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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 90

Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. M. Longfield and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

The license of the Beach Hotel, Merewether, was transferred from Daniel Meehan to Theopulus Herbert Tresalder, and the license of the Mayfield Hotel, from…

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Kurri Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. John Hamer and Frank Chariton were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 3. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 7

Two persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. Two other persons, who were similarly…

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American Dollars Big Theft Alleged Arrests in Paris LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent at Paris states that at the request of the United States Embassy, John Pincott, from Melbourne, and Arthur Cox, a…

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Maitland District. Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 6

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, presided at the Industrial Court, West Mail land, yesterday. Emily Roarty was fined £3, with 18s…

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Low Moral Tone "Agony Day" in the Courts New Zealand Magistrate's Indictment "Dishonesty or Impure Lives"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday. Startling allegations regarding the low morals of the community were made by a magistrate, Mr. Cutten, addressing the New Zealand Anglican Synod. Mr. Cutten said that the civil and…

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Marriage and Misconduct Morgan Divorce Case Allegations of Assault When Is a Sin Not a Sin? Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Gordon and a jury of 12, in the Divorce Court today, Walter Thomas Tyler Morgan, railway employee, of Hamilton,…

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Claim for Wages Work at Salt Ash Industrial Court Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 6

The Industrial Pigment Company, Ltd., was proceeded against this morning in the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court, before Mr. Addison, by…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 6

At the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M., three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and…

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Lambton Police Court Thursday, May 4. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 7

Fines of 5s, or 24 hours wore imposed on the following persons for being drunk In Now Lambton:—Bernard German, Joseph Roach, John Griffiths, and Edward…

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Clothing Stolen Burglary at Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 4

A robbery took place at the house of Mr. R. Martin, of Patrick-street, Merewether, between 4 and 8.30 p.m. yesterday. Thieves entered through…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 5. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Two persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, were each fined 5s, or two hours' Imprisonment. Martini M'Donough, 40, seaman, was fined £1, or…

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Wilful Murder True Convicted "Sequence of Abnormality" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 1

Mr. Justice McCardie, summing up in the charge of murder against Ronald True, after a careful legal definition of insanity, particularly of an epi-…

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Sydney Police Visitor from Melbourne SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 6

Mr. Baird, Chief Secretary of Victoria, paid a visit to Sydney police headquarters yesterday, and made a tour of inspection. Later he was driven to the police depot…

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Maitland District. Warden's Court. Hebburn, Limited, Case

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

The Warden, Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., presided in the Warden's Court, East Maitland, yesterday. The application by the South Greta Coal…

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Fair Rents Court. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Deputy S.M.)

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

Thomas Cragg, who was represented by Mr. F. O'Donnell, asked the magistrate to determine the fair rent of promises known as 30 Turnbull-street, Junction, of which…

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Industrial Matters. Station Workers' Claims. Award of the Court. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

Mr. Justice Powers delivered judgment to-day in the Federal Arbitration Court in the plaint of the Australian Workers' Union against the Pastoralists…

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Newcastle Police Court. Minor Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. A. G. Chiplin., S.M., three persons charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and…

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Maitland Police Court Trouble in Church Porch

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 6

Frederick Joseph Daniels was charged at West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., with having, on the…

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The Bournemouth Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 5

Thomas Henry Allaway, aged about 30, at Reading on a charge of stealing a cheque book valued at 2s. He has now been charged with the…

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