Sailor's Death Pall From Aloft Peculiar Court Situation
A peculiar situation cropped up in the Newcastle Coroner's Court this morning, when Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Church both announced that they were…
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Courts & crime, 1920
1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 70
Pickford Divorce Mary Moves the Court Much Law Promised VANCOUVER
A message from Minden, Nevada states that Mary Pickford's fight to establish the validity of her divorce from Owen Moore commenced…
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Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the Beach at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Joseph Eadey was sentenced to 14…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Raid 38 Men Charged Case Before Court
The sequel to the gamins raid at Cessnock on Sunday, November 14, when 38 men were arrested and charged with being found in a house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder in Moscow
It is reported from Mascow that a social revolutionary plot against the Soviet was betrayed by a woman named Hoeltzer a well-known dancer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge Fails. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Acting Justice James, John Mathew Ellis Bland, 38 years of age, a labourer, was placed on trial charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 29. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Thirteen persons, who were locked up for drunkenness for the first time and admited to bail, had their bonds forfeited. Other lines for drunkenness were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Coke Tribunal. Question of Legality. High Court Case. Sydney
The hearing was commenced to-day, before a full bench of the High Court of Australia, of the application of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company for the issue…
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James Stewart, 30 years of age, engineer, an ex-major in the A.I.F., appeared before Mr. Acting Justice James and a jury at the Central Criminal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Assaulted Carrington Affray
Charged at the Newcastle Court this morning with having assaulted Constable Michie on November 24. Harold Ward pleaded not guilty, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 30. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
The bond of a person charged with drunkenness for the first time was forfeited. Another first offender was fined 5s, or three hours detenton. Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irish Civil War. Murder of Constables. a Foul Deed. Shot in Ambush. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Sinn Feiners caught in ambush a body of the Royal, Irish Constabulary at Kilmichael, County Cork. They killed fifteen, another is dying, and one in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'I Am a Crimp" Admission in Court Use of Insulting Words
"He is a crimp—the same as myself—only he is in a bigger way," said Clarence Harris, in the Newcastle Court this afternoon, referring to John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Coke Tribunal. Question of Legality. High Court Case. Sydney
The hearing was continued before a full Bench of the High Court to-day of the case in which the Broken Hill Proprietary Company seek a declaration of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.m.) a Minor Claim
Elizabeth Llewellyn, 4 Parnell Place, was awarded a verdict for 3s 4d, with 7s costs, against Frank Smith. 6 Parnell Place. The magistrate said evidently a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. Nickson, L.Ms.)
Abraham Warner was granted a renewal of the license of the Wickham Park Hotel, Islington, annual assessment £276, license fee £35. George Johnson Beath…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Essad Pasha's Murder
It is reported from Paris that Aveni Rustem, the young Albanian, who killed Essad Pasha, formerly a self-made President of the Albanian Republic, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 1. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
The bonds of two persons charged with drunkenness for the first time were forfeited. Alfred Love (52), bricklayer, Peter Hanson (50), seaman, James Boyd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"I Will Repay" Manager's Story Alleged Theft of £139 14s 2d
At the Newcastle Court this morning. Henry Macdonald (22), manager, was charged with the theft of £139 14s 2d, at Armidale, on November 14,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court Thursday, December 2. (Before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)
Bernard Grimes, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, pleaded not guilty to having kept his licensed promises open during prohibited hours on the 20th of…
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