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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 126

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

Booth licenses were granted to Thomas L. Fines, Lemongrove Hotel. Wallsend for Hobart Park on April 7 and 9; Harold J. Robinson, Northern Star Hotel,…

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GUILTY H.M.S. Royal Oak Court Martial Daniel Dismissed Poignant Scene in Court When Verdict Was Given GIBRALTAR

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 1

Commander Daniel was found guilty on all charges by the court-martial which is inquiring into the dispute on H.M.S. Royal Oak. The sentence means dismissal from the ship, but not from the service. Commander Daniel remains on half pay…

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The Royal Oak Court-martial Resumed Evidence of Officers (Australian Press Association.) GIBRALTAR

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

The court martial on officers of the Royal Oak sat again yesterday. It was an ironical coincidence that strains of a jazz band floated into the…

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Bishop in Court Sensational Divorce Petition Two Co-respondents Husband Questioned On Occultism SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

Questions about occultism and vision were put to Lawrence Wilfred Burt, who is petitioning for a divorce from his wife, to-day in the Divorce Court. Bishop Leadbeater was called to produce certain…

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Pointed Sword Tells Commander Daniel the Verdict of Court-Martial Backed by Canada Another Trans-Atlantic Flight Britisher's Attempt All Metal Flying Boat to be Used OTTAWA

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 1

Capt F. T. Courtenay, the British airman, has completed plans for a trans-Atlantic flight from Britain to Canada in a four-engined Dornier all metal flying boat. The flight will be under the auspices of the Canadian…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, April 4. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 2

John Turner, 32, labourer, was fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Alleged Illegal Betting…

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Man Missing Maitland Police Inquiring

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

Beyond the fact that a resident living near the Institution had seen him Making towards Kurrl. nothing is known of the whereabouts of a man…

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Night Coursing Inducement to Bet Police View Wager Costs Man £30

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

The attitude of the Newcastle, coursing companies regarding night trials was the subject of Strong crit[?] by the police at…

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Court Martial Listens to Story of Second Squabble on H.M.S. Royal Oak Dewar's Defence Royal Oak Inquiry Continues Admiral Was Fed-up "Didn't Call the Bandmaster Names" GIBRALTAR

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 1

Rear Admiral Collard told Captain Dewar that he was "no more use than a [?] midshipman." This was a rumor on the mess deck of H.M.S. Royal Oak as given in evidence before the court-martial inquiring into the…

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Wallsend Police Court Thursday, April 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 3

The ball deposit of a first offender charged with drunkenness, aid who did not appear, was forfeited, Na also was the recognisance of William Clough (£2), who…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 3

Robert Hall, of Sandgate, claimed £2 damages from William Gibson, on alleged damage to his garden by a horse. Following evidence, a verdict was given…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, April 5. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 7

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, or the rising of the court. Peter Albert John George Hogg (45), labourer, was charged with improper behavious at…

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The Royal Oak the Court Martial Trial of Captain Dewar (Australian Press Association.) GIBRALTAR

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

The Court-martial yesterday proceeded to hear the case of Captain K. G. B. Dewar, C.B.E., of the Royal Oak. He was charged with having accepted,…

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Aroused Suspicion Two Australians Sentenced LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 1

Two Australians — Ellis Harris, 67, blacksmith, and George Enright, 35, traveller — were sentenced to two months' Imprisonment for loitering…

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"I'll Fix You" Threatened With Gun Fine and Gaol Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 8

At the Central Police Court this morning, Mr. Perry. S.M., fined Albert John Norton, 42, £60, and sentenced him to six months' hard labor in…

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RELIEF Court-Martial Over Royal Oak Row

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 1

A feeling of relict that the court-martial arising out of the rumpus on the H.M.S. Royal Oak has at latt concluded, is expressed…

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The Royal Oak Court Martial Finding Captain Dewar Dismissed (Australian Press Association.) GIBRALTAR

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 7

The court martial on Captain K. G. B. Dewar, C.B.E., of the Royal Oak, concluded yesterday. The finding was that Captain Dewar was…

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Two Charged Alleged Murder Conspiracy Man Shot Police Allegations SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 5

Stanley Spencer Hoperoft, aged 21, and Eric Milton Miller, aged 22, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr…

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ILLEGAL Wedding at 7 P.M Magistrate's Ruling

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 3

Taking the view that a marriage ceremony said to have been held at Denaby Catholic Church at seven o'clock in the evening was not legal,…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, April 7. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Insulting Words

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 7

Patrick Walsh, 27, fireman, was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment, for having behaved in an improper manner in Scott-street, Newcastle, on…

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