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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 106

The London Murder London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 7

Remarkable scenes occurred in West-minster Court when John Robinson was charged with the murder of Mrs. Bonati, whose remains were found in a trunk at…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

The sequel to a number of robberies and an attempt to break and enter a store was the appearance in the Children's Court of eight Wallsend boys,…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 2. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 11

Nine first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Alice Carney (35), Edward Quinn (38), James Murdock (30), and Joseph Brady (38) were fined 10s, in…

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Wallsend Police Court Thursday, June 2. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Liquor Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

For having been found on Terminus Hotel, Wallsend, on May 13, during prohibited hours, James Hardy, and William Bristow were each fined 20s with 8s costs,…

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Licensing Court Mayfield Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 2

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday the Special Licensing Court, consisting of Messrs. F. G. Adrian (chairman), W. Le Brun Brown, and W. S. Arnott,…

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Baby Told Monte Carlo Murder Trial Father Found Guilty London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

The Monte Carlo Criminal Court has accepted the evidence of a three-year-old child, the only direct witness against her father, M. Etienne…

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Painting It! Newcastle Police Station Shock for Citizens

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

An Estaminet or a police Station?— To be suddenly confronted with the Newcastle police station as ti is at present (provided the signs and notices…

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Colliery Mechanics' Claims. Case for High Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 7

A sitting of the Mechanics' Coal Industry (Special) Tribunal was held in Sydney to-day, with Mr. C. Hibble in the chair. The employees were…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 11

Re Frederick Dawson Kirkwood, 17 Douglas-street, Stockton. Bankrupt said he was a traveller. He had previously had a business of his own, but gave it up…

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At Point of Guns Alleged English Gang Captured "Don't Shoot" Melbourne Police Make Quick Swoop MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 7

Two members of a gang of five English migrants were arrested at revolver point in a sensational police raid in Marion-street, Fitgroy, at 2 a.m. to-day. Both men had in their possession fully loaded revolvers…

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The Broadstairs Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

Charles Robinson, sought by the police in connection with the death of Mrs. Sonia Ramsay, where body was found battered by a hammer, was discovered…

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Nine Months' Gaol Youthful Shoplifter SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 7

Vonnie Moore, aged 19, a domestic, was sentenced at the Central Police Court to nine months' imprisonment for having stolen articles from two…

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A Police Matter

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

Asked something or other in the Commons, the Minister said that it was a police matter. It started as one, but the moment the things enumerated were…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 3. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 11

Upon charges of drunkenness, five first offenders forfeited their bonds, and John O'Neill (34) was fined £1 10s, in default ten days' imprisonment…

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Equity Court Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

The application of William Seale and others for a motion directing William Carey and others to hand over all funds, books, and property belonging to the…

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Cargo Broaching Prevalent in Newcastle Police Allegations

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

Allegations that a considerable amount of cargo-broaching and pilfering wag going on in Newcastle, were made at theo Police Court to-day by…

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Wild Chicago Mysterious Strangler Kills Woman Police Baffled Criminals Try to Shoot Severe Judge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 1

Another mysterious strangling crime has baffled the police of lawless Chicago, and they are wondering whether the "Dark Strangler" of the Pacific Coast has been at work. An attempt has been made to assassinate a judge whose…

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The Broadstairs Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 5

"That is Sonia's lamp. The butterfly painted on its is Sonia's She was only a butterfly. Now she is dead." That was one of the striking passages…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 3

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness, and three persons, who did not appear, had their bonds forfoiled. James Joseph Quinlan, 46, was fined £1,…

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Alleged Assault Remand at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 6

On a charge of having assaulted a woman at Paxton, Aubrey George Vincent King, was remanded for a week by Mr. Cleeve, P.M., at…

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