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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 88

Murder of Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

A Helsiugfors telegram states that, under orders from the People's Common salaries Chinese troops are daily shooting hundreds of workers' leaders and other…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 17. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 2

Two persons. charged with drunkenness for the first time, had their bail deposits forfelted. Richard Duckham (47), labourer, was fined 5s, or three hours'…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 3

Four persons charged with drunkenness for the first time did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. On charges of drunkenness, Heige Sorensen…

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Profiteering Act. Full Court's Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

Judgment was delivered by Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, in the Banco Court yesterday, in the special…

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Maitland Doings Circuit Court Sittings Next Month

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

Sir william Cullen, the Chief Justice, will preside over the sittings of the Circuit Court at East Maitland on April 29. It is not known yet…

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A London Riot. Letter of Instructions 13 Police Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

Amazing evidence was given at Cler Kenwell, London when 13 young men were charged as a result of the attack on the lalington Town Hall by…

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Fair Rents Court Its Growing Popularity Rush of Business

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

Fair Rents Day is Tuesday. That is to say, it is Tuesday when the atmosphere of the City Coroner's Court in Geroge-street North undergoes a…

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£90 THEFT Young Traveller Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 6

John Bonnets (21), traveller, was charged at the Newcastle Court to-day with the theft of articles valued at £90, the property of Carleton's,…

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Taree Burglary Two Men Charged Midnight Motor Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 6

A story of midnight investigations and early morning arrests was told in the Newcastle Court to-day. when Frederick Hamilton (26), farmer, and…

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Dutiable Goods Court Exhibits Customs Officers Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 6

All one side of the Newcastle Court was occupied this morning with exhibits in the cases in which two Customs officers. Thomas Boyd (49) and…

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Bottle of Liquid Melbourne March Men Charged With Assault MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

Arising out of the disturbance which occurred during the St. Patrick's Day procession. Patrick O'Rlordan and James Butler were before the…

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Gold Stealing in West Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 6

In Kalgoorlle the question of dealing with the gold-stealing "industry" still engages the attention of the mine managers of the field. The Chamber of Mines…

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Wanted Gaol To Enjoy Concerts

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 4

In North London Police Court a detective said of a prisoner that he wanted to be sentenced to three years' penal servitude in order to hear the…

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Different Kinds of Police

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 1

Auxiliary police outside a raided bomb factory in Dublin. They appear to be a miscellaneous lot…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 7

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness forfeited their ponds. John Duggan (52), seaman, and Spazer Walder (46), fitter, charged with being drunk,…

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The Irish Position Emigration Record 'Omnipotent Murder Gang'

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 4

Adverse observers think they see a sign of the weakening of the Sian Fein organisation in the record of emigrations from Ireland during the…

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Girl's Death Refused Marriage Unusual Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

At the Control Criminal Court to-day the trial took place of Ellen Branscombe, a masseuse, and Andrew Christensen, aged 22, carpenter,…

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Wife Absent Husband in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 6

George Robert Nihi was charged at the Newcastle Court to-day with having assaulted his wife, Margaret Nihi. Sergeant Roberts said that Mrs. Nihi…

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All Settled Hamilton Appeals Court Business Blocked

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

There were set down for hearing before the Newcastle Court this morning 35 appeals against valuations by the Hamilton municipality. When the…

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Police Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 6

Walter Hickey, aged 45, a laborer, was to-day fined £5 with 8s costs, in default two months' hard labor for indecent behavior in Lee-street. West…

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