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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

3,806 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 191

Police Protection Collieries Inspected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 8

Police officers inspected collieries on the South Maitland coalfield yesterday, and mode inquiries as to which collieries were likely to work…

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Back to Gaol Stole While on License Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 6

Charged with having stolen an overcoat, Frank Robertson, 22, who was released from gaol two months ago on license, was sentenced to a month's…

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Girl in Hospital Police Inquiring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 6

Newcastle Ambulance was summoned hurriedly to a house in Watt-street last night. From there they conveyed Jean Walker, 22, to Newcastle Hospital. The…

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TENNIS Faults on the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 4

Beginners are not always clear about the foot fault rule, which, in fact, is frequently disregarded, sometimes through carelessness, and more often through…

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Traffic Offenders Hamilton Will Prosecute Police on Alert

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

Several complaints were made to Hamilton Council last night about noisy motor cyclists and persistent corner cutters…

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ASSAULTED Witness in Court Case "This Rubbish"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

A charge, that James Francis O'Mara, of 34 William-street, Tighe's Hill, had assaulted him, because he gave evidence in a…

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Rebuffed Mother Erring Boy in Court Pathetic Scene

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

"Sharper than a serpent's [?] is the tongue of a thankless child." During a pathetic scene as Newcastle Children's Court to-day this…

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Garage Theft Goods Valued at £150 Police Make Arrest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 4

Tobacco, cigarettes and cigars, valued at £150, were stolen from a motor van in a garage at the residence of Mr. V. Parsons, at Sydney-road, Broadmeadow,…

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Death of Father Son Again Before Court Windsor Murder Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 5

When Cecil Farnsworth Charles aged 53, who has been charged with the murder of his father, John Edward Charles, at Glossodia, near Windsor, on April 14,…

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Police Court Thursday, April 24. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.m.) Non-paying Boarder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 3

Thomas Ryan, 39, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a refusal to pay to Roy Stanley, licensee of the Star Hotel, Newcastle West, £2/15/, which he owed for meals…

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Arbitration Court Newcastle Sitting

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 8

Judge Beeby will preside over the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, which will commence the hearing at Newcastle Court-house on Tuesday of…

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Death of Baby Mother on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 4

Immediately she was released from the Goulburn Hospital to-day, Mrs. Florence Gallagher, aged 38, was arrested and later brought before the Goulburn Police…

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Four Shots Fired Police Arrest Ex-Jockey SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 8

Four shots were fired at a man named Elliott in a house at Randwick to-day. None of them took effect. The police were told that the four…

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Murder of Girl Young Man Before Court LONDON, April 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 9

The suggestion that murder was the outcome of vanity was made by counsel when Albert Edward Margeram, 23, a labourer, appeared in court on a charge of leaving…

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Assault Victim Former Cricketer Dies MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 6

Frank kenny, 52, a former cricketer, who was assaulted near Flinders street railway station on Wednesday died from his injuries this morning…

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Light Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 8

Before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, J.P., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Samuel Clarence Webb, 24,…

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Opposed Soviet Policy Five Sentenced to Death Moscow, April 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 3

Five of the leaders of the economic counter-revolution in Ukraine, represented by the Lumber Trust have been sentenced to death, while 106 other officials of the…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 8

A sitting of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court will be held on Tuesday, at the Courthouse, Newcastle, before his Honor Judge Beeby. The hearing will…

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First Aid Methods Training Police Recruits

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 8

POLICE RECRUITS at the Bourke-street depot being shown the dressing for a fractured skull (at left)and a useful hand support for an injured man. UNDER THE SKILLED EYES of the instructor, Constable Robinson, a class of police recruits receives experience…

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Shots Fired Police Make Arrest SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 8

Following upon a domestic quarrel in a house in Kitchener-street, Randwick, this morning, a number of reports similar to revolver shots were heard by neighbours,…

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