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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

2,785 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 140

Charlestown Court Thursday, May 9. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Bicycle Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 7

James Lonsdale, David Hunter, Eric Marshal, all of Belmont were proceeded against by the Lake Macquarie Shire Council with riding bicycles after sunset…

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Motorist Charged with Manslaughter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 4

Charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Harold Barnes on Friday night at Chippindale. Lionel Agra Rolfe, 47, commercial traveller, appeared…

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"Blamed His Mate" Youth for Trial Stealing Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 6

Frank Jackson (10), laborer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-morrow on three charges of breaking and entering…

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"For Two Pins" Magistrate Discharges Man "Not So Drunk!" London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 1

For two pins a magistrate, at Tower Police Court, discharged a man who leas charged with drunkenness…

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Mayor and Miners Unite in Move for Speedy Coal Settlement Shot in Arm Woman in Court Waratah Case Attempted Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

Following upon the shooting in Waratah yesterday, in which a woman was wounded in the arm, After a scene in which two women…

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Shoot Yourself! Alleged Invitation to Girl "Struggle in Car" Youth's Retrial on Assault Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 6

Allegations were made against George Nicholas Burns, 18, a Singleton mechanic, by a 20-year-old girl at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day. She said that when she refused to submit to Burns's…

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Shooting Affray Waratah Sensation Woman Wounded Police Make Arrest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 4

Tighe-street, Waratah, had its usual Sunday morning peacefulness rudely disturbed yesterday when four revolver shots rang out in quick…

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Queen's Court Brilliant Success N.S.W. Ladies Presented London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

The Queen's second Court on Friday night, was a brilliant success. The Queen's regal gown was of palest sliver grey marquisette, embroidered with…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Parsons, who was represented by Mr. C. A. Hill, pleaded "Not guilty"…

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Company Director Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 4

Having been arrested at Adelaide on a boat about to sail for South Africa. James Gordon McLaren (20), appeared at the Central Police Court in Sydney…

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Motorist Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 4

Sentence of a month's imprisonment was passed at the Central Police Court in Sydney yesterday on Robert John Ward (27), a traveller, who had been…

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Tools in Shed Charge of Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 5

Richard Henry Pearce, 39, fitter, was charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having stolen between January 1 and April 22, goods valued…

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Theft Charges One Conviction Two Dismissals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

Newcastle Police Court presented the appearance of a second-hand tool shop yesterday, when hundreds of tools concerned in several charges laid against a…

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RINGLEADER Jervis Bay Mutiny Stealing Charge London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 1

Arthur Jackson, 28, a Maori, was charged at Hull with stealing a quantity of rope at Victoria Dock. The Hull Police stated the…

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Police Court Monday, May 13. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 9

One first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, and five persons, who did not appear, had their bonds forfeited. Harold Jewkes, 28, was fined 30/, or seven days'…

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Alleged Assault Belmont Case Singleton Youth on Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

Allegations of a serious nature concerning the actions of a young man in the scrub near Belmont on the night of December 30, 1928, were made yesterday by…

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"Beautiful Rebel" Charged With Seditious Libel LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 1

Maude Connie McBride, famous as the "Beautiful Rebel," to whom W. Yeats dedicated many poems, has been remanded in Dublin on a charge of seditious libel. Evidence was given that when speaking at a meeting in…

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Alleged Robberies Young Man Charged Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

Several suburban robberies at the beginning of the month formed the basis of three charges of breaking and entering and stealing preferred against Frank…

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Not Guilty! Car Stealing Charge "He Was Given a Lift"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

Without leaving the box, tho Jury in the case at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day, in which John Trevane was charged with…

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Catherine Hill Bay Popular Police Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

On Thursday night a farewell evening was tendered in Wallarah Hall to Constable and Mrs. Blanchard, on the eve of their departure for Ungarie…

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