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Courts & crime, 1920

1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 70

Exempt From Tax Tote Dividends Case "Not A Lottery" High Court Judgment Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 5

Five Judges of the High Court to-day over[?]d the imposition of the tax of 13 per cent, on totalisator investments, and also decided that…

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Lysaght's Iron Theft Cases Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

The case came on in the Newcastle Court this morning in which George Henry Lott (35), foreman, and James Russell (37), foreman, were charged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 7

Two first offenders, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail, did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. John Stanton, 67,…

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Maitland District. Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 6

The Maitland Circuit Court, in civil jurisdiction, was opened yesterday morning, at the East Maitland Courthouse, before his Honor Mr. Justice Ferguson…

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Death Sentence Dramatic Court Scene Goulburn Murder Goulburn

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

The trial of Alston Paul Broome, who was charged with the murder of his wife at the Kenmore hospital on December 2, was concluded last night…

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A Submarine Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

The British Probate Court has presumed the death of Captain Owen, the commander of the steamer Windsor Hall, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean in…

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Hamilton Burglary "We Did the Job" House Ransacked

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

Allan Campbell (23), alias Allan Brooks, was committed for trial by Mr. Brown, S.M., at the Newcastle Court to-day, on a charge of breaking…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 28. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 7

Four first offenders who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Patrick M'Guire 28, seaman,…

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"Better in Gaol" Angry Unemployed Objections to State Farm SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

Unemployed in Sydney are angry at the treatment they allege they are receiving. They held a meeting outside the Trades Hall to-day, and one of the…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 7

There was no appearance of the parties in the case, W. T. Richardson, of Hamilton, v. O. Thomas, of Hamilton, and the mater was struck out…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, April 29. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 7

John Clark (55), labourer, was fined 20s, or seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Damaging Property…

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Motor Mystery Murder of a Chauffeur Deserter Suspected London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

A chauffeur, Sydney Spicer, was found murdered beside his car at Andover, in Hampshire. The circumstances are similar to a Melbourne…

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Lysaght's Iron Labor Men Charged Anlezark in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 1

Claude Hamilton Anlezark (33), was charged at the Newcastle Court this morning with having received 72 sheets of galzanised iron, the property…

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Romance in a Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

A school teacher who fell in love with a convict she met while making her rounds as a prison visitor in Sing-Sing Goal, New York, has announced…

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Murder Will Out

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

Dr. Grace Boelke has made the alarming statement that "feeble-mindedness is very large in New South Wales." This statement enables one…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 30. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

Walter Clifford Hardy (28), labourer, for being drunk, was fined 20s, or seven days' imprisonment. The defendant was stated to be a nuisance in the town, and…

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Warden's Court. Friday, April 30. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown. Warden.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

Thomas Pearce, of Swansea, was the applicant for authority to enter portions 90 and 11, parish of Wallarah, county of Northumberland, to prospect for coal. Mr…

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Murder of Frenchmen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

The Beirut correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that Americans from Urfa report horrible details of the massacre of four hundred Frenchmen near…

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Police Promotions Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

The following police promotions to date from April 1, have been announced:—To be First-class Sergeant…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 1. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

Claude Hamilton Anlezark, 33, of Newcastle, was charged with at Cardiff, in April 17, 1920, receiving and having in his possession 72 sheets of galvanised iron,…

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