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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 103

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 10

Richard Thomas Rundle proceeded against P. Lumby, of Telarah, to recover £3 10s, as the value of goods sold and delivered. A verdict was given for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 10

The license of the Shortland Hotel was transferred from Florence Bradbury Hyland to George Alfred Wilkins. John Allen was granted an extension…

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A Murder Gang

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 5

The Paris police announce that sixty members of the most dangerous gang of criminals which ever infested France are now under arrest…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 22. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Philip Coyle (40), seaman, was fined £2. in default a…

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"J.o." on the Warpath Reappears on English Tennis Court the Beckenham Doubles An Historic Tournament LONDON, June 11

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 2

OVERHEAD the sun, blitzing from an azure cloudless sky, with a con[?] warmth that made all good Australians bot[?]; all around the…

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Six Months' Gaol Han Sentenced for Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 6

"You have a long list against you, Burns, and you are sentenced to six months' hard labor," said Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, July 23. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 5

Six first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Remanded. Cyril Charles Taylor, 33, seaman,…

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Crowded Court Judge's Hint Unheeded Unsavory Evidence London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 5

The Divorce Court was again crowded for the further hearing of the cross petitions of Alfred Baldwin Raper and his wife, who is the…

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The Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 10

The democratisation of the Court of St. James was never more strikingly illustrated than at a recent week's two Courts. The King and Queen entertained…

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Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 4

Three application have been lodged with the Registrar of the Warden's Court at Newcastle by the Caledonian Collieries for mining leases of 14½ acres of land in…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, July 24. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1925 · page 12

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Victor Walmsley (23) was fined £2, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment, for…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 7

Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. John Thomas, 55,…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, July 27. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

Eigh first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were dealt with, George Hughes, 62, and James Crosscombe, 35, were each fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for…

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Gaol for Life Not to be Released Oaxes's Fate Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

The sentence of death passed on Arthur Augustus Oakes, the Toronto murderer, has been commuted to imprisonment for life…

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Steel Works Award Objections to Conciliation Committee Justice Edmunds's Problem Union Demand to go before Arbitration Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 6

Mr. Justice Edmunds will preside over a meeting of the Steel Works Conciliation Committee in Newcastle on August 6. Then, it is stated, it will be decided whether the committee, which has been repudiated by the steelworkers, will make the new award…

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Cessnock. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. M. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Peter M'Clusky failed to appear in answer to charges or drunkenness and…

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12 Months' Gaol Man Sentenced for Bigamy SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions held yesterday, before Judge White, James William Wallace pleaded not guilty to a charge of bigamy…

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Declared Insane Sidney Robins Case Police Court Remand

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

The name of Sidney Report Robins, 11, manager, changed with having at Sydney, on July 13, fraudulently allured away a girl under the age of…

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Assault Victim Dies SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

The man who was assaulted in Sussex-street last Thursday night, and died later in hospital was buried yesterday without being identified…

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Coombar Fire Wharf Laborer Charged SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

James Edward Coleman, Wharf laborer, appeared before the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having set fire to the S.S. Coombar…

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