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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 191

Camouflage Fails Police Raid Two-up School Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 8

About 80 men were surprised by the police while playing two-up on a vacant block of laud at Mascot this afternoon. Elaborate preparations were taken to…

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Red "Whites" White-anting China Shanghai Court Firm Shanghai

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 1

With a northern rebelli[?] hanging fire, Moscow is reported to have sent numerous Russians to Shanghai, described as "Whites," for the purpose…

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About Trousers a Draper Comes to Court Leaves for Month

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 7

From the verandah of her home at 30 DumaresQue[?]street, Hamilton, on April 7, Mrs. Florence Andrews noticed Christopher Long, 49, a…

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Police Stoned Riots in Calcutta Students Defiant Gandhi's New Measures (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, April 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1930 · page 7

A new form of civil disobedience was initiated in Calcutta last night, when a crowd of students in the city square defied the office order by leading extracts from…

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Women Ordered Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

A drunken orgy was described by Constable Higgs in evidence bearing on the charges of vagrancy to which Mary Melmouth and Ella Jones, each aged 26…

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Maitland and District News West Maitland Police Court Pretences Charge Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 9

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Herbert Francis Hill pleaded "Guilty"…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 8

The license of the Cricketer's Arms Hotel, Cook's 'Hill, was transferred from Theophilus Robin to Charles James Augustus Steel by Mr. Gibson,…

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Police Court Monday, April 14. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Struck Constable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

Harry Olsen, 20, seaman, violently resisted arrest on Sunday, assaulted his police captor, and used offensive language…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 9

In the Small Debts Court at West Maitland Messrs. E. P. Capper and Sons, Ltd., received a verdict of £22/0/10, the amount claimed, from Ernest Wallace…

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Swansea New Tennis Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Collins, by opening a new tennis court, have supplied a longfelt wan at the township. The formal opening tok place on Saturday. There were,…

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Fatal Stabbing Man on Murder Charge London, April 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 7

Albert Edward Margeram, 23, a labourer, has been remanded on a charge of having murdered Edith Parker, who was stabbed o death on Dartford Heath on Friday…

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Stolen Sheep Attempt to Involve Youth Man Sent to Gaol Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 9

Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch., P.M., at the Ashford Police Court,. Alfred Phonso Moore, a labourer, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour for sheep stealing…

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Grim Find Man's Body In Scrub Murder Suggestion Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

John Edward Charles, aged 79, who is said to have lived near Chaiswood, was found in the scrub about seven miles from Windsor…

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Street Fight Court Witness Is Struck Man Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 5

A fight in Scott-street yesterday afternoon between Kenneth [?]bert Windsor, 37, a private inquiry agent, and James Francis O'Mara,…

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Grandstand Fire Cigarette Probably the Cause Police Inquiries Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 6

Believed to have been caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette, a fire which broke out in the grandstand at St. Luke's Oval, Concord, early this morning,…

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Garage Murder William Podmore's Case Request for Reprieve (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, April 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 7

The "Daily Herald" announces that it is the intention of the Home Secretary (Mr. J. R. Clynes) to consult the Lord Chief Justice with reference to a…

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Rothbury Cases Appeal to High Court Crown's Further Action Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 8

Argument was commenced before the High Court of Australia at Darlinghurst to-day, of the appeal by the Crown against the decision of the Supreme Court in…

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Taken to Court Dr' Barnes and Church Law Verdict Against Bishop London, April 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 8

The Bishop of Birmingha's conflict with the extremist Anglo-Catholics has reached a crisis, owing to the Bishop's refusal to license Rev. Simmonds, who has been…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 9

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

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Alleged Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 9

William James Hailstone, 23, a stranger, who was arrested by Constables H. Jones and L. Mitchell yesterday morning, was brought before Mr. M. S. Meagher, J.P.,…

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