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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 191

Small Debts Court Verdict for Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Wallsend Municipal Council, represented by Mr. T. Robertson, Acting-Town Clerk, secured a verdict against William John S. Aggar, of 182 Church-street, Parramatta,…

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MURDER—SUICIDE Demented Mother's Act Child Decapitated with Razor Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Becoming temporarily mentally deranged, probably due to nervous trouble from which she had been a sufferer for some time, Mrs. Florence May Osborne,…

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£500,00 CASH Absconder's Buried Treasure Police Search New York

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

Detectives have began a search for £500,000 in cash, which was buried somewhere in the Tex[?]s-Mexico border by George Christian the mystery…

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Election Disputed Petition to High Court Eden-monaro Seat Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 9

A petition disputing the return of Mr. Cusack, Labor member for Eden-Monaro, at the last Federal elections, has been lodged by the defeated…

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Sudden End Beeby Award Case in High Court Full Bench Next Heated Scene Occurs Between Counsel SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

There was a sudden ending this morning to the maze of legal arguments which have been heard in the trial case by Mr. Justice Rich, in the High Court. At 10.15 a.m. all evidence having been taken, he…

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Conclusion Expected To-day Coal Dispute Preliminary Hearing Full High Court to Sit on Tuesday Why Stoppage Occurred at Wonthaggi SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

At the High Court sitting to-day before Mr. Justice Rich, at Darlinghurst, it was announced that the taking of evidence would be concluded to-day, and that the making of copies of the correspondent and other…

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Police Court Friday, January 3. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Colliery Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 11

Albert Ivery, 22, labourer, and William Thomas Murray, 34, miner, were charged with the theft of 20 fire bars, two iron piles, a trolley wheel, and a skip rail,…

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Spirit Merchant Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 11

An adjournment until January 15 was granted in the case in which Alfred Henry Lewis, Market-street, Newcastle, was charged with having sold beer in a…

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Strange Actions Six Months' Gaol for Old Man SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

There were some unusual features associated with a case heard at the Parramatta Police Court to-day, when Herbert Kettle, aged 65, was charged with having…

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Remitted to Full High Court Evidence Closes Before Mr. Justice Rich Next Phase of Coal Dispute Question of Admissibility of Evidence SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 9

After a sitting extending for three-quarters of an hour to-day in the High Court at Darlinghurst, Mr. Justice Rich concluded the taking of evidence in the applications which seek to test the validity of Judge Beeby's…

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Husband Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

John Howe, 39, laborer, was charged before Mr. Gibson, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having at Adamstown yesterday done…

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Alleged Garrotting Three Persons Charged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

Charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having assaulted and robed a man, whose name is unknown, of 11/, Tames Cunningham, aged 20, William…

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Sober Cessnock Police Statistics

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Cessnock last year was a very temperate town, and the police annuls record comparatively few cases of drunkenness. Returns for 1929, made…

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"Three Lorry Loads" Police Seize Goods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

What is described as one of the biggest hauls made by Newcastle police far some time was the seizure during the week-end of three lorry loads of material,…

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Defray Cost Mistaken Report to Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

A man who reported to Newcastle police yesterday that his car had been stolen and later found that It had been used by some of his friends…

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Fierce Fight Police Attacked Sydney

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

Mad with drink, and urged on by the hysterical screams of a woman, who was under the influence of liquor, a man fought the police and attendants in the…

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Police Camp Secretary's Statement . . SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

Referring to the conditions under which the police were working at Rothbury, the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. B. Fortescue) said…

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Seized by Police Goods in a House

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

When police have completed checking of goods alleged to have been stolen from the Railway Department which were found in the garage of a…

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"HELP!" Calling the Police New Scheme Formulated Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

A new scheme to increase the efficiency of the police force, and to enable persons in need of assistance to gain it more quickly, has been formulated, and will be…

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Girl's Outburst Scene in Court in Brother's Defence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

There was a stir in West Maitland Police Court this morning, When inspector Grahamo referred to ya young man, Barry Meiville,…

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