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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 126

Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

Samuel Miller, of Wallsend, sued Dick Jackson, of Cooranbong, for the recovery of £5, the balance due in respect of an advance for the purchase of a horse, and…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

Re Claude Bertram Gale, machinist, Charles-street, Wickham, Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to unemployment and sickness of himself and family. He…

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Stealing Charge Remand Until

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 6

Charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having stolen, on March 2. seven dozen tins of tomato sauce valued at 11 16s 9d, the property or…

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The French Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

A wealthy Paris jeweller has offered a reward of 10,000 francs for the arrest of the murderer of Gaston Truphene, whose terribly battered body, which had…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 11

One person, who did not appear to answer a change of drunkenness, had his bond forfeited. Joseph Scott, 23, was fined 10s, with the alternative of three…

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Divorce Court Case Newcastle Restition Suit. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Owen in the Divorce Court to-day, Sydney Northcote Bunce, of Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, asked for an order directing his wife, Minnie Matilda Bunce,…

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Hands Up! Fatal Fall in Flat Tenant Dead Burglar's Story to Police LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

"I beard people 'coming upstairs. I shouted 'Hands up!' and dashed out, and received a blow in the face. I fell and the revolver…

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Life in London Topics of the Hour London, January 19. a Busy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 14

A busy time awaits the King and Queen on their return to Buckingham Palace from Sandringham, at the end of the month. Meanwhile, their Majesties…

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Wilful Murder Baby's Body in Park Coroner Verdict Police Say They Are Baffled

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

Mystery shrouds the discovery of a newly born baby in a rubbish tip at National Park on February 3, as was shown by the inquest…

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Murder in a Flat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

Frederick Stewart, 30, bookmaker's clerk reappeared at Marylebone Police court, charged with the murder of Alfred Webb in a London flat a…

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Charges Withdrawn Police Annoyed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 7

People who seek the aid of the police in order to recover property and then do not proceed with the cases are not popular with the police…

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Fatal Collision Police Car Involved. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

James Richard Maloney (41), of Ryde, was killed, and Reginald Golding (35), of Camperdown, bad his right thigh fractured when a motor cycle collided with…

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Stand-up Fights Welsh Football Match Police Escort London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 1

There were frequent stand-up fights in the field when the Welsh clubs, Neath and Aberavon, played at Neath…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Sullivan, for having been drunk and disorderly in High-street on Sunday,…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 7

George William Thuell, of Ellalong, who described himself as a bush-worker, was examined in bankruptcy, before Mr. Reed, P.M., at Cessnock…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Five persons charged with drunkenness failed to appear, and forfeited their bonds. May Heath, 34, domestic…

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Marrickville Tragedy Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

The Sydney coroner today held an inquest into the deaths of Florence Elaine Green, aged 9, and her father, George Green (43), at Marrickville on February…

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Bogus Knight He Ran Up Taxi Bill Sent to Gaol Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

A bogus knight was sentenced to six months' hard labor at the Central Police Court to-day. He was Robert William Gunter, 42, an engineer, and…

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Ice Police King's Cup Skaters Frozen Beer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

Five thousand people were on the ice at Lingay Fen, Cambridge, when the skating contests for the amateur championship and the King's Cup were…

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Newcastle Case Before Full Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 5

R. D. Wilkinson, manager of Wilkinson and Cowan, of Adamstown, brought an action against that firm before Mr. Justice James in September last year, in…

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