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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 106

Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 2. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 3

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Remanded. John Kerkhoven (28), fireman, was…

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Award Breaches Industrial Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 10

A number of firms were proceeded against by Inspector Clarke, of the Labor and Industries' Bureau, this morning for breaches of awards…

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Industrial Court Thursday, March 3. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Time and Pay Sheets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 10

Maurice Reines was proceeded against by Inspector W. D. Clark for having failed to keep time and pay sheets correctly written up in accordance with the…

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Five Years' Gaol Embezzled £39,000 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

A sentence of five years' imprisonment was passed, at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, on William Leypold Buddee, 56, cashier, who for the last…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 9

The plaintiffs in the following cases were given verdicts, with costs of court, for the amounts claimed in respect of goods sold:—S. B. Jarratt v. E. T. Onslow,…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 3 (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Improper Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

James Rooney (30) was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment, for improper behaviour. Fraudulent Appropriation…

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Wallsend Police Court Thursday, March 3. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 9

William John Capewell and Robert Edward Scott, both of whom were charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Nelson-street, Wallsend, were…

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Atrocious Crime Assaulted Wife's Sister Five Years' Gaol Toowoomba

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 8

The crime for which Daniel Alexander Hayden was sentenced to five years' imprisonment was a particularly atrocious one…

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Police Inquiry Richmond Vale Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

Newcastle police are inquiring into the cause of the fire that destroyed a haystack worth about 1000, and a shed valued at £800, at Mr. John…

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Considering Position Maitland Deputies' Duties Court's Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 7

South Maitland coalfield deputies will hold special meeting at Cessnock on Saturday for the purpose of considering their position now that…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

Re Edward Norman Smith, taxi-driver, Kensington, Bankrupt said he had been driving a taxi-cab on wages for the past twelve months. Before that he had been…

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Sale of Motor Car Case Before Full Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 8

A dispute over the sale of a motor car at Maitland came on for hearing to-day before the Full Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Street (Chief Justice)…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, March 4. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 11

Five first offenders, who had been locked up for being drunk, and were admitted to bail, did not appear. Their bonds were forfeited Joseph Saunders (33),…

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Right of Appeal Dominion Court Findings LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

The scope of Imperial legislation, affecting the Dominions was the subject of Professor J. H. Morgan's first Rhodes lecture at University College,…

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Dispute Over Motor Car Full Court Upholds Apppeal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 7

The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Street, Chief Justice, Mr. Justice, Ferguson, and Mr. Justice Campbell, today upheld the appeal of Ernest W…

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"Tell the Truth" Magistrate's Advice to Youth Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 8

At the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, before Mr. Cohen. P.M., Clyde Thorley was charged with having assaulted Joseph Frayfer on…

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Boulogne Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

The mystery surrounding the death of Nurse Daniels, a young and pretty woman, whose body was found in a thicket near Boulogne last week, is deepening…

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Murder in Cairo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

It is reported from Caire that four thieves, under cover of night entered the house of a rich merchant, Solomon Cicurel. They cholorformed his wife as she lay in…

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To Stave Off 'Flu Mixed Drinks Led to Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 5

To his attempted cure for influenza Arthur Cook, 28, laborer, who was fined £3 at Newcastle court to-day, attributed the condition that led him to…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

Mr. W. T. Cohen. P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Clyde Thorley was charged with having…

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