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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 106

Speedsters Beware Police Apply for Cycle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 6

Motor cyclists who infringe traffic by-laws by speeding in Newcastle streets will have to be wary in future. Newcastle police have made…

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The Sun Stop Press Murder Charge Broken Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

[?] Hughes was charged before the Circuit Court to-day with the murder of Joan Smith, whose body was found in a rabbit warren…

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"She Asked Me" Husband on Murder Charge LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

Samuel Tye, 68, a highly respected colliery official churchman, and preacher, was charged at Steepley, Derbyshire, with having feloniously…

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District Court. Two £2500 Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 6

Mr. Justice Campbell presided at the Maitland Circuit Court at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, when evidence was continued in cases of William…

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Agreed to Kill Popular Murder Trial Wife's Orders New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

That the man in the case promised a woman that he would strangle her husband, was the confession made in…

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True to Label Police Liquor Test Samples for Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 6

Samples of spirits taken by Newcastle licensing inspectors from a number of Newcastle hotels yesterday were, sent to Sydney to-day for…

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Speed Limit Can Councils Fix Them? Police Say No

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 6

Have councils the power to fix speed limits for roads in their municipalities? Though Waratah Council has…

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The Lockup Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

William Thompson, on remand, was charged with having stolen on ten-shilling note, the property of the New South Wales Government at West…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, April 28. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness…

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"A Mania!" Gaol for Bicycle Thief Fines No Use

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

"There are quite a number of convictions against you. You have been convicted before for stealing bicycles; you seem to have a mania for it," said…

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Police Promotions Northern List SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

The latest police promotions include:— Sergeant, second-class, to be Sergeant, first-class; H.S. Chinner Newcastle. Sergeant, third-class, to be Sergant,…

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Maitland District District Court. Two £2500 Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

Mr. Justice Campbell presided at the Maitland Circuit Court at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, when evidence was continued in cases of William…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

Re Charles Larson, miner, at Belmont. Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to slackness of work. Daring the past two years he had averaged 2½ days…

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Murder of Nurse Daniels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

After a long interval, the case of Nurse Daniels, whose body was found in the scrub near Boulogne last January, three months after she had disappeared, is again…

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Murder in Brisbane Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

Edward Stanley Moran, aged 38, a labourer, appeared at the Brisbane Police Court to-day, charged with wilfully murdering Lydia Henry, otherwise Lydia…

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Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

A sitting of the Warden's Court was held at the Newcastle Court House, yesterday, before Mr. G. James, District Warden…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, April 29. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 11

One first offenders was dealt with for drunkenness. Vagrancy. Vincent Joseph Burgess, 29, pleaded…

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Majority Verdicts Favored by Police BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 3

The unsatisfactory features attaching to trial by jury in Queensland wr[?] recognised at the annual conference. of the Queensland Police Union…

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Maitland District Circuit Court. Two £2500 Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 6

Mr. Justice Campbell presided at the Maitland Circuit Court at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, when the cases were concluded in connection with…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 2

At the Newcastle Police Court, on Saturday before Mr. W. I. Perry S.M., three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness…

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