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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 191

Police Court

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

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. tames Callaghan pleaded "Guilty" to…

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Wyong Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 6

Harold Keenahan, motor driver, John Keenahan, wire-drawer, of 86 James-street, Hamilton, and Lionel Jones, steelworker, of 25 Nile-street, Waratah, on…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 10

A billiard license was granted to John William Clinton, for premises in William-street, Cardiff. An application for the transfer of a…

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Alleged Hold-up On Maitland Rd. Man Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Details of the alleged hold-up on. Maitland-road Thornton, on Christmas Eve, when Clarence Pearson Fernance, a taxi-driver,…

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Police Court Tuesday, January 7, 1930. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 10

Ralph Sidebottom, 26, labourer, was charged with having used indecent language in Pitt-street, Speers' Point, on January 6. He was also charged with…

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Hotel Employees Not to Serve Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

At a meeting of representatives of hotel staffs and miners' lodges held at Cessnock yesterday, it was decided that in future the hotel employees would not render any…

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Kurri Cases No Demonstration Police Attitude Stated

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

A demonstration which was generally expected would take place when, a number of men were brought before the Kurri…

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Boom for Crime Chicago Police Economy CHICAGO

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 1

Because the Civic Exchequer is hard up, Chicago recently dismissed 500 police. The range of robbery and…

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Love Tragedy Murder--Suicide Man and Girl Death Pact Suggested SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

The tragic love story of a pretty girl and a married man, ' which ended probably in a death pact, was related when the…

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Too Hot! High Court Moves Beeby Case Hearing the Evidence MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

With the temperature rising over the century mark, members of the Full Bench of the High Court deemed…

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Before the High Court Legal Argument on Coal Issues Is There an Interstate Dispute? Decision on "All Out" Policy Deferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

Did an interstate dispute exist which would give Judge Beeby jurisdiction legally to intervene at the time he issued his interim award? That was the main issue raised in argument before the Full Bench of the High…

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Kurri Police Court List

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 8

There was no demonstration at Kurri Kurri yesterday morning before the Police Court opened. About 500 men were in Lang-street in the vicinity of the…

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ROOM 66 RIDDLE Son Charged With Murder Widow's Death London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

"The riddle of room [?]," as the mysterious death of Mrs. Rosaline Fox on October 23 is now known, has culminated in a charge of murder against…

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Alert Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

Sir,—On December 16, a thief got away with my kitbag and the key of my flat, nod I placed the matter of their recovery in the hands of the police. I had little or…

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Bankstown Tragedy Murder and Suicide SYDNEY

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

A verdict that Wallace Frederick Ducie, aged 36, had murdered Jessie Smithson, aged 20, and then committed suicide, was retired by the City Coroner to-day when…

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Police Court Wednesday, January 8, 1930. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Summons Division Traffic Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 10

Marion Angelo Marre, of 16 Union-street, Cook's Hill, was charged with having failed to return an expired motor license. An adjournment till January 22…

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Vengeance Sought Fascists Murder Communist Berlin, January 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 7

A long procession of Communists at a funeral of a suburban comrade murdered by Fascists carried a banner inscribed, "Vengeance for our Murdered Comrade."…

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Wangi Incident Street Betting Charge Police Action Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 10

John McLauchlan, 42, storekeeper, on remand, was in the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., charged with having, at Wangi…

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Further Argument Before High Court MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 7

Owing to the uncomfortable heat of the new £50,000 High Court building, the live Judges heard to-day's argument in the coal case in another court. The…

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"Dope" Traffic Penalties No Deterrent Police Statement Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

"penalties and fines, the latter in most cases the maximum, imposed on cocaine traffickers have not had the slightest effect. We…

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