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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 103

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 9

John Grady, 42, was fined 30s, or seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Theft from Gas Meter. Roy St. Vincent Newell, 38, a…

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Sourabaya Police Action Weltevreden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

An Australian named Kirton, who arrived at Sourabaya by the s.s. Tasman has been detained. Many blood-stained handkerchiefs…

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Hard Court Tennis London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

In the second round of the hard court tennis tournament at Rochampton, Turnbull defeated L. C. Terry (Australia), 7—6, 6—1…

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Java Murder Details of the Crime an Australian Detained Weltevreden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

Mrs. Macfie arrived on Sunday September 13, from Singapore. She was on a trip to Java, and had been sight-seeing at Batavia, Buitenzorg, and…

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Loss of Karamu Marine Court's Finding Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

The inquiry by the Commonwealth Marine Court into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the steamer Karamu, which foundered off the coast of…

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Min Men Again Third Time in Court Remand Granted

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

The 20 men of the steamer Min were again brought before Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at Newcastle police court to-day. They were charged with…

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Now Before Court Steelworkers' Claims Ironworkers and A.W.U.

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 3

The claims for a now award for steel workers lodged by the A.W.U. and the Federated Ironworkers, will he heard in the Industrial Arbitration…

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Alleged Assault Four Serbians Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Demetrius Zaco[?], a Greek, complained to the police that he had been assaulted by four Serbians. He took out a warrant…

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The Java Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

It is reported from Weltevreden that the Attorney-General made a statement that the fact that Mr. Kirton, Who is at Sourabaya, was obliged to delay his…

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"Scientist" Charged Alleged Fortune-Telling Newcastle Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

Further charged of fortune-telling were heard before Mr. Shropshire, S.M., in the Newcastle Police Court this afternoon…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 24. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

Two persons, charged for the first time with drunkenness, did not appear and their bonds were forfeited. Robert Flannagan, 27, and Edgar Rodgers, 38,…

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Gaol at 71 Australian Racing Man Lost a Fortune London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

DUNCAN BROWN, aged 71, was sentenced at the London Sessions to three years penal servitude for receiving stolen property…

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Natives Detained Murder of Mrs. Macfie Blood on Clothes Batavia

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 7

The inquiry into the murder of Mrs. H. C. Macfie is proceeding slowly. Three native boys employed at the hotel at Garoet, a health resort, where…

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Position in Newcastle Min Crew Before Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 5

When informed that warrants had been issued for their arrest, the twenty members of the crew of the Hain liner Min, who were sentenced to seven days…

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Witnessed Hanging Woman Magistrate Takes Up New Duty "Quiet and Decorous" Appetite for Breakfast Not in Any Way Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

"Quiet, solemn, decorous, dignified and, impressive," said a Glasgow woman magistrate after witnessing a hanging. She added that after the execution she went home and ate a hearly breakfast…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

In re Joseph Wynne Sealby, motor driver, of Georgetown-road, Georgetown. Bankrupt's liabilities were stated to be, £284, and his assets £200. Dalgety and…

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Welsh Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 5

A sensation has been caused in Wales by the discovery of the nude body of Iris Watkins, a shop assistant of Blackwood, for whom the police have been searching…

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Java Murder N.S.W. Police Asked to Help No Clue Yet Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 8

The murder of Mrs. Mactie, at the Hotel Villa Dolce, Garoot, Java is still enshrouded in mystery. the husband of the murdered…

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Police in Demand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 14

The outstanding feature of the annual report of the Commissioner of Police, Sir William Horwood, is the shortage of police officers in Greater London. At the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 25. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 3

One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Daniel Winston, 56, was fined £2, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…

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