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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 191

Stone Thrown Neighbors Fall Out Police Court Sequel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 8

Charging Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Jenkins, of 100 Victoria-street, Adamstown, with assault, on December 17, 1929, and Herbert Jenkins, of…

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Police Court Thursday, January 23, 1930. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Indecent Conduct

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

John Hughson, 25, seaman, pleaded "Guilty" to having behaved in an indecent manner at Porcher-street, Newcastle, on January 22. He was fined 10/,…

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Chased by Police "Acting Suspiciously" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 8

After a sharp chase, a man who is alleged to have been acting suspiciously in front of a building in Crown-street, Darlinghurst, was arrested this morning, and…

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Slurs on Police Premier's Resentment SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 10

Commenting on remarks made at the conference called by the A.L.P. yesterday, to discuss the coal position, the Premier (Mr. T. R. Bavin), said…

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To Gaol! "I Refuse to Enter Into Any Bond" Inciting Charge Communist Arrested After Speech at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

In Maitland Police Court to-day, Joseph Shelley was charged with having at Kurri on January 8, incited persons to murder. He was convicted, and sentenced to two months' hard…

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Will Break No Law Federal Government's Stand Suggested Seizing of Mines Police Will Not Be Disarmed State Government's "Misguided Action"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) made it clear in a statement issued last night that the Federal Government will not take any action in regard to the coal dispute which involves a disregard of the Commonwealth…

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Summons Division Fined for Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 13

Leonard Denver Quintrell, Fern-street, Islington, was fined £1, with 10/ costs, in default 14 days' imprisonment, for having stolen two rails, valued at 5/, the…

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Five Months' Gaol Communist In Court Incitement to Crime Refusal to Furnish Bond

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 10

Joseph Shelley (41), a member of the Communist party, who recently arrived on the South Maitland coalfields from Queensland, was charged, before Mr. D. W…

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Police Court Friday, January 24. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 13

Ralph Peel Scott, 45, foreman, was charged, by warrant, that the Cessnock, on February 14, 1928, he failed to appear to answer a summons. On the application…

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Gaol for Forger Used J. S. Garden's Name SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 9

On four charges of having obtained goods and money by-means of valueless cheques, Joseph Fernley, aged 40, was sentenced by Mr. McMahon, S.M., at the Newtown…

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Verdict of Murder Baby's Body in Suitcase SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 10

The City Coroner to-day returned a verdict of wiflul murder against some person unknown, after he had held an inquest into the death of a newly-born female…

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£5000 FINES Gaol for 32 Years Dope Ring Broken San Francisco

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 1

Two narcotic importers, one being "Black" Tony Permagini, noted king of dope peddlers, were sentenced to 32 years' hard labor,…

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Trades Hall View "Police Propaganda" Justification Needed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Newcastle Trades Hall and mining union circles regarded the police report of the eight shots being fired last night as "a probable piece of police…

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Dived Into River Water Police Chase SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

During an exciting chase by the water police in a launch on the Parramatta River early this morning after some prawn fishermen who, it…

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Sent to Gaol Indian Native Leaders Charges of Sedition (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, January 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 9

Subhas Chandra Bose, the Bengal Congress leader from Detenue, and 11 others, were sentenced to a year's imprisonment, with hard labour, by a Calcutta…

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Gaol for Hatry Fourteen Years' Penal Servitude Company Collapse Judge Can't Imagine Worse Case LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 1

" Each forgery merits penal servitude, for which I am obliged to consider the maximum penalty," said Mr. Justice Avory in passing sentence, at the Old Bailey, on Clarence Hatry, Edmund Daniels, Albert Tabor and…

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Bank Sensation Manager Before Court Alleged Shortage Charge of Embezzlement

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Norman Hood Allen, 35, manager of the Government Savings Bank at Mayfield, appeared before…

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Eight Shots Fred Alarm at Aberdare Extended Police Report Fruitless Search in Darkness

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Fracturing the stillness of the night, according to the police report, eight shots in quick succession were fired from the bush into Aberdare Extended colliery late last night. Two bullets crashed into a galvanised iron shed and a…

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14 Years' Gaol Clarence Hatry Sentenced "Appalling Frauds" Judge Flays Prisoners (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 7

In the crowded Old Bailey last night, Mr. Justice Avory passed sentence on the four principals of the Hatry case. Clarence Charles Hatry was sentenced to…

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Alleged Theft of Cars Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

Jack Riley, William Henry, and Stanley Osborne, who were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen motor cars, were remanded until…

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