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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 126

Branxton Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 8

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the Branxton Police Court yesterday. Clarence William Matthews was charged with having sent milk to the factory in…

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Murder Appeal MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 7

Notice of the abandonment of his appeal was lodged to-day by George Eric Gordon, 30, laborer, who was sentenced to death for the murder of…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 11. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 2

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Remanded. Marie Grisewood, 22, was charged with…

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Anzac Acquitted Assault Charge Belmont Incident "Blow Was Justified"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 7

An original Anzac. Samuel Thomas Sullivan, who said that his battalton number was No. 10. was charged before Mr. Perrs,…

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Bomb Outrage Attacks on Soviet Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 7

Messages from Moscow suggest that there has been a serious bomb outrage in Lubjanka-square, where the Bolshevik prisons are situated. Apparently the…

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Police Challenge Public to Pick the Six Detectives

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 1

Of the 17 men in the picture, six are detectives, and 11 are cirilans, some of them public servants. The photograph was taken at Police Headquarters yesterday, and the public is asked to pick the detectives in the group. (Sec story on inside page.)…

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Police Believed "Third Degree" Inquiry Majority Report London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 10

Two lengthy reports on the findings of the, "third degree", tribunal appointed to inquire into allegations of improper conduct by Scotland Yard…

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"Wants Her Child" Wife Appeals to Court Kidnapping Case Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 7

An echo of the Glenroy kidnapping case was heard to-day, when Eva Florence Whatley, sewing mistress in the Mission of St. James and St. John…

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Man Fined for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

A fine of £10 together with costs amounting to £10 18s. 10d, was imposed on Sidney Gazzard aged 20. who appeared at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday…

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Case Dismissed Stealing Charge Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 8

R. S. Jackson, allas Leslie Albert Le Merton, was charged before Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having, on June 5, atolen…

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Stealing Charge Arrest at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 7

Charged with having stolen goods from a house at Dora Creek on June 18, and with having had in his posession an unlicensed revolver, Jokeph…

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Police Association Social

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

The Newcastle branch of the Police Association at New South Wales will held a social evening and euchre party at the Newcastle Palais on Wednesday,…

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Police for Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

"As additional men are drafted to the police strength the claims of West Maitland will be carefully reviewed in conjunction with those of…

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Applicants for Police

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

Sir,—I want to Newcastle to qualify for the police and was told to go to Sydney. I lost two days' work, and went down to the address given me, at the…

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Strengthening Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

A resolution has been carried by the executive of the Feminist Club, urging the Government to immediately streng then the police force, in view of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 12. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 11

The bond of one first offender, charged with drunkenness, was forfeited. Remanded. Frank Bradburry (31), labourer, was…

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Charlestown Police Court Thursday, July 12. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Eliza Johnson, who was charged with being drunk at Charlestown, pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, or seven days. Thomas Feeney, who was charged with a…

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Merriment in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

Considerable amusement was caused at the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday during a case in which Theodore McLennan, aged 55, a well-known figure…

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Not to Appeal Bulumwaal Murder MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 5

Notice of the abandonment of his appeal was lodged yesterday by George Eric Gordon, 30, laborer, who was sentenced to death for the…

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"I'll Choke You" Alleged Assault Man for Trial "Unsolved Murderer"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 7

"If you cry out, I'll choke you in a second and throw you under the bed. No one will ever find you. I'll be one or the unsolved…

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