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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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U. S. A. Will Join Proposed World Court Keeping Clear of League WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

The United States Senate has laid down the chief conditions upon which America should Join the Court of international Justice. Eight of the terms…

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Spy Sensation Englishman on Trial in Paris Court Girl Accomplice "Naval Secrets Conveyed by Means of Invisible Ink" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

The trial has begun at Paris of an Englishman and a French dancing girl on a charge of esplonage. The French police say that the girl confessed to having given the man information concerning French warships at Brest…

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Printers Charged Forged Betting Tickets SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

On a charge of having forged the duty stamps on betting tickets, Valentine William Besomo and Henry John Roberts were remanded at the Central…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 11

Upon charges of drunkenness, two first offenders forfeited the amount of their bonds. Frederick Holmes (30), for having been drunk and disorderly, was…

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Committed for Trial Henry de Camera Before the Court Newcastle Robberies Struggle With Sydney Police After Previous Escape

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

For over a year the members of the police force of the Commonwealth were on the look-out for Henry de Camera, who, it was alleged, was implicated in numerous robberies. Their long watch closed with his arrest, after a fierce struggle,…

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"He's Got Me" Shooting Affray Murder Charge Ex-Soldier Arrested MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

"He's got me." monned Walter Stanicy Richards, as he lay in Gipps-street. Collingwool, last night, with three bullet wounds."…

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Alleged Assault Weston Case Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

John Palmer was before the Kurri police court on a charge of having, at weston, on January 27, inflicted actual bodily harm on Thomas Britten…

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Murder at Worcester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

Herbert Burrows, the probationary constable who was committed at Worcester in December for the murder of a publican named George Laylit, and the…

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Murder in Melbourne Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Anne Knopp, aged 28, was in a house in Gipps-street, Collingwood, last night, when her husband, from whom she was separated, arrived. It is alleged…

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Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

There will be a sitting of the District Warden's Court at Newcastle on Friday…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 29. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

Frank O'Hea, 33, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment, for having been drunk. Alex Wood, 41, for whom Mr. A. H. James appeared, was fined…

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Gave the Signal Pretty Girl Crook London Jewel Theft London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

SCOTLAND YARD is searching for a pretty, well-dressed girl crook who assisted two men in a…

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Three Years' Gaol Hold-up Man Sentenced SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst, Sessions this afternoon, Joseph Messenger, 25, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on a charge of having assaulted…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 30. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 3

Four first offenders, who had been locked up for being drunk and admitted to bail, did not appear. Their bonds were forfeited, For being drunk, Ernest…

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Labour Leaders in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

Emanuel Shinwell, M.P., formerly Minister for Mines, and a leader in the recent seamen's strike, figured as the defendant, in a case of alleged assault at Hull, where…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Mead was fined £3, with 3s…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 1. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 7

Four persons who did not appear to answer charges of drunkenness had their bonds forfeited. Joseph Ross, 52, and John Grady, 44, were each fined £2, or…

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Reprieve Wanted Trowbridge Murder Case LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Residents of Trowbridge declare that there had been a miscarriage of justice through the acquittal of Bombardier Ian stewart and the…

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Appeal Dismissed Wealthy Man in Gaol Nodded to Wife London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

The appeal of Hayley Morriss, a wealthy man, who was sent to prison on a charge of procuration, against his conviction, was dismissed…

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Young Criminal Shopbreaker Before Court Newcastle Robberies Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

Arrested on nine charge od shop breaking, one of attempted shop breaking and one of having had house-breaking tools in his possession…

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