Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 20
One first offender, who had been charged with drunkenness, forfeited the amount of his bond. Edward Sidney Fear (22), wharf labourer, was fined £3,…
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Courts & crime, 1925
2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 103
Murder of a Constable
The youths Crossley and Heggarty were remanded at Wolverhampton on the charge of murdering Constable Willits. The police gave evidence that Heggarty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assault Charge Boarder and Landlady Disputed Bill
A story of stormy times in Hamilton was related in the Newcastle police court this morning, when Mrs. Linda Battrum proceeded against…
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The waste examiners' case will be heard in the Industrial Court in February…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remand to Friday Newcastle Theft Charges Silk Cases
Alleged extensive thefts were mentioned in the Newcastle Police Court this morning when George Carpenter. Ernest Frederick Carpenter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naval Secrets Alleged Disclosure Two Persons Charged (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Jeremiah Joseph O'Leary, a shipwright, of Portsmouth, has been charged with communicating information about the Haslar dockyard to Cyril M'Gough, a civil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sweep Tickets Tobacconist in Court SYDNEY
For having received money for tickets in Tattereoall's sweep. Catherine Townsend, a tobacconist, of Bathurst-street, Sydney, was fined £2, with 8s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, D.S.M.) Selling Belmont Coal
A claim was made by Coulin Brothers against Edward Matheison for £26 7s 11d, being money received by him in respect to 27 tons of coal sold to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crowded Court Theft Charge at Morpeth Wine and Ham
Morpeth was agog this morning when a well-known resident. Thomas McCarthy, appeared before a crowded court charged with stealing half a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 21. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, S.M.) Drunkenness
Christiena King (69) was fined 10s, in default twelve hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Chemist in Trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mayfield Police Station
Superintendent Childs has advised Waratah council that there is no like[?]hood of a police station being erectod at Mayfield in the near future, as…
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A letter was received by Cardiff Progress Association from the Inspector-General of Police, stating that inquiries showed that supervision was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Wounds Digger in Bankruptcy Court
Gun-shot wounds received at Mesaines in 1917 were responsible for the appearance of James Horbert Morris in the Bankruptcy Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Scene Police Called In Row at Cessnock President and Councillor
A meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council to-day had resolved itself into a Gilbertian farce, when it was brought to a dramatic and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →De Garis Case Court Proceedings No Escort Yet Auckland
Clad in a light grey suit, and seemingly undisturbed by the proceedings, C. J. de Garis took his place in the dock this morning. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men Must Accept Justice Powers'Last Word to Seamen Decision To-morrow Proceedings in Federal Arbitration Court MELBOURNE
The question of the de-registering of the Seamen's Union has been adjourned until to-morrow morning. Mr. Justice Powers told the seamen that unless they gave a definite promise to return to work and obey awards, their registration would be cancelled, and the award…
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Charles David matthew, 37, a boilermaker, was remanded till February 13 by Mr. Camphin, S.M., at the Newcastle police court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wine and Paint Morpeth Court Case Theft Charge Withdrawn
Morpoth Courthouse was crowded yesterday afternoon during the hearing of the charge against Thomas Christopher McCarthy, of stealing half…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's a Man Justice and Redemption Magistrate's Aim
Tho honorary magistrates, the legal profession, and tho police, at Coraki, bade farewell to Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., on the eve of his departure to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"I Deny All That" Three Men Charged with Robbery £1000 Worth of Silk Quantity of Material Found by the Police
A remarkable story concerning a series of silk robberies in Newcastle, when goods valued at over £1000 were stolen, was told in the Newcastle Police Court this morning. There was a dramatic interruption following the reading of a…
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