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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 70

Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 7

Judge Curlewis will preside at a sitting of the Deputy Industrial Court, to be held in Newcastle on Wednesday…

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Remarkable Theft Death Bed Confession LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 1

"The Times" Paris correspondent reports that a deathbed contention which caused a sensation in Paris resulted, in the arrest of two men and two woman…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 15. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 2

Thomas Sinclair (48), seaman, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Remanded…

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Pukekawa Murder Remarkable Evidence Son Suspicious of Mother Auckland (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 1

The trial of the man Thorn for the Pukekawa murder was continued in the magistrate's court yesterday. Mrs. Eyre, widow of the murdered…

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Missing Wife Man Marries Again Charged with Bigamy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 5

Edward Grey, charged at Singleton Police Court with bigamy, was committed for trial at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions Court on November 6…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 16. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 3

Three first offenders, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail, did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. For being drunk…

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Abandoned Child in a Yard Smart Police Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 1

Smart police work has resulted in the unravelling of a Wickham mystery. Late last Friday night the residents of a house at Wickham were…

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"I'll Take the Blame" Broadmeadow Smash Driver's Alleged Statement To Police Tradgey Investigated by Coroner

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 5

The district coroner, Mr. Hibble, conducted an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse to-day concerning the Broadmeadow tram collision on…

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Maitland District. Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 6

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Annie Carter was sent to Long Bay for six months as an habitual drunkard…

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Here and There a Month's Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 6

A vagrancy charge was preferred against Edwin Harmon (39). a seaman, at the Newcastle Police Court thin morning. Mr. La Brun Brown, S.M…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 5

Applications were made before the Newcastle Licensing Court to-day by Edgar Condie licensee of the Royal Crown Hotel. Adamstown, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 18. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

Four first offenders, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Walter Hardy, 32, labourer, war…

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Labor's Viewpoint the Barrier Mines Newcastle Industrial Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 3

No agreement has yet been reached regarding a resumption of work at the Barrier mines. The parties met yesterday to discuss Mr. Justice…

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Dublin Tragedy Police Raid Concert Hall Troops. Kill Two Escapees LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 1

Auxiliary police raided a concert hall in Dublin last night, seeking the murderers of Police-sergeant Roache. Two of the audience were shot by the…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 6

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., the adjourned case against Albert Jobs Thomas King for having portion of a carcase of a calf…

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Police Officers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

The officers of the New South Wales Police Force have formed an association, with the approval of Mr. Dooley, the Chief Secretary, and Mr. Mitchell, the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 19. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 2

Four persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, had their bonds forfeited. Hercules Frederick Bridison (18), labourer, and Patrick Dowley (36),…

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"Hoodlums" in Court Conduct Near Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 5

At Newcastle Court to-day, before Mr. Le Bran Brown, S.M., John Hootor Deakin and Frederick Kinniard were charged with having behaved in…

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Midnight Knock Wife Goes Home Husband Sends for Police

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 5

Myrtle McGregor (30), a married woman, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court this morning with having behaved in an offensive manner in…

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Fair Rents Court. Operations Extended to Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. M'Kell, the Minister for Justice, informed Mr. Gardiner that the operations of the Fair Rents Court had…

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