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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 17. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

One first offender, who had boon locked up for drunkenness and admitted to ball, did not appear and his bond was forfeited. William Longworth, 48, tinsmith,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John M. Breley, John Chapman, James…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 19. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with having been drunk, had their bonds for-felted, while another, charged similarly, was lined 5s, or in default three hours…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M., and Mr. C. Hibble, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 7

Patrick Thomas Lenaghan, of Minmi, was granted a renewal of his wine license. John David Watkins withdrew his application to have transferred his…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Herbert Arthur Whiting and George…

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Cessnock Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 6

In the Industrial Court hold at Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., Richard Kineaid, Albert Ayrton, and Jess Moss were charged with…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, January 20. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

A first offender, charged with having been drunk, had his bond forfeited. Thomas M'Mahon, 45, fireman, was fined 5s, with the option of three hours' detention,…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Ernest Augustus Whiley was charged…

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Newcastle's One Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 4

The false economy which assigns one magistrate to Newcastle implies a compliment on the district's [?]oralay with which Newcastle can dispense. For three weeks the system has been in force by which Mr. Jennings alone dispenses justice in minor grievances covering a wide range…

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Vanished Chocolates Three Lads Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

During the last week a number of burglaries have occurred in Newcastle. They have all been of a peculiar character, such as that at the house…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 21. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 7

A first offender, charged with having been drunk, had his bond forfeited, while another, similarly charged, was fined 5s, or in default three hours' imprisonment…

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Britain's Crime Wave Another Brutal Murder LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 1

The latest addition to the list of murders, combined with burglary, occurred at a hotel in Chelsea. A thief hid in the [?]tel until after closing…

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Irish Outrage Police Chief Shot VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

Advices from Dublin state that Mr. Redmond, Assistant Police Commissioner, has been shot dead…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, January 22. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with having been drunk, had their bonds forfeited, while another, similarly charged, was fined 5s, with the option of three…

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Attack on Irish Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 5

A hundred and fifty armed men made a determined attempt to capture the police barracks near Thurles, in Tipperary. A fusillade of bullets from the front and…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, Acting Warden.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

In connection with the Wallarah Coal Company's application for authority to enter land in the Parish of Wallarah, in search of coal. Mr. Millard asked for…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

Re Samuel Albert Schofield, bootmaker, of Tighe's Hill. Bankrupt, in his public examination, stated that his business had never paid sufficient profit for him to…

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A Fruitless Search Burglary at Cook's Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. H. Glover's home, "Midanga," Dawsonstreet, Cook's Hill, was visited by thieves during his absence last night. Mr. Glover left the house at…

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Traveler Charged Big Thefts Alleged

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 1

Last Thursday an arrest was made at Cook's Hill by Detective Ryan and Plain-clothes Constable Lalchan of Alfred Gerald Morton (54), commercial…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 23. (Before Mr. C. Jennings, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

Three first offenders, charged with having been drunk, had their bonds forfeited. Thomas Keating (47), seaman, was fined 5s, or in default three hours'…

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