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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

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Traffic Problems City Wants Police Help Metropolitan Act? Deputation Appointed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

Traffic problems were the subject of a long discussions by Newcastle City Council last night. Alderman Light's motion that the…

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Men Objected: Girl Medical Students Banned from London Hospitals COURT-MARTIAL Differences on H.M.S. Royal Oak at Gibraltar "Justice and Fairplay Will Be Done" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 1

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Bridgeman) announced in the House of Commons to-day that a court martial will sit at Gibraltar to investigate the differences between Rear-Admiral Collard and Captain Dewar and Commander Daniels,…

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Cessnock. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 8

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Patrick George Crane was fined 10s, with 8s costs, for having behaved in a riotous…

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Hexham Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

Harry Ronald Young, who was found guilty of an assault upon Laura Veronica Buchanan, at Hexham, on February 11, came up for sentence. Evidence as…

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Ship Custom? Schooner Mate Charged Sold Junk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

The custom on all American sailing vessels for the captain to give all lank to the main to sell for his own profit, was the main point in…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 20. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 10

One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness. Discharged. Walter Scott, 60, gardener, was…

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Hard to Hear Newcastle Court Defects

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

"The acoustic properties of this occasional courtroom are abominable. From my place at the legal table I have the greatest difficulty in…

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'Personal Attack' Newcastle Police Strength Ald. Cornish Replies

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

"I noticed," said Alderman Cornish to-day, "that Superintendent Beatty takes exception to my remarks in reference to the strength of the police…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 10

The application made by Horace Dee Magner, for the transfer of the license of the Duke of Wellington Hotel. New Lambton, from James Richard Dixon,…

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Police Believe Bomb-Setters Destroyed Santa Clara Dam Killing 450 Diabolical Plot? St. Francis Dam Disaster Sensational Developments Police Theory that Bombs were Used Los Angeles

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 1

That the collapse last week of the huge St. Francis Dam, with attendant loss of life exceeding 450, and great devastation in the beautiful Santa Clara River valley, was a diabolical plot of dynamiters, is at least partly proven by sensational…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Alleged Defamation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 10

Errol Frank Stedman, represented by Mr. Youll, proceeded against E. J. Wilkinson, of Speers' Point claiming £10 damages for alleged defamation. The case…

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District Court Tuesday, March 20. (Before his Honor Judge White. Sale of a Player Piano

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

A jury of four was empanelled in an action in which Harold Ambrose Laraghy, represented by Mr. W. Hutton, instructed by Messrs. Church, and Youll, sued…

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The Royal Oak Statement in Commons Court-martial to Be Held (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty, informed Mr. Ammon that just as the fleet was due to sail on March 10,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon was occupied by Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M. Alfred George Murray, on remand, was…

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The Essex Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 5

When the trial of Kennedy and Browne who are charged with the murder of Constable Gutteridge at Essex, was resumed Inspector Barrett read a statement by…

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"Tell the Truth" Magistrate Warns Bankrupt

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 8

Sickness in his family was the plea for insolvency entered by Sidney James Anderton, motor driver, of Hamilton, in his examination in…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 21. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 7

Upon charges of drunkenness, May Walsh (28) was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment; Henry Norman (43), labourer, £1 10s, or 10 days'…

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Mystery Fire Police Investigating Cessnock Outbreak

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 7

Cessnock police are investigating the mystery fire, which destroyed a six-roomed unoccupied cottage in Campbell-street. West…

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Gaol for Life Bootlegger's Wife Husband to Die Murdered a Taxi-driver OTTAWA

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1

Doris McDonald has had her sentence of death commuted to life imprisonment, but her husband, George, who attempted to foist…

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Silesian Disorder Police Use Machine Guns LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1

The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" states that the farmers' agitation in support of relief measures has increased until it has reached the…

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