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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 140

Police Morality Report of Inquiry Charges Refuted London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 1

The Commissioners' report on the Integrity of the police force, issued to-day, states that there was little evidence of misconduct in Investigating…

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Boys Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

David Charles Baldwin. 18, laborer, was charged before Mr. Gibson, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having broken and entered…

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Hyde Park Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 4

Detectives engaged in the task of clearing up the murder of Vera Stirling, whose body was discovered in a clump of cannas in Hyde Park, Sydney, on Friday…

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Police Inquire

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 6

Over the week-end a fire severely damaged a six-roomed weatherboard cottage, together with its contents, in Aberdare-road. Ccssnock. The inside…

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Assault in Sydney Timber Worker Victim Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

Serious injuries were sustained by William Banks, aged 39, when he was brutally, attacked by several men while on his way hone on Friday night. Banks is…

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Wallsend Court-house

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Seven tenders have been received by the Tender Board of the Public Works Department for the now Wallsend court-house. The lowest…

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ACQUITTED London Police Inquiry Finding London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 1

On the whole the findings of the Police Commission, which was appointed after the notorious Sir Leo Chloiza Money—Irene Savidge…

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Body Exhumed Police Hear Rumors SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

About three weeks ago a mastar-carrier, W. P. Masterton, who lived at 96 Norton-street, Ashfield, died. Following rumors, certain pollen…

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"Too Much" After Hours Hotel Trading Police View

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 4

"There is too much of this, sort of thing going on in Newcastle, said Inspector Brydon, in a after-hours hotel case at Newcastle Court…

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British Police Commission's Report More Women Needed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

The report of the Royal Commission on the Police Force, which was appointed after the disclosures in the case of Miss Savage and Sid Leo Money last year,…

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Inciting Charge Timber Picket in Court Alleged Assault Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 7

When Cyril Hopner. 26. a "sawdoctor." was again charged at the Central Police Court to-day. with inciting three unknownmen to assault…

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Escape From Gaol. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 5

William Kirkpatrick (30), who was confined to Long Bay Penitentiary, for alleged failure to comply with a maintenance order, escaped from gaol this…

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Next to Bootlegging Car Stealing Rampant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 8

Next to bootlegging, car stealing is the most prevalent crime in U.S.A. At present 23 of the States have laws competing sellers of used ears to produce a…

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Scrub Scoured Gaol Escapee SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 6

The police are to-day scouring tho scrub around Lone Bay Gaol In search of William Clark Kilpatrick. a maintenance confince. who escaped from…

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Police Court Monday, March 25. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 9

Ernest Hunter 54, was fined 10/, with the alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment for being drunk. Six persons, who did not appear to answer charges of…

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Daring Theft Coat Taken From Window Glass Smashed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 8

The stealing of a far cont and fur choker front the window of the Continental Fur Company. Pacific-street. was done in a…

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Police Inquire Fire at Maitland Midnight Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 8

Police are inquiring into a fire which destroyed part of a house occupied by Patrick Keogh, at Campbell's Hill, West Maitland…

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Kicked Out! Drunk at Police Station He Returned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 8

Ernest Hunter, 54, laborer, has had a unique experience of being drunk and being thrown out of the police station for it!…

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Shop Robbed Youths Before Court Caught with Goods

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 7

Passing Alfred Edden's shop in Greta-road New Lambton. in the early hours of yesterday morning. Jack Stevenson. a railway shunter…

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"Hands Up." Police Tell of Gun-point Arrests Hidden in Hotel Constable's Squeaky Boots Give Alarm

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 7

Crouching in the darkened bar of the Centennial Hotel with revolvers drawn, two policemen, according to evidence at Newcastle Court to-day, almost lost their quarry when a constable's boots squeaked and betrayed their presence…

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