Missing Wallet Alleged Theft of £21/10/ Railway Porter Charged
A pocket wallet containing £21 10s. which was picked up in the Moree train and banded, it is alleged, to a railway porter, was the subject of a…
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Courts & crime, 1920
1,382 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 70
Police on their Beats
The Newcastle police were back on their usual beats to-day. Hardly a man in the force escaped arduous and exciting experiences during the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 11. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Five persons who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to ball did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Walter Ward, 22, carter, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Launch in the Gale. a Strenuous Night
A party of water police, under Sergeant Bell, that left Newcastle for Raymond Terrace with a flood boat on Friday evening, had some adventurous and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morbid Sightseers Sects at Murder Trial Sheriff Inundated London. Sunday Night
The trial of the two men who are charged with the murder of Irene Munro, a pretty London typist, at Eastbourne, is causing a sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., and Elias Bowden. J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Riley, 23, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 13. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
The persons charged with drunkenness for the first time had their bonds forfeited. George Higginbotham (46), labourer, was fined 10s, or two days, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jewellery Worth £55 Hamilton Burglary Two Lads Charged
Herbert Franklin (21), and John Rupert Trott (18). alias Rafforty, were charged at the Newcastle Court this morning with having broken and…
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The Assembly examined the Commission's report on the International Court. Several members of the Commission were strongly of opinion that the Court could…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 14. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two persons charged with drunkenness for the first time had their bonds forfeited. Roland Bostock (23), baker, was fined 5s, or three hours' detention, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irish Outrages. Military Ambushed. Attack on Police. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
There has been considerable looting in Cork outside the fire zone. Burglars raided Jewellers' shops, securing the keys of the strong room at the point of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Garnishee
In the matter of A. Southwood and Company. Newcastle, judgment creditor, Thomas Williams, judgment debtor, Redhead Colliery Company, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. Nickson, L.Ms.)
Booth licenses were granted to Rebecca Frew, licensee of the Carrington Hotel, Wallsend, for the Newcastle races on New Year's Day and for the Wallsend races on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Black and Tans Withdrawn From-cork Lord Mayor's Appeal to America Police Commandant on Reprisals LONDON, Tuesday Night. The "Daily News" states that an the Black and Tans have been withdrawn from Cork as a result of strong military censure of their actions
A telegram sent to Commander Kenworthy from the Mayor of Cork, and also forwarded to the United States and all European ambassadors,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cork Court-martial. Auxiliaries Withdrawn. Warning to Police. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
A military inquiry into the Cork fires has begun. Suspects will be tried by drumhead court-martial. Whether soldiers' or civilians, the punishment will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 15. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness
A person charged with drunkenness for the first time had his bail deposit fortfeited. Remanded. Alfred William Joseph Seabrook (22),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Towns in Trouble Charge of Theft a Question of Irons
Theodore, Stanley Towns (35). shipwright was before the Newcastle Court to-day, charged with the theft of two caulking irons, valued at 5s. the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eastbourne Murder Trial Opens Accused Indifferent LONDON, Wednesday Night
The Eastbourne trial has opened on Jack Field (19) and William Gray (17) for the murder of a pretty typiste, Irene Munro. who was found with her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Cork Crown Forces Charged "Incontrover tible Evidence" Railway Strike Off London. Wednesday Night
The Labor Commission of Inquiry, which is at present at Cork, declares that the Crown forces caused Sunday's fires. It offers to produce evidence. If the safety of witnesses is guaranteed.(Published In "The Times.")…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 16. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three persons, charged with drunkenness tor the first time, had their bonds forfeited. Thomas Boyle (56), cook, and Charles Martin (21), fireman, were each…
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