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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 140

Theft of a Ring Wrong Person Interviewed Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 7

Following upon the theft of a ring, valued at £20, from a city jeweller's early in the week, the police to-day questioned. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Wyatt,…

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East Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 6

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Cecil Charlton was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, for having, failed to give written…

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Witness Doubtful English Murder Inquest London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 5

The inquest on Vivian Messiter, Manager of an American oil company, whose body was found last January in a locked garage, was resumed yesterday. William…

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Mr. Gibson, S.M. Newcastle's New Magistrate Court Welcome

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., Newcastle's new Stipendiary Magistrate, wag welcomed to the city at Newcastle Polieo Court to-day…

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Baby's Body Inquest at Maitland Girl in Court Police Produce Statement

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

Public benches in the West Maitland Court-house were crowded when the inquest concerning the death of the baby…

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Theft of Pictures Strange French Crime Detectives' Long Search Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 6

The police recovered in an amazing fashion a Murillo and two Tintoretto pictures which the owner, a picture dealer, insured for 2,500,000 francs for transit to…

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"In Fit of Temper" Man Thrashes Horse Gaol for 21 DAYS

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 6

Declaring that the case was one which could not be met by inflicting a fine, Mr. Reed, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court…

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New Site Wallsend Court-house

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

Wallsend is to have a new court-house, and the old building, which encroaches on the street alignment, is to be pulled down. The new…

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Not Dead Murder Theory Upset Goulburn Man Anti-climax to Disappearance SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 6

Believed by the police to have been murdered and his body disposed of at Donnybrook, Victoria, about January 27, Leslie…

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Mixed Court Shanghai Settlement International Friction Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

A crisis has arisen in the judicial affairs of the International Settlement, and international complications are probable. Since a partial rendition…

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The Drag Net Battle of Police and Crooks Theatre Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 8

Crookdom has changed. No longer do members of the underworld live in cellars, lean over a table with a candle for light, and plot against…

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Thieves' Mistake Gave Booty to Police Treasures Recovered London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 1

Paris police recovered in an amazing fashion a Marillo and two Tintorettos, which the owner, a picture dealer, insured for £20,000 for transit…

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"My Dog License" Newcastle Couple in Court Divorce Petitions Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

Joseph Thomas Jenkins petitioned Acting Justice Milner Stephen in the Divorce Court to-day for a dissolution of his marriage with Catherine…

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World Court America's Adhesion Statutes to Be Revised (Australian Press Association.) GENEVA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

The League Council, at its final meeting at Geneva, unanimously approved of Sir Austen Chamberlain’s resolution requesting the Committee of Jurists, when…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 6

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Victor Morgan was fined 10/, with 8/…

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Solicitor Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

At the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday Norman Leonard Rex Griffith aged 35, solicitor was charged with having fraudulently emitted to pay to…

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Motorist Charged Alleged Wanton Driving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 3

Stanley Gordon Kaiser (28), insurance traveller, pleaded "Not guilty" before Mr. J. W. Gibson, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, to charges of…

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Stolen Timber Aged Carpenter Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 7

Cessnock Police Court to-day resembled a cabinet-marker's workshop. In addition to several planks of maple and pleces of other timber, there…

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Police Court Monday, March 11. (Before Mr. J. W. Gibson, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 9

Fourteen first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. A fine of £2 in default, 14 days' imprisonment, was imposed on Joseph English, 44, labourer,…

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Court's Record Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

The Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday, established a record for the number of cases dealt with. In No. 1 Court 142 cases were called while in…

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