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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 90

"The Other 300" Missing Respondents Engineers and the Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

When a claim for an award was before the Commonwealth Arbitration Court at the instance of the Amalgamated Engineers, 300 respondents…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 3. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 11

Five persons, charged with drunkeness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. John Wheatley, 30, labourer, was fined…

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Burglary in Melbourne. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

A sensational robbery occurred at the Grand Hotel, Spring-street, at 1.15 on Saturday morning, when four thieves bound and gagged the porter, named…

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Murder in Dublin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

Mr. Max S. Green, chairman of the Irish Prisons Board, and a son-in-law of the late Mr. John Redmond, M.P., was shot dead in Dublin while endeavouring to…

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'Disgraceful' Condition Smedmore Garbage Magistrate's Strictures

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

In reducing the rent of eight cottages in ingalls-terrace, Hannellstreet, Smedmore, form £1 is to 18s 6d, Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., said, in…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

Before Major F. C. Crane and Mr. E. Bowden. Js.P., at the Maitland Licensing Court to-day. John Thomas Smith was granted the renewal of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 3

Four first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined 5s, with the alternative of two hours' detention, George Lewis (49) was fined 10s, in…

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Dredge Employees Hours of Work Special Court Finding

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 5

The question of working hours has occasioned some heart burning amongst. government dredge employees…

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Italian Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 5

A sensational trial involving the Red Guards is taking place at Turin on the charge of murdering two workmen during the occupation of a factory in the rising…

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Gun Alley Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

Colin Ross has lodged an appeal against his conviction for murder on the ground that the jury's verdict was against the evidence, that evidence was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 6. (Before Mr. W. Lee Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Eight first offenders who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. James M'Carthy (37),…

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D.C.M. in Prison Tears in the Dock Result of Stealing Guns

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 6

A sergeant of the 4th Battalion [?]sh Guards stood in tears in the took at the Old Bailey (says "Lloyd's weekly News")…

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Fair Rents Court. Smedmore Properties

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

Eight applications for the determining of the rentals of houses known as lngall's Terrace, Hannell-street, Smedmore, were heard by Mr. W. Le Brun Brown,…

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Unwritten Law Actress on Murder Charge Unfaithful Husband LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

The correspondent of "The Times" at Paris says that with eyes filled with tears, the foreman of the Bordeaux Assize Court announced the…

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Attack on Police Tipperary Affray Prompt Arrests in Dublin LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

In the House of Commons, replying to Lord Curzon in regard to the attack on the Tipperary police, Mr. Winston Churchill stated that the…

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Newcastle District Court. Monday, March 6. (Before His Honor, Judge Hamilton.) Contrary Evidence

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

Thomas Joyce, a hotelkeeper, of Maitland, and formerly a storekeeper, of Point Clare, sought to recover from J. W. Brierley, a builder, of Point Clare, an amount…

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Cessnock Police Court

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

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Cessnook Police Court yesterday. William Fishburn and James Duff[?]…

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"Your Lordship" Magistrate Promoted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 7

Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., was addressed as "Your Honor" by an old woman in a cusp hoard at Waratah Police Court yesterday afternoon, but…

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Gun Alley Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 6

Before then State Full Court to-day, Mr. Macindee, the Crown Prosecutor, applied for leave to mention the appeal of Colin Rose, in regard to fixing the date for…

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Summons for Assault Who Is Delaney? Maitland Divorce Suit

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

A divorce on the ground of misconduct was sought before Judge Hamilton, in the Newcastle District Court to-day, by John Garrity, from Ida…

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