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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,903 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 96

Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Arthur Richard Hoewarth (19), was…

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Fines and Gaol Three Youths in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Leslie Robert Kent, 18, laborer; John Christian Schafer, 18, carter, and William Charles Doohan, 20, motor mechanic, pleaded guilty before…

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Police Missing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Mystery in W.A. TWO DISAPPEAR Foul Play Suspected KALGOORLIE, Tuesday. There is grave concern over the mysterious disappearance of Detective Inspector Walsh and Detective Sergeant Pitman, members…

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The Melbourne Murder Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

The police have received some information which may possibly lead to the discovery of the murderer of Mr. Eric Tulloch…

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Alleged Assault Mrs. Hodgson Issues Writs SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

There was another development in the development the Hodgson case to-day. On behalf of Mrs. Hodgson, writs were issued, aggregating £1000 damages, against…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 10. (Before Mr. T. G. Cohen, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 3

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. On a similar charge Rebecca Jones, 60, was fined £2, or fourteen days' imprisonment…

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Murder Feared Millionaire Missing Abandoned Car New York

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 1

Walter Ward, the millionaire president of the Electruck Corporation, is missing, and it is feared that he has been murdered…

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Joy Riders' Ring Police on the Warpath More Boys Caught

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Juvenile crime continue to occupy the attention of Newcastle police, who estimate that 90 per cent. of the law-breaking in this…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 8

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M. presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. The charges that have been pending against Ernest Burnett, Clifford Keeling,…

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"Don't Shoot" Adelaide Murder Trial Publican Charged Adelaide

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 5

There is keen public interest in the trial of Thomas Dugan, an hotelkeeper, of Norwood, on a charge of murdering Charles…

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Six Months' Gaol Woman Knocked Down Assailant in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 7

John Alfred Whitter, 19, laborer. was charged, before Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with living, on May 5, unlawfully…

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An Arab Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 11

Arrested as a spy in Tunisia, and imprisoned for 15 days in a filthy Arab gaol, a young English Territorial officer is now awaiting trial on a charge of…

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Four Charged Redhead Explosion Officials in Court Sequel to Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 5

Summonses against four collier official, arising out of the Redhead mine disaster on January 21, were before Mr. T. W. Cohen, S.M.,…

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Police Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 7

Cases were heard in London Nuneaton, Middlesborough, Chesterfield, and Newcastle Police Courts of rioting and circulating false news. The sentences…

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Abermain Police Station

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 4

Tenders have been invited for the erection of a police station at Abermaln. Recently Mr. Booth, M.L.A., Interviewed the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Fair Rents Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 8

In the Rents Court, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cessnock Court-house yesterday, Henry Gibbs made application for a reduction of the rent of…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 11. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 5

Alexander Lengtree Senton, 25, a labourer, appeared on remand, charged that in Sandgate-road, Wallsend, on April 10, he wilfully and maliciously set fire to a…

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Girl Shot Married Man Charged "It Was Accident" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 7

When Morris Llewellyn Davis, 38, charged with shooting Dorothy Lovatt, with intent to murder her. appeared before the Central Police Court…

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Vagrancy Charge! East Melbourne Murder Man Remanded Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 5

The arrest on a charge of vagrancy of Henry Pierce, 27, a jeweller, by the detectives who are inquiring into the murder of Colonel Eric…

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Dredgemen's Pay Matter for Industrial Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 4

Mr. Connell, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Public Works:— "Referring to the deputation which…

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