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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 126

Industrial Court Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Master Butcher Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

David Walker, secretary of the Northumberland Retail Butchers' Employees' Union, represented by Mr. N. Cragg, proceeded against Patrick M. Nesbitt, master…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. I. Beavers, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

A first offender, who had been locked up for being drunk and was admitted to bail, did not appear. His bond was forfeited. Charles M'Guinness, 43, hawker,…

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Charlestown Police Court Thursday, January 12, 1928. (Before W. L. Perry, S.M.) Motor Traffic Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 8

Harry Smith was charged by Constable Wallbank, of Dudley, for riding a motor cycle without lights. Pleaded gulity, Fined 10s, costs 8s, of three days…

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Fight in Gaol Death of Prisoner Manslaughter Charge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 8

John Mason was committed for trial from Parramatta Gaol on a charge of having feloniously slain Edwin Elliott. The Parramatta Acting Coroner,…

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Ate a Sheep Alsatian's Big Meal Chase by Armed Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

After a three days' hunt by armed police and farmers a huge black Alsatian, which was responsible for the death of seven sheep, was shot at…

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Tit for Tat 'Bus Driver and Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 4

In a case at Wood Green (Middle-sex) Police Court in which it was questioned whether a 'bus driver would recognise a passenger again,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 13. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 11

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Theft of a Ring. Charles Hinton (20), labourer, pleaded…

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Court of Memories

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

The old Middlesex Sessions House in Clorkenwell Green, which may be [?]molished as a result of the site, being offered for sale; has a grimmer history than…

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Fictitious Fame New York's Gaol Club Popular Myth New York December 10

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 7

The Chateau d'If, that gloomy prison. In the harbor of Marsellies, once held Mirabeau and the Man in the Iron Mask, but what tourists go out to see…

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Bribery Charge Trap for Police LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 5

How the Liverpool police chiefs employed a detective to entrap detectives suspected of taking bribes from street bookmakers was described at the…

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Nurses in Court Alleged Conspiracy Four Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 5

Emmeline Florence Glover, 45, a nurse, Mary Stewart, 40, a nurse, Michael Kelly, 54, a chemist, and John Stephen O'Sullivan, 24, a laborer, were…

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Murder of a Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 5

One of the most brutal crimes in the history of the State, the horror of which has incited hundreds to search for the killer of a five-year-old girl who was…

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Three Shots Fired Alleged Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 7

A young man, giving his name as Jacques Peres, a Londoner by birth, has been arrested at Nice on a charge of murdering Jean Marie Audibert,…

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The Cardiff Murder London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 5

John Rowlands, one of the three men condemned to death for the brutal murder of David Lewis, the Cardiff footballer, on December 2, has lost his reason, and…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, January 14. (Before Mr. I. Beavers, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 3

One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, and two persons, who did not appear, had their bonds forfeited. Remanded…

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"BEDLAM" Serious Disturbance in Church Police Called in Parishoners Rebel Against Anglo-Catholic Ritual LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 1

Despite appeals for harmony by the Bishop, a serious disturbance occurred to-day in St. Cuthbert's, at Darwen, Lancashire. Noisy protests were made, against Anglo-Catholic ritual…

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Chinese Charged Interpreter Pleased

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 5

Lum Chong, court interpreter, is smiling with satisfaction. He has just earned £3 3s in the last three weeks, and will earn another £1 1s…

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"No Parties" Assault Charge Struck Out

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 7

Disappointment was shown by the public gallery at Newcastle Police Court to-day when the charge constable called "no parties" to the case…

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"Leave Wife in Gaol" Suggestion Shocks Sergeant

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 5

When Thomas Toohey Frazer was fined a total at C4 at New-castle Court to-day, he applied for time to pay, and as he was not…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, January 16. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 7

Five first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Eva Ryan, 27, domestic duties, pleaded guilty to a charge of using improper language on board the…

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