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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 70

Prince and Public Hints From Police "Keep Back, Please"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 5

Mr. James Mitchell, Inspector-General of Police, who has just paid a visit to Newcastle, asks the public to assist the department in keeping…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 7

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted of the Belle Vue Hotel, Wickham, to Henry Baker, and of the Critenion Hotel, Newcastle, to Wilfred A. B. Hunt. A…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 6

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, yesterday. Charles Gilmore and Thomas James…

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Attack on Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 5

A large party ambushed a police cyclist patrol at Bantry in country Cork, and shot a constable dead, and two other precariously…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 23. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, forfeited the amount of his bond. John Harvey (25), labourer, was fined 5s, in default three hours' imprisonment,…

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Poison in Pudding Hospital Patient's Food Wife Before the Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 5

Charged with having maliciously attempted to administer arsenic poison to her husband, Francis Charles Woolridge, with intent to injure him,…

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Police Do Well Contingent From Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

Fifty decorated ex-soldier policemen came up from Sydney by train at noon to-day, to supplement the local force in keeping the route clear for the…

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Work of the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 8

Nothing could have been liner than the work of the police. The manner in which they handled the greatest crowds that have ever thronged this city, and the tact,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 25. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 2

The ball of three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, who did not appear, was forfeited…

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Alien Deserter Sympathetic Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 4

Constable Ravelli told Mr. Brown in the Newcastle Court this morning that Edward Christensen, who was charged with being an alien, and had failed to…

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Stole the Cutlery Belgian Sent to Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 4

An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Belgian met in Newcastle and decided to send home presents to their lady-loves and have them suitably…

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Annoved the Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 2

George Scudden (54), boilermaker, interrupted a conversation between Plain-clothes Constable Munday and a lady. He pushed his face close to the…

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Work of the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

The work of the police undoubtedly contributed materially to the success of the Prince's visit in New South Wales. His Royal Highness personally thanked…

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The Double Life Brooklyn Sensation Two Men Sentenced SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

Sentences of three years penal servitude were passed to-day on Donald John M'Donald and Ernest Kenneth Drury, who had been found guilty of…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, June 26. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown. S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

Four persons charged with being drunk were let off with nominal fines. Walter Ernest Storey (44), cabman, for having used improper language in Way's…

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Charge of Murder Accused Becomes Mother SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. W. Coyle, the Crown Prosecutor, told Mr. Justice Pring in the Central Criminal Court to-day, that the trial of Agnes Collins, on a charge…

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Salvationist Saved a Timely Rescue Seaman's Brutal Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 5

The lot of the officer in charge of a Salvation Army Home is not a happy one. The experience of Peter Soutar, who was assaulted by two…

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POLICE! Mayfield Needs Two

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 1

Inspector Cook has informed the Mayfield Progress Association that an additional policeman will be stationed at Mayfield as soon as a man is…

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The Hague Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 5

A message from the Hague states that the trend of the disucssion of the Advisory Committee of Jurists is to widen the sphere of the permanent court of justice,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 7

Eleven first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited their bonds. Alexander Lang (47), William May (49), and James Prichard (52), charged with being…

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