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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

1,903 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 96

Still on British Mining Dispute Angry Scenes Crowd Defies Police. LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 1

The negotiations between the British Government and the miners led to no result and have been broken off…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 27. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 12

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Harry Morrison, 43, and Charles Dunleavy, 50, were each fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment, for…

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Loss of the Brolga Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6

The loss of the trawler Brolga, which foundered after striking Beware Reef, off the Victorian coast, on August 13, formed the subject of an inquiry by the Marine…

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Murder of a Priest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 5

It is reported from Shanghai that Father Ruyffelaert, a Catholic priest of the Suiyuan Vicariate, was fatally shot by bandits while travelling to Shausi. He…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, August 28. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 2

Upon charges of drunkenness, eight first offenders forfeited their bonds, and two others were fined 5s, in default, detentior to the rising of the court…

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Police Raid Boolaroo Billiard Room

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 3

Newcastle police raided a billiard room at Boolaroo on Saturday night ana arrested 18 men, under the Gaming and Betting Act…

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Murder Alleged Death of Day-old Baby Mother on Trial Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 5

"I must have been off my head" was the statement alleged to have been made by Henrietta O'Connor, 35, when charged by…

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No One Drinking Police Raid on Cafe SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 5

Raiding a cafe in Phillip-street, Sydney on Saturday night, the police had to break open the door. When they started to force an entry…

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Building and Machinery Notes to Proceed Police Station Repairs No New Building

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 3

As it will be some time before the proposal in respect to new buildings can be given effect to, it is proposed to do essential work required to…

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Petty Theft Goods Under His Coat

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 8

"What have you got under your coat?" Plainclothes Constable Williams asked William Satthornthwaite in Hunter-street last Friday…

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Police Officer Attacked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

News has been received from Dacca of an unprovoked attack on Mr. Buckner, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, and his wife, on Saturday night…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 6

William Gleeson, of Morpeth, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court by Mr. M. H. Cleeve, Registrar, at the West Maitland Courthouse, yesterday…

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Name Not on List Chinaman, Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 7

"Besides the discrepancies between Kin's evidence and his statement to the Customs, I am largely influenced by the absence of his name from the…

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Alleged Murder Strymans's Trial SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 7

The trial of Maurice Strymans, Belgian sea captain, on a charge of having murdered Ruth Clarkson in a flat at Darilaghurst on July 12. will…

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He Was Drunk Assault Charge Dismissed Story of a Watch

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 9

When he was lighting a primus stove at the back of his shop in order to prepare tea about 7 p.m. last Saturday, Arthur James Fishier rushed…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 30. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 7

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness, and nine persons, who did not appear, had their bonds forfeited. William Fulton (55) and John Hill (61)…

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Fired Pistol Miner Charged in Sydney Pleaded Guilty Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 9

The sequel to the capture of an armed man in the residence of Dr. Henry Cyril Adams, Rosemount-avenue, Darling Point, on July 27, was…

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Shocking Brutality Child's Awful Injuries Man Sent to Gaol Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 7

Convicted of brutality to a child, William Thouerkauf was to-day sentenced to three months' imprisonment…

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"Into 'Em Boys!" Police and Strikers Clash

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 7

Rowdy scenes followed the failure of the strikers deputation to persuade 40 miners to cease work on the quarry level at the colliery at Pontypool…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 31. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 3

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Theft. William Sattorthwaite (58), labourer,…

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