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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

2,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 106

America Fears Widespread Communist Violence Nation on Guard Impending Execution of Reds Outrages in U.S.A. Army of Police to Preserve Order

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 1

The approach of August 11—the day when the two American Communists Sacco and Vanzetti will be executed for murder—is marked by increasing acts of violence throughout America…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P. M. presided at the West Maitland Police-Court yesterday. Robert Louis Irvine was charged with…

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Theft Case Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

Ellen Crozier, 30, and Vivian Findlay, 19, were charged before Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having stolen £30, the…

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Alleged Theft From Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

A young man has reported to the police that late on Sunday night his hat and a bag containing money, the property of a young lady who was with him, were taken…

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Followed Women Man Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

Rube Armstrong, alias Adam Purcell, 32, hairdresser, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

An application by Thomas Leslie Fines, license of the Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, for permission to conduct a booth license at the New…

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New Gaol Code Officials Unravel the Key SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 7

An allegation that a new code which was used in a letter found on a prisoner had come into vogue in the gaols was made at Darlinghurst Sessions…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 8. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 7

One person charged with drunkenness did not appear and his bond was forfeited. Ernest Wilson, 29, and Ive Clifford Morgan, 19, were each fined £1, in…

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Acid Down Throat Woman Accused of Murder LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 1

Accused of having murdered Lewis Fisher, the refrigerating engineer on the American steamer American Trader on the high seas by pouring…

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Bulli Tragedy Motorist in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Louis Johnson, aged 37 a motor proprietor, was remanded on £300 bail on a charge of having feloniously slain John Conroy at Bulli…

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Assaulted by Burglar Woman's Story to Police SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 7

A young woman, aged 20, who lives In Susan-street, Camperdown, reported to Newtown police last night that she had been assaulted by a burglar,…

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Is It Valid? Chairman's Casting Vote Rylands' Award Big High Court Case SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 5

Has the chairman of a Concillation Committee committee under the Industrial Arbitration Act power to vote at meetings of the…

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Murder at Mt. Gambier Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 6

The dead body of Mrs. Myra Franch was discovered in bed in a house in Mount Gambier with her throat out. Her husband, William Henry Francis, was on the…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 9. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 10

The bond of one first offender, charged with drunkenness, was forfeited. John Henry M'Corrison (27), fireman, was fined £5, in default two months'…

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Small Debts Court. Onus Upon Partnership

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 10

Norman Adams claimed from Thomas B. Grieve the sum of £6 6s 4d, as balance due in connection with the preparation of plans, specifications, etc. Mr. H. L…

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Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, August 9. (Before His Honor Judge White.) (Mr. T. S. Crawford, Crown Prosecutor.) Convicted of Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

David Thomas Griffiths, represented by Mr. P. H. Monkley, pleaded not guilty to a charge that, at Rhondda, on May 14, he did maliciosuly inflict grievous…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 10

Both licenses were granted to T. L. Fines, licensee of the Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsends for the Soccer Ground, New Lambton, on August 13, and to G. S…

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Melbourne Shooting Jealousy the Motive Man in Court Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

Jealousy by a man of 40 against another of 34 is alleged by the police to have been the cause of shooting at the Macedon Family Hotel last night,…

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Rylands' Award High Court Argument Chairman's Ruling Judgment Reserved SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 5

Argument won continued in the High Court to-day, before the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Isaacs), and Justices…

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No Number Plates Traffic Cases at Court S.M. Increases Penalty

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 6

Action taken under the Traffic Act by the police against lorry and car drivers culminated in 17 fines in the summons division at Newcastle…

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