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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 70

Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 10. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 7

Bonds were forfeited in the cases of four persons who were charged with drunkenness for the first time and did not appear. Charles Black (27),…

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Brutal Bolsheviks Murder of Nurses Wrangel's Orderly Retreat LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Sebastopol correspondent telegraphs that during the Bolshevik cavalry raid on Salkado, Mr. Killpatrick, the representative of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 11. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 7

Four persons, who were charged with drunkenness for the first time, and did not appear, had their bail deposits forfeited. Richard Musgrove, 51, miner, and…

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Wages of Police. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

A deputation from the Police Association recently waited on Mr. Bice, the State Chief Secretary, and asked that the wages of the force be increased to the…

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Maitland District. Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was opened at the Courthouse. East Maitland, yesterday morning, before His Honor, Judge Mocatta…

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Faueni's Appeal Before Full Court Identification Question

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

Eugene Fallen[?], who is under sentence of death for the murder of Annie Birkett, in the bush at Lane Cove on September 28,1917, appealed to the…

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Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 8

The Maitland District Court was resumed yesterday, before his Honor Judge Mocatta. WAR SERVICE HOMES CASE…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 12. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 9

The bonds of five persons who had been charged with drunkenness for the first time were forfeited. Harold Jukes (28), electrician, and John Stevenson…

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Adelaide Theft Conviction in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 November 1920 · page 3

Constable McCloughry saw James Simpson (49), laborer, sitting on the wharf and looking at a pair of field glasses. "Don't you think they're…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 13. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 November 1920 · page 6

The bond of a person charged with drunkenness for the first time was forfeited. William James Mullett (35), greaser, was fined 5s, or three hours' detention, and Emil Simeon…

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Rival Pushes Battle with Sticks Police to the Rescue SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 November 1920 · page 4

Two pus[?]es Known as the "Newtowns" and "Chippendales" met at the corner of Rose and Raglan streets, Darlington, shortly alter eight…

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Theft of £30

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 4

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions this morning , Lawrence Joll Herbert sullivan pleaded guilty to the theft of £30, the property of William Bock. He…

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All About Timber Cardiff Man. Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 5

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day the case was heard in which Walter Bailey was charged with the theft at Hexham on July 5 of [?]…

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Newcastle Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 3

Mr. Le Brun Brown and Mr. Hibble,. licensing magistrates, presided at the, Newcastle Licensing Court this morning, and granted the following…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 15. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 7

The bail deposits of ten persons charged with drunkenness for the first time were forfeited. Thomas Donnelly (35), labourer, Michael Thomas Kelly…

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Attacked in Train Girl's Remarkable Story Assault and Robbery Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 1

A girl, aged 16, was found unconscious in the lavatory of a train at 1 p.m. at Bankstown yesterday. Dr. Thompson was called in, and when she…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 6

A pigeon shoot will take place at the Miners' Arms Hotel, Young Wallsend, on Saturday…

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Trapped! Sydney Station Theft Another Man's Bag SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 5

The story or a police trap, and of how a suspected man was caught in it was told at the Central Court to-day. William Downes, a well-dressed…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 2

The bond was forfeited in the ease of one first offender for drunkenness. Alexander M'Donald (56), seaman; was fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment,…

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Small Debts Court. Landlord and Tenant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 2

Agnes Bowles proceeded against Walter Charles Gaites to received the sum of £7 10s, being £3 10s alleged to be due for rent and £4 for alleged damages. The…

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