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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 88

Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 1. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

Two persons charged with drunkenness for the first time had their bail deposits forfeited. Penalties as follow were imposed for…

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Irish Troubles. Arrests in Cork. Inspector Swanzy's Murder (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 7

A meeting of the Cork Corporation reelected Alderman O'Callaghan as Lord Mayor. At the end of the meeting police arrived and arrested three aldermen and…

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Marie Too Shy Avoids Divorce Court LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 1

Mario Lloyd's application for exemption from jury duty was refused and she appeared on the jury in Divorco Court to-day, but in a will…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

In the matter of Mrs. I. Melville, judgment creditor: P. Cunningham, judgment debtor; Austral Nail Company, Limited, garnishee; an amount of…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

Thomas Dalton, licensee of the Commonwealth Hotel, Newcastle, was granted a license for the grandstand booth for the Newcastle races on February 5. The…

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The Eastbourne Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Mr. Shortt, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, has decided not to advise the reprieve of Jack Alfred Field and William Thomas Gray, convicted of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 2. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, had their bail deposits forfeited. William Brown (34), farmer, was fined 5s, or three hours'…

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Industrial Matters. Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

There will be a sitting of the Deputy Industrial Court at Newcastle on February 21. Among the matters to be dealt with will be the applications of the Shop…

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Murder on the Movies New Zealand Ban Wellington

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Film importers have been caused consternation by a formal notification that the Government has decided that from May 1 any film or portion of a…

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Irish Murder. First Execution Under Martial Law. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Captain King, a County Inspector of Constabulary, was critically wounded, and his wife was shot dead at Mallow railway station on Monday night, when they were…

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Country Milk "Worker" Comment Profiteering Court Case SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

When Judge Beeby, as president of thee Profit[?]ring Prevention Court, to-day resumed the inquiry into the price of milk, Mr. Curtis, who appeared for…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

Frederick Evans (20), seaman, and George Rogers (23), seaman, were charged at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday with breaking and entering the…

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Three Years' Gaol Interrupted Wedding SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

James Leslle Grand, who was arrested at a Refern church, whither be had gone to be married, was sentenced at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day…

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Anti-profiteering Court. Alleged Contempt. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

When the Profiteering Prevention Court resumed the inquiry into the price of fresh country milk to-day, Mr. W. Curtis, who (instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith,…

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Crowd Foiled Speechley Remanded Centennial Park Murder Inquest Next Week Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Charles Wynne Speechley, who stands charged with the murder of Constable Wolgast in Centennial Park on the night of January 19, was…

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A Labor Court Steel Works Union Public "Trial" Suggested

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

A tentative proposal to hold an inquiry, to which the public would be admitted, into the bonatides of the Steel works Union, was made last…

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To the Full Court Profiteering Case Marcus Clark Summons SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Judge Beeby, president of the Profiteering Prevention Court, was further engaged to-day with the case of Marcus Clark and Coy., Ltd. The…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 4. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

Two persons charged with drunkenness for the first time had their ball deposits forfeited. Timothy Healey (52), wharf labourer, was fined 5s, or three…

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The Extreme Penalty Typiste's Murder Two Men Hanged LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

Jack Field and William Thomas Grey were hanged at Wandsworth Gaol this morning for the murder, at the Crumbles last August, of Irene Munro…

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Witness Wounded Dublin Court-Martial LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

There was a sensation during the court-martial in Dublin of the young men who were charged with the murder of officers on November 27. The…

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