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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 179
The question whether Boccaccio's "The Decameron" is an indecent publication was raised in the Auckland Police Court yesterday. A book club was prosecuted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eric Campbell, well-known solicitor and Sydney businessman, appeared before the Full Court to-day to show cause…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →George Savers, 57, blacksmith, wan fined £5, or 10 days' Imprisonment, by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day when he pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Although he declared that he had passed all tests satisfactorily and called a doctor as a witness to corroborate his statement, Roy Alfred Brokensha, 36, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two men were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with the murder of Constable Lionel George Guise, of Newtown, who died yesterday after being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →John Thomas Murphy, 54, hairdresser, was fined £3, in default six days' imprisonment, for having used indecent language at Newcastle Showground on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sentence of seven years' imprisonment was imposed on Jack Charles Monford Adams, 20, mechanic, at the quarter Sessions to-day, on charges of armed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A ruling that neither a Magistrate nor parents had the power to prevent young lovers meeting, provided they were over 16, was given at the Central Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A warder and a convict were killed and 13 warders and four convicts were injured to-day in a gaol riot at Warangal (Deccan)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →William Edward Smith was charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday with having illegally used a motor-car, and with having driven a car without a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Constable Lionel George Guise, aged 22, who was fatally shot on Sunday morning, was burled to-day with full police honors at Rookwood Cemetery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Police Court to-day, Colin Michel was committed for trial on a charge that by wanton driving he inflicted bodily harm on Clement Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When a motorist offends against the traffic laws, there are sometimes long delays before the case comes before the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A policeman gave evidence against a bookmaker at Croydon Police Court. London, and a solicitor said to him: "This man says that over the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to-day that a "sit-down" strike is illegal. Chief Justice Hughes said: "It is a high-handed proceeding without a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Refusing to hear the claims of the strikers while they indulged in direct action, the Industrial Court to-day ordered members of the Printing Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charges of perjury and of having been a party to the falsification of company minutes were made against Eric Campbell, solicitor, who appeared before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sentence of 20 years' imprisonment was passed on Mikhail Vosnissensky, the chief wireless operator at Tranquillity Bay, in the Soviet Arctic, who was accused of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colin Michel, who had been committed for trial on the previous day on a charge of negligently driving a motor-car and doing bodily harm to Clement Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Eight persons were charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with having kept unregistered dogs. A fine of 10/. with 8/ costs, was imposed on the…
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