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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

2,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 84 of 103

Kurri Bars Licensing Court Application Transfer Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 7

The hearing of evidence on behalf of the objectors to the granting of the application by Oscar John Todd for the transfer of his license from…

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"Useful in Police" Communists on Trial Sensational Letter London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

"Half a dozen good party members in the polled forces of the bigger towns, such as Glasgow, would certainly be very useful," was a portion…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

The license of the Northumberland Hotel. Lambton, was transferred from Edward Percy Dixon to Richard Francis Hamilton…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

Frederick George Jackson, of Blackalls, proceeded against E. F. Hunt, of Wilson-street, Hamilton, to recover a balance said to be outstanding on a building of…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Erona Glendinning was charged with having attempted to commit suicide at…

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Attempted Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

A message from Rome states that through casually changing his train at the last minute, Signor Farinacci, the Fascist Secretary-General, escaped an…

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Confessions of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The Paris police are in possession of two written confessions by persons unknown to each other, admitting that they killed Jacques Desvaux, whose body was…

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Strike Leader Sentenced to Seven Days SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

Described as a member of the strikers' committee. Richard Rose, aged 39, a seaman from the Themistocles, was sentenced at the Water Police…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

Messrs. Adrian, Le Brun Brown, and Arnott, members of the Licensing Board, presided at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, and resumed their inquiry into…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 28. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 8

One person, charged for the first time with drunkenness, did not appear, and her bond was forfeited. Margaret Richardson, 32, did not appear to answer a charge of…

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More Police Needed Request from Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 3

Hamilton Council has agreed to cooperate with Hamilton North Progress Association in its desire for better police protection in that…

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Mother and Son Pathetic Court Scene

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

There was a touching scene at the close of the inquiry when the 10-year-old boy, Cyril Cheetham, with tears in his eyes, approached…

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Police Not Needed Somerset Leaves Townsville TOWNSVILLE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

At 5 a.m. to-day five cars full of police were rushed to the wharf to guard the steamer Somerset, which was raided by strikers on Teusday…

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Police Baffled Clerk's Strange Death Melbourne Mystery Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

So far the police have been unable to discover exactly how Arthur Lea[?] Burrowes, 36. a bank clerk, met with injuries which caused his death in the…

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Not Legal Railway Officer Re-graded Equity Court Decision Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 6

The Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Harvey) to-day delivered reserved judgment in the test case of Albert Ernest Stepto, of Elizabeth…

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Rothbury Inquiry Officials Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 8

An inquiry was opened at the West Maitland Court-house yesterday by Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., into the charges against Richard Thomas, manager, and…

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Verdict of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 10

Mr. Shropshire turned a verdict of wilful and malicious murder against Nellie Cheetham, and committed her to take her trial at the Central Criminal Court in…

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Missing Benzine Motor Driver Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 8

Daniel Gurley, 22, motor-driver, was charged, at Newcastle police court to-day, with having. at Stocketon yesterday. stolen two tins of benzine. valued…

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The Police Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 10

Detective Sergeant G. G. Fergusson deposed that about 10.10 a.m. on October 13, in company with Plain-clothes Constable Williams, he went to the residence of Mrs…

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American Court-martial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 7

It is reported from Washington that the defence has won the first skirmish at the Court-martial of General Mitchell, when three of the original thirteen…

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