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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 103

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

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

At the Maitland Circuit Court, held at the East Maitland Court-house yesterday before his Honor Mr. Justice Ferguson, the evidence was continued in the cases…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 1. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 3

One first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s, or 24 hours, and another, who did not appear, had his bond forfeited. Phillip Cain (40), did not appear to…

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TENNIS District Court Opening Monday's Games

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

A picture of the Tennis Association's new courts at District Part, Broadmeadow, appears in this issue. These course are now considered the…

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Maitland Circuit Court Civil Jurisdiction Hancock Bros. V. South Maitland Railways Ltd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

At the Maitland Circuit Court, held at the East Maitland Courthouse, yesterday, before his Honor, Mr. Justice Ferguson the cases were continued of…

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German Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 5

The report on disarmament presented by the Allied Commission of Control in Germany points out, according to our Paris correspondent (says a London…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 2. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. On a charge of having behaved in an offensive manner in Hunter-street John Donovan (29) fireman,…

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TENNIS Court Opening Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 5

Owing to the uncertain state of the weather this morning it was decided to postpone until next Saturday the official opening of the Tennis…

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Murder Trial Stopped

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

Just as the trial at Douay, in France, of Jean Acke, a commercial traveller, who is charged with murdering a woman wineshop keeper at Lille, was about to…

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Lawyer Confesses Sirdar Murder Case Blood Money London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 1

A Cairo message states that Chaff[?] Mansour, a lawyer, who is accused of complicity in the murder of the Sirdar, Sir Leo Stack, has confessed that he…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Albert Hafey, a trainee in the Australian Navy on leave, was charged with…

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"Get It Over" Man Charged With Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 6

"I wish to get it over as soon as possible, your Worship," said a young man, Herbert Creswell Booth, a motor mechanic. In the Newcastle Police…

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"Police! Police!" Cessnock Excitement

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

"There's a chap out in the pit Paddock gone mad. He's calling out "Police, and 'murder,'" said a Cessnock resident to Constable Booth…

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Street Collision 'Bus Driver Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

A recent collision in Hunter-street, Newcastle, in which a tram conductor was injured, was recalled in the Newcastle Police Court this morning…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 5. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

Seventeen first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Ernest Hunter 50, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. George Briggs, 44,…

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Expensive Game Kurri Men in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 7

"The men were playing 'two-up' under the light outside the Station Hotel, Kurri, on Saturday, April 25. at 7.45, and I could hear the betting…

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Churches Exempt City Council Rates Appeal Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

"That the land is occupied by and is used directly in connection with a building which is used and occupied solely for public worship, and is…

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Another Taste Happy Intruders Trapped by Police Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 6

Two men who were trapped by the police in the promises of the Central Bondi and Free Stores, Ltd., in Sussex-street at midnight made…

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Nelson's Descendant Appears in Divorce Court LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 1

Amelia Nelson, aged 64, has obtained a divorce from her husband, Horatio Nelson, aged 35, the second heir to the title of the Earl of Nelson…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

Booth licenses for the Boolaroo races, on Saturday, were granted to James Charles M'Intyre, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, James…

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Bootlegger's Cash Court Lets Him Keep It Canadian Decision Ottawa

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 1

Cecil Smith, a leading citizen of the border city of Windsor, made so much money bootlegging with the citizens of the United States, and…

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