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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 90

Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M, presided in the Warden's Court, East Maitland Courthouse, yesterday. Thomas Evans, a mining engineer,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 10. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 7

Norman Isaac Perrett (20), labourer, was charged with having secured £25 from Alice Furlong, by falsely pretending that he was purchasing a business from Mr…

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Honeymoon Tragedy Murder or Suicide? Who Killed Her?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 6

America is agog over a mysterious honeymoon tragedy. surrounded by [?]veral strange features. The question be answered is — Who killed pretty…

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Los Angeles Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 5

A telegram from Los Angeles states that newspaper men who examined the correspondence lately found which passed between Mabel Normand and Taylor,…

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Magistrate Nurse Takes Charge of Baby

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 6

The annual spectacle of a baby in arms on the Bench was seen at Bury (England) police Court. Mrs. Pennington a woman…

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Maryville Assault Not Wanted at Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 5

William John Lane was conducting a private dance for beginners at a hall in maryville on February 2, and about 10.45 p.m. Frederick Joseph…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 11. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 2

Six first offenders, charged with drunkeness, were each fined 5s, in default two hours' detention. Bernard Hagon (31), for having been drunk and…

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Go Ahead West End New Tennis Court St. James', Wickham Broadmeadow Park Site

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 7

The opening of a new tennis court in the grounds of St. James' Church of England. Wickham on Saturday afternoon a large and…

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Irish Outrages Attacks on Ulster Police Sensational Shooting on Train De Valera Again in Evidence London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 1

Reports from Enniskillen state that eye-witnesses of the shooting at Cloynes station assert that the I.R.A. called on the special police to put their hands up. Incessant firing followed, lasting for ten minutes. The passengers were panic stricken, and threw…

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Bicycle Theft Youth Charged Remand to Goulburn

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 6

William Burns (18) was charged at the Newcastle Police Court this morning with having, on January 9, at Goulburn, stolen a bicycle valued at…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Daniel Joseph Lynch, Robert Coffey, and…

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Tight Fit Trousers in Court Magistrate as Critic

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 1

The fitting on of a pair of trouser for the inspection of Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at the N[?] Small Debts Court this m[?]rr—sided a…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 6
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

At the Newcastle Licensing Court this morning four booth licences were granted to Geo. Calperin, licensee of the Great Britain Hotel…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 13. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 7

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

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Industrial Court at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

His Honor Mr. Justice Edmunds will preside at the sitting of the Industrial Court to be held at 10 a.m. to-morrow, at the Newcastle Courthouse. The…

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Decree Annulled Rutherford Case Appeal Court Decisions LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 1

The Court of Appeal has annulled the decree nisi granted to Mrs. Rutherford, who was separated from her husband, Colonel Rutherford, on June…

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Walk and Talk Loitering to End Police and Council Agree Newcastle Street Reform

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 6

Street loitering in future is to be strictly forbidden in Newcastle. Special steps will be taken by the police and traffic…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 8

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Kenneth Horder pleaded guilty to…

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"Simple" Gaol Bombay

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 1

Cr Das has been sentenced to six months simple imprisonment under the, Criminal Law Amendment Act…

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