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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 90

Items of Interest to Hamilton for Recreation New Tennis Court Methodists' Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 8

The Hamilton Methodists have acquired a block of land near Torpey-place, and close to Broadmeadow, for recreation purposes. It has been…

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To Restore the Ex-kaiser Monarchist Plot Revealed Plans Upset by Rathenau's Murder Evidence of Hunnish Callousness London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Paris states that the plot to restore the ex-Kaiser was known to the French Government for six months. The information was definite and conclusive…

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Death in Court Crown Prosecutor Mr. J. N. Mason's End Wagga Wagga

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 6

Soon after the commencement of the Quarter Sessions at Wagga yesterday, Mr. John N. Mason, Crown prosecutor, complained of being ill…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Claim for Funeral Expenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 2

"The services or the charges are not disputed. It is solely a matter of liability," said Mr. T. A. Braye in entering a plea of not indebted on behalf of…

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CITY EDITION—Last Minute News Surry Hills Murder Suspects Charged Remanded for Week SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 6

After being detained for over a week on a vagrancy charge, Esther Eggers, or Esther Reardon, a tall woman of 25, and Frederick Reardon, a strong-looking…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 28. (Before Mr. W. Le Burn Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 7

One person, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and his ball deposit was forfeited. Patrick Mooney (50) was fined 10s, or two days'…

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Barred the Road Hamburg Fracas Republicans and Police LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 6

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that people returning from a pro-Republican meeting at Hamburg attempted to force aside 10 armed…

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Early Rising Court Competition Dr. Thompson's Case SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 6

"The B.M.A.," said Mr. Rignold, "has certain information in its possession, and Dr Thompson, the plaintiff, is entitled to it as a matter of right." "An alleged…

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Surry Hills Murder. Man and Woman Charged. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

The death of Francis Charles Kennedy, a railway porter, who was found at Sophia-street, Surry Hills, on June 17, was again mentioned at the Central Police…

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Stolen Suiting Laboeer's Theft Arrested While Dining

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court this morning, George Harris, alias Vincent Cook (28), laborer, was charged with having stolen a piece of suiting valued…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 29. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 7

Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfetted. James Walker (34), labourer, was fined 10s,…

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Child Murder Protection for Mothers Bill Before Commons

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

The Child Murder Trial Bill was recently before a Standing Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. J. H. Thomas presided, and both women…

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Eighty Arrests Bathenau's Murder Student Conspirator LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent in Berlin states that five more arrests have been made in assassination, including Schutt…

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LATE G. W. MITCHELL Tributes in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

Sympathetic reference was made by Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M.. at the Newcastle Police Court this morning to the death of Mr. G. W. Mitchell…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 7

Hearing was concluded of the action in which Morris Light and Son, furniture manufacturers, of Newcastle, proceeded against Albert Roney to recover £12 2s…

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"In Grip of Crime" Unenviable Records in U.S.A. Police Deterioration 100 Murders in New York in Three Months

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 6

The following is a remarkable summary of American newspaper comment on the "crime wave" in the United States:— An even hundred murders in the first tree and a half months of 1322 and…

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Riviere Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 5

Gerald Riviere, who was charged with having obtained £1000 unlawfully, has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment…

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"Dangerous Fellow" Riviere Goes to Gaol Police Review of Career LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 1

"Baron" Gerald Riviere was acquitted of obtaining money under false pretences, but was convicted of fraudulently converting money to his own…

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References in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 7

References to the death of Mr. Mitchell were made at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday. The matter was introduced by Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., who said…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 30. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 10

Five persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. Horace Foulds, 39, labourer, and John…

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