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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 88

Murder Mystery Man Apprehended Burial Postponed STROUD

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 7

A man was brought into Stroud last night, from Stratford, by the police. He is being held pending further inquiries being made…

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Police Headquarters Newcastle's Promotion Supt. Childs' Transfer

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 7

The headquarters of the northeastern police district have been transferred from West Maitland to Newcastle…

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Bishop in Witness Box Relation to Sisters Visits to Convent Police Telegrams Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 4

Raw rain and biting wind do not chill or damp the enthusiasm of those who have formed the Liguori habit. The queue of to-day, though smaller than it has been, still included more than could be accommodated in the public…

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Monkerai Murder More Police Engaged Inquest Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 5

Additional police have been detailed in the search for the person responsible for the murder of Frank Rudkin, at Monkeral, last Monday night…

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Murder of Jews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 5

A Copenhagen message states that a serious pogrom is proceeding in the Ukraine. It is reported that 100,000 Jews have…

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Police Administration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 4

The transfer of the headquarters of the north-eastern police division from East Maitland to Newcastle will occasion little surprise. Surprise is more…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, July 7. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 7

Arthur Pankhurst was charged with having negligently driven a motor car on the Newcastle road. Defendant pleaded net guilty. Sergeant D. A. Wilson conducted the case for…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, July 7. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 3

John Field (17), of North Lambton, was fined 10s, or three days, for being drunk in Elder-street, and for using improper language he was fined 30s, or 10 days…

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Man in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 5

Charles Griffon, who is being detained by the stroud police to appear before the court this afternoon, was charged with having [?]ircarms in his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 7. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 2

Three first offenders, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail, did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. James Bridges (43),…

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Liguori Case Court Personalities

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 1

Plaintiff's brother watches the case. Mr. Higgins, junior counsel for the plaintiff…

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Ex-sister Liguori's Case. Bishop Dwyer in the Box. Severe Cross-examination. Wagga Magistrate's Refusal to Issue a Warrant. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 5

The hearing was continued in No. 3 Jury Court to-day of the case in the which Bridget Mary Partridge (ex-Sister Liguori) is claiming £5000 damages from Bishop Dwyer, of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 8, 1921. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 11

Three persons, who had been charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. Thomas Smith, 45, seaman,…

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Maitland District. Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 6

Mr. G. Atktin, P.M., mining warden, presided at the Warden's Court, East Maitland Courthouse, yesterday. Thomas Malcolm Rederer applied for…

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Violent Germans Attack on French Murder of Commander PARIS

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 1

British troops ore entering Beuthen, which is already occupied by a French detach-ment. The Germans made a violent manifestation…

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Monkerai Tragedy. Griffin Charged with Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

Charles Griffin, the suspect who was detained by the Police in connection with the murder of Frank E. Rudkin, at Mon-keral, has made of statement to the police,…

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Child Murder Boy Re-charged Monmouthshire Outrage LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 6

A horror suggestive of Baudelaire has resulted in the re-arrest of Harold Jones, aged 15, who was acquitted at Monmonth on June 23, on a charge of…

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Monkerai Mystery Griffen Charged with Murder Remanded for Eight Days STROUD

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

Charles Griffon, of Stratford, was on Saturday afternoon formally charged with maliciously and feloniously murdering Francis Edwin Rudkin on the…

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Murder of Young Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

Harold Jones, 15 years of age, has been arrested at Abertillery, on a charge of murdering Florence Little, aged 11, whose body, with the throat cut, was…

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Charge of Murder Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of Thomas Peter Monaghan, who was shot at a house in Lower Campbell-street on the night of June 13, the…

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