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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 103

The Chicago Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

Richard Loeb, one of the millionaire youths concerned in the murder of the boy "Bobby" Franks, and who was sentenced to life imprisonment last year,…

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London Murder Mystery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

A strange murder mystery has occurred in a big Mayfair mansion. Edward Rix, butler of Sir George Lloyd, sew High Commissioner for Egypt, was…

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Punched His Wife Man Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 3

"He deserves punishment, he is always at it," said a tearful little woman in the Newcastle Police Court this morning. She told Mr…

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Contact with Camphor Notes in Vest Pocket Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

The question or whether the smell of camphor clung to some banknotes had an important bearing on a case at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions…

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Under the Mattress Boarding House Theft Mate's Bank Book

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 6

"I was lying in my bed lost Saturday night, but not asleep—no, not asleep—when In saw a man go to my coat behind the door and take…

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Assault on Woman Question of Identity Bruises on Face

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

"Not guilty!" said Walter James Henry Thomas, whim asked to plead at the Newcastle quarter Sessions to-day, to a charge of having, at…

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Woman Missing Asylum Escapee Lost Since Sunday Mounted Police Search

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

A search party, mo[?]ted and on foot is anxiously beating the dense bush that extends for nearly 20 miles north of Stockton…

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Assault at Rhondda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. P. Charlton appeared for Walter James Henry Thomas, a young man, who pleaded not guilty to having assaulted Lucy Jane Tobin, at Rhondda,…

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London Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 7

The police have detained at Sevenoaks, in Kent Arthur Bishop, aged 17, Who used to be boots is the house in which Edward Rix, butler to Sir George Lloyd, was…

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Theft at Woy Woy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 4

James Smith, 40, was charged with stealing £49 and three cheques, the property of George Malcolm, from the dwelling of Alfred T. Smith, at Woy…

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"You've Got Quids" Assault and Robbery Charge Two Men in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 5

Sydney Fear (26) and Harold Cecil Collier appeared before Judge White at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to answer a charge of having, at…

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New Jury Accused Man Re-Charged Sessions Incident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 6

The story of an alleged theft from a motor car in a city street was described in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions Court this morning when…

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Wallsend. Police Hospital Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 3

Workers in the recent police effort on behalf of Wallsend Hospital met at the council chambers last night for the purpose of making arrangements to bring…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 9. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 10

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and their bail bonds were forfeited. Francis Joseph O'Hea (32), and David Christianson were…

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Sirdar's Murder The Men Higher Up "Unmask Them" London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 1

The Cairo correspondent of "The Times" says that the imposition of the death penalty on the eight men concerned in the murder of the…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 10

A verdict with costs was given by consent in the case. N. Vaisey v. Joseph Balley and Annie Bailey, of Hamilton, for £14 5s, for goods sold. Mr. J. K…

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Burglary at Kiosk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 7

James Smith (40) pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing from the dwelling of Albert Victor Fuller, at Newcastle, on May 7…

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"Dogged by Police" Man Complains to Judge Receiver Sentenced

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 5

"Wherever I have gone the police have dogged me. They have never given me a chance." said George Monaghan (23), who was sentenced to…

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Rhondda Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 7

A sentence of twelve months imprisonment was passed on Walter James Henry Thomas, 18, who had been convicted of an assault occasioning actual bodily harm…

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Eighteen Months' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 5

In the Newcastle Court of Quarter Sessions to-day. Judge White sentenced Leslie Head Row to 18 months' imprisonment. in Bathurst gaol…

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