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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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Screams in the Night Lang-st. "Clean Up" Bradley Assault Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 3

The case was heard in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day before Acting Judge Mocatta in which John Bradley stood charged with having…

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Alleged Improper Assault. Accused Acquitted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 3

John Sylvester Bradley was indicted upon two counts, that on March 24, at Newcastle, he did improperly assault one Alice Elizabeth Harvey, and that he did,…

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After the Fight Ringside Clash Fine for Assault Follows

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 4

Thomas Mordue, describing himself as a colliery proprietor, residing at Jesmond, summoned Thomas O'Hea, employed as a laborer at the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 18. (Before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and his ball war forfeited., Joseph Eade, 45, labourer, was fined 5s. in default, six hours'…

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Jealous Husband Three Years' Gaol Cullen Manslaughter Case SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 5

For having fatally shot his wife on a tram in the Broadway, Glebe, on March 1, Walter Christopher Cullen (29), against whom a verdict of…

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Summons Division. Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 7

Thomas Mordue, of Jesmond, proceeded against Thomas O'Hea, a returned soldier, of Tighe's Hill, for assault at the stadium on May 8. Mr. A. H. James…

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Jury Disagrees Lambton Assault Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 1

The jury empanelled to consider the case of Robert Burrows, charged with assaulting and robbing Robert Hutchinson, were locked up all night…

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A Cook's Strike Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 1

"He walked up behind him, struck him behind the ear, knocked him down and said, 'I fixed him.'" This was the evidence given in the…

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"Brans Brushed" Counsel on Magistrate Wyandra Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 5

The last Marine Engineers' strike was mentioned in the Quarter Sessions to-day, when the appeal of five engineers against an order of…

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Here and There Visit to the Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 5

A visit to the gaols of the district is being made by Mr. M'Kell, Assistant Minister for Justice, who accompanied by his secretary and Mr. Darcy,…

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Under Observation Burglar Pleaded Insanity Two Years' Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 1

Allan Campbell, who pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to three charges of breaking, entering, and stealing, was sentenced to two years'…

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Career of Crime Jack Shepherd, Junior Sentenced to Two Years

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 5

"Your specialty seems to be sneak-thieving," said Acting Judge Mocatta in the Newcastle Quarter Sessions today, when sentencing James Joseph…

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"Too Good" Gaol for "Model Boy" Wordly Knowledge Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 1

Stanley Brown, who pleaded guilty to an indecent assault on a child, was sentenced to four months gaol by Acting Judge Mocatta in the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 19. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Prohibited Immigrant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 7

Gregorio Aldeano (24), a Filipino, fireman, was charged with being a prohibited immigrant. Sergeant Hearne, for the prosecution, stated the defendant was…

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From Real Life Wilson Murder Trial SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 5

There were unusual features about the trial which ended last night, in which John Wilson was sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude for the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 7

Kasmir Thomas Pogonoski, of Newcastle, v. Zenas N. Vaisey and Claude Hamilton Anlezark, both of the Trades Hall, Newcastle, claim of £22 10s, on an…

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Burglary in Newcastle Big Jewellery Haul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 5

Mr. James Everett, watchmaker and Jeweller, of Hunter-street West, Newcastle, discovered early yesterday morning that his shop had been entered during the…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. H. J. Noble, the town clerk, proceeded against a number of persons for the recovery of sanitary fees. On the cases being called, Mr. Noble informed…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 7

Two first offenders who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to ball did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Charles Herd. 55, labourer, was…

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Lysaght's Iron Three Men on Trial Theft and Receiving Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 5

Considerable interest was taken in the case heard in the Newcastle Court to-day in which two men were charged with stealing galvanised iron and one…

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