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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 106

Warsaw Murder Royalist Vengeance for the Czar's Butchery (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. Voikoff, the Soviet Ambassador in Warsaw, who was shot by the Russian youth, Boris Koweeda, was walking on the platform of the railway station talking to…

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Serious Charge Colored Man on Trial Court Cleared

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 7

Charged with having committed a serious offence upon a girl aged 15, James Franklin. 28, a colored man, pleaded not guilty at the Newcastle…

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Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which James Hannell, a laborer, was charged with having stolen two Boyce moto-meters, the property of Patrick…

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"Give Me Drink" Guilty on Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

Judge White had not concluded his summing up of the case in which Alexander Shepherd was charged with assaulting Angelina Price at Cardiff…

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Accused Brother Maryville Stealing Charge Verdict of Guilty

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

On May 21 Newman Joseph Cave, of Maryville, took his brother, Thomas Cave, to Wickham police station and said:…

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Brisbane Double Murder Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 6

Giving evidence to-day at the inquiry into the circumstance surrouding the murder of Acting Sergenat Cumming and Eilen Gladys Walsh a motorman…

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"The Prisoner's Song" Young Boxer Goes to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

Keith Maxwell Potter, who boxed under the name of Jimmy King. and who was found guilty or breaking, entering, and stealing, was sentenced to…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 9. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Vincent Joseph Burgess, 34 labourer, was fined 20s, in default seven days imprisonment, for being…

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Lost Airmen Saved by Atlantic Icebergs "Soviet's Puerile Charge" Murder of Russian Ambassador British Attitude Assassination Allegation to be Ignored

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 1

The fantastic allegations by the Soviet Government that Britain instigated the assassination of the Soviet minister at Warsaw, and has been responsible for alleged previous attempts on the lives of the Bolshevist leaders, will be ignored by the…

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To Gaol Monsieur! Polite French Way Rude Refusal Parisian Police Comedy

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 1

Because his appeal against a conviction for a political offence had failed, the French police politely requested M. Daudet, a Royalist…

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B.H.P. BRASS Man Fined for Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 4

Two large sacks containing brass were exhibits at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, when Harry King, all[?]s Harry Ford, 26, was charged with…

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Brisbane Double Murder Brisbane

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

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the murder of Acting Sergeant Cumming and Mrs. Eileen Walsh was continued to-day…

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Charlestown Police Court. Thursday, June 9. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.)

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

George Weir, charged with using improper language at Dudley, was fined 10s, costs 8s, in default, 21 days. Albert Ashman, for being found drunk in…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 10. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness Theft of Shirts. Frederick Leslie, 30, canvasser, pleaded…

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East Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. James Mowett, Percy W. Clemont, and Charles Stanbury were charged with…

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Bogus Constable Tried to Borrow £5 Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 2

Charles Smith, alias Charles Gordon Jackson, 28, said that he was a constable, it was alleged in evidence at Newcastle Police Court to-day…

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Murder at Petersham a Girl Shot. Sydney

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

Martha Quinn, aged 22, a single woman, was shot dead outside her home in Station-street, Petersham, shortly before 7 o'clock to-night…

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Compensation Case District Court Hearing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 7

One of the last of the compensation cases, under the old 1916 Act, will be heard at the Newcastle District Court on Tuesday, June 14…

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Arrest Likely Petersham Murder Case All Night Search Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 5

The police have been searching all night for the man who is alleged to have shot, and killed, Martha Quinn, 22, of…

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Quarter Sessions Friday, June 10. (Before His Honor Judge White.) Mr. B. V. Stacy, Crown Prosecutor. Assault and Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 10

His Honor concluded his summing up in the case in which Alexander Shepherd pleaded not guilty to assaulting Angelina Price at Cardiff on April 13, and robbing…

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