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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 88

Insurance Clerk's Pay Supreme Court Appeal Relation to Living Wage SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 5

Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., to-day mentioned to the Full Court the application for a will of prohibition on behalf of the Mutual Life and Citizens'…

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Monkerai Murder Griffin on Trial Criminal Court Proceedings SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 5

Charles Griffin, aged 24, grazier, appeared in the dock at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, to answer a charge of…

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The Leipzig Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 5

M. Bonnevay, the French Minister for Justice, in the course of a speech, said that France had no further interest in the decisions of the Leipzig Court…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 5. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 7

Twelve first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited their bonds or were fined 5s, in default three hours' detention. John Naismith (32), labourer, John…

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Newcastle District Court. Monday, September 5. (Before his Honor Judge Hamilton.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 7

His Honor was occupied for the greater part of the morning with the hearing in Chambers of a case brought under the Woman's Property Act…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 8

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. John Ramsay pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and also to having used…

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Commonwealth Coal Mysterious Disappearance Man Gaoled For Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 6

At the West Wallsend police court yesterday, Joseph Greenwood was prosecuted for stealing five cwt. of coal valued at 5s, the property of the…

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Poplar Councillors Gaol Economy Indignant Wives LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 1

The wives of the arrested Poplar councillors are very vocal as regards the sufferings of their husbands. Three women who visited the prison…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 6. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

Two persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. Two other list offenders were each fined 5s,…

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Sent to Gaol Moplah Rebels Martial Law Convictions BOMBAY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 1

A message from Calicut states that over 300 Moplah rebels have been convicted by special magistrates, sitting at Tanurunder under the martial…

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"The Agitator Kind" Newcastle Man Charged "Good as Mr. Fraser" SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 5

Thomas Godfrey, who was a tool storeman in the Railway Department, at Hamilton when the 1917 strike occurred, gave evidence before the…

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Wife's Holiday Ends in Divorce Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 3

Alexander McDonald, laborer, of Pittown, Wallsend, petitioned Judge Hamilton, in the Newcastle District Court, in divorce jurisdiction,…

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Surry Hills Shooting Death of Grazier Charge of Murder SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 5

A Surry Hills shooting affray was the cause of the appearance of Frederick Carmody, aged 33, at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr…

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Contempt of Court JUrGE'S WARNING Witness Interrupted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 3

During the hearing of divorce issues at the Newcastle Court yesterday afternoon, Judge Hamilton warned a witness who interrupted the…

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Legros in Court Waiting for Extradition SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 6

A late sergeant-major of the French army, Eugene Ernest Legros, aged 28, appeared before the Central Police Court yesterday on remand from…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

The Coastal Farmers'. Co-operative Society, Limited, were awarded a verdict for £6 18s 10d, said to represent goods sold and delivered, with £1 4s 6d costs,…

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Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, September 6. (Before His Honor Judge Hamilton.) Verdict by Consent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

Ivy Irene Harvey, living at 145 Foveaux-street, Surry Hills, who has counsel assigned under the Poor Persons' Legal Aid Act, proceeded against Alfred Patrick…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 4

Susan L. Hyde, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, was granted a booth license for the Newcastle Showground on September 10. An extension of…

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Two Years' Gaol Griffin Sentenced Monkerai Manslaughter SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 1

Charles Griflin, aged 24, grazier who was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday of having stain Francis Edwin Rudkin, was…

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Burglary at Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 5

When Mr. G. S. Selby, storekeeper, of Cardiff, entered his promises at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, he found that they had been entered by thieves since they…

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