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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 103

Newcastle Police Court Saturday, July 4. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 3

Of three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, two forfeited the amounts of their bonds, and the other one was fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…

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"In a Vile Temper" Money Thrown Into Fire Bailiff Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 5

"My wife was in a vile temper, and When I gave the money into her charge before I went out, she threw it into the fire," said Percy Lumby,…

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Bullet in Brain Son Charged With Murder Invalid's Death Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

On a charge of having murdered his aged father, Joseph Franz Wickler, a confirmed invalid, who died on March 26 in his Went worthville home…

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Hit on Face Cessnock Assault Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

Peter Croft pleaded guilty at the Cessnock police court this morning to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Charles Tattersal, and was fined…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, July 6. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was lined 5s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, and the boil bonds of ten others, who did not appear, were forfeited…

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Dog Poisoner Police Still Searching SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

Though a reward of £40 has been offered, and though a defective, a police sergeant and a black tracker have made investigations, the person…

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Logs and Glass Quorrobolong Dispute District Court Case

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 7

Joseph Thomas Kerr, a farmer, of Quorrobolong, proceeded against William Lewis, a milkman, at the Maitland District Court to-day, claiming…

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Bound Over Old Man in Court Charlestown Row

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 7

On April 3 Thomas Newburn was committed for trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions on a charge of mallclously wounding William Sullivan, at…

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Lawful Business? Police Served With Liquor Point Argued Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

"Assuming that the whole of the evidence against us is correct, it seems that we are carrying on business on licensed premises, and part…

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Fleet at Play Crossing the Line King Neptune's Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 1

(From Frank Marian, special representative of "The Sun," on board the U.S.A. battleship West Virginia…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, July 7. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 11

Three first offenders, who did not appear, to answer charges of drunkenness, had their bonds forfeited. Frederick Gitsham, 43, was fined £1, or seven days, for…

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Maitland District Maitland District Court

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

The Maitland District Court was opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, yesterday, before his Honor Judge White. QUESTION OF LEASE…

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Lived Luxuriously Man Charged With Vagrancy Stayed at Best Hotels Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 6

Detective told a strange story today when Ramsay Murray. 55, a carpenter, who was arrested at a select hotel, was charged with vagrancy,…

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'Plane Patrol Northern Territory Police SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 4

Should policemen in the Northern Territory patrol their miles of beat in an aeroplane? Mr. Conacher, representative for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 11

Leonard Gabriel made application for permission to alter the sign of the Belmont Hotel to Hotel Gunyah. A further application was made for the removal…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 11

The following cases were withdrawn:—Wilson and Cowan, Limited, versus H. A. Millington; Allen's Agency versus W. Barnes…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the Kurri Police Court yesterday. John Bain was fined 30s, with 8s costs, for having used improper…

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Murder by a Father Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 4

The trial of Oliver Duck for the murder of his daughter, Olive Duck, was concluded to-night. Doctor Voss, the Government Medical…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 8. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 2

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Discharged. William Raynor, 32, labourer, for whom…

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Maitland District District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was resumed at the Courthouse, East Maitland, yesterday, before his Honor Judge White…

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