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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 126

Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 17. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 9

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness…

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Murder Charge Accusation Against Husband Clyde Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 7

James Thomas Delaney (63), Ju[?] bag dealer, was charged this morning at Parramatta Court with wilfully murdering his wife, Rebecca Delaney…

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"Owe Fingerprint" Alleged Double Murder Complete Denial Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 7

When the Bulumwaal murder trial was resumed in the criminal court, the foreman of the Jury asked why Detective Martin had mentioned only…

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Love Trail Dramatic End Murder, Suicide From Spain to New York New York

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

A trail of Latin love that wound its tortuous way over half the world has ended in New York, with a murder…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 9

Re Eric Robert Solomon, motor mechanic, 5 Lorna-street, Waratah, Mr. A. A. Johnson appeared for the bankrupt. Representatives of the following proved…

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Death Sentence Women Weep in Court Bulumwaal Murder Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 7

Georges Eric Gordon, laborer, of Buiumwaal, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Wasley in the Criminal Court last night for the murder of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 18. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 13

One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness James Edward Best, 36, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness, and for…

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Bulumwaal Murder Death Sentence Passed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 6

The trial of George Eric Gordon, 28, who was charged with having murdered Mr. and Mrs. Clements at Bulumwaal on February 16, concluded to-day…

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MISSING Stockton Woman Husband's Search Police Comb Scrub

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Mrs. Ruby Jane Leask, aged 36, from her home at 46 Fullarton-strect, Stockton…

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Timber Workers' Case Scene in Court. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 4

An unprecedented scene was witnessed in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, when Mr. N. A. Webb, formerly Deputy Judge of the Commonwealth…

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House of Commons will Stop Police Attacks on Personal Liberty London Police Ways Probing Inquiry to be Made Commons Aroused Will Defend Liberty of the Subject LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 1

That the House of Commons is still the guardian of the people's liberty was strikingly demonstrated on Thursday, when charges against London police methods were made. The House was unanimous in taking the ,view that no…

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Hyde Park Scandal Charge Against Police Inquiry to Be Held (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 5

The recent case in regard to the Hyde Park scandal, in which Miss Irene Savage and Sir Leo Chiozza Money figured, was the subject of a long debate in the House…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 8

At the Newcastle Police Court, on Saturday, May 19, before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M., one first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, George Orchard, 20,…

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Fishermen Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 2

The cases against Joseph Edward Lee, of 41 Irvine-street. Wallsend, and Frank Brown, of Bunn-street, Wallsend, of having used a fishing net in…

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Alleged Assault Traveller Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 9

Clement Arthur Mickleborough, 2[?], commercial traveller, was remanded at Newcastle Police Court to-day, until to-morrow on the application of the police…

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Gaol Disturbance Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 7

Following on the disturbance in the Bathurst Gaol, the governor of the gaol, Mr. George smith, was suspended from duty, and inquiry into the…

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Alleged Murder Trial in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 4

Further evidence was heard in the Roma Circuit Court yesterday in the charge against Robert and Arthur Laycock of the wilful murder of Frederick Turvey at…

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Nurse Assaulted Statement to Police Sequel to Car Ride Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 9

The nursing sister, who was assaulted on Thursday at French's Forest by a man who asked her to ride with him in his car to the city, after she had…

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Police Methods Hyde Park Case Scotland Yard Inquiry (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 5

Before the House of Commons adjourned on Friday, Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, handed in a notice of motion, to be…

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"Brutal Assault" Herbalist in Court S'M.s COMMENT

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

An aliened row over the shutting of a gate was investigated at Cessnock Police' Court to-day, when Harold Augustus Scanlon…

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