's Court Application Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

An application was made in the Newcastle Warden's Court this morning by the Newcastle South Collieries, Ltd., for the suspension of labor…

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Use of Morgue Police Must Pay

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 5

"If the police use our morgue, they will have to pay for cleaning it," said the president, Mr. J Black, at the meeting of the Maitland Hospital…

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Bankruptcy Court Thursday, April 30. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

In re Royal Edward Harrell, who traded as the Robe Specialist, of 6, 8, and 10 Pacific-street, Newcastle. Mr. N. Cragg represented about 100-women creditors,…

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