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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 90

Save Me From Police! Dash Through Window Desperate Fugitive MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 5

By breaking a window at the side of the premises of Rocke, Tompsitt and Co., wholesale chemists and druggists, of 292 Flinders-street, on the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 2

Verdicts for water rates were awarded the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against the following:—street, £14 2s 4d, with 7s costs;…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and C. Hibble, L.M s.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 2

Booth licenses for the Newcastle Showground on July 8, and for the Newcastle races on July 15 were granted to George Galperin, of the Great…

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Police Court

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

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the Beach at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. David Stewart Joyce was fined 30s, or…

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Digger in Gaol Comrades Seek Release

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

The Port Waratah sub-branch of the Soldiers' League has been trying for some time to secure the release from gaol of an ex-soldier who is…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 3

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

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"Language No Crime" Redfern's Resistance Police and Politicians

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

An elderly man with a long and varied police record caused considerable excitement in Hunter-street last night. He "painted the air" luridly LANGUAGE NO CRIME "I don't plead," he cried. "Your Worship," he continued addressing Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., "at the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 6. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 2

A first offender for drunkenness was fined one shitting or detention until the rising of the court. For similar offened James Ferguson, 39, labourer, and Robert…

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Found Dead Rothbury Farmer's Death Murder Suspected Gruesome Discovery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 6

A mysterious and sensational murder drama was staged in the lonely hills between Branxton and Singleton yesterday afternoon. A young…

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Catching Up Arrears Benefit of Gaol Mr. Blakeley and Shearers MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 6

During the debate on the address-in-reply in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Blakeley said that Mr. Justice Powers had made some…

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German Fighting Police and Workers Riot in Crowd of 25,000 LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says that fighting between workmen and police at Zwickan, in Saxony, was followed by an attack on the Town Hall…

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Lambton Police Court Thursday, July, 6, 1922

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 2

William Philliph, James Williams, and Arthur Hulin were charged with being found in the Marquis of Lorne Hotel on May 20 during prohibited hours. The defendants…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 2

James Pegg summoned George Milgate, of Kendall street, for the recovery of £5. He stated that the lent the defendant the money at different periods. The plaintiff's wife…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 7. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 7

One first offender, for drunkenness, was [?]rdered imprisonment until the rising of the court. Archibald M'Donald (32), seaman, on a charge of being absent without…

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Bond Frauds French Cases Pervotte Sent to Gaol LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

A message from paris states that Pervotte, who in February was charged with f[?]oud in issuing bonds, has been sentenced to three years…

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May Day in Paris—a Police Rush

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 6

Although May Day was quietly celebrated in Paris, it was necessary at times to invoke the services of the police. An aeroplane flew over the city and communicated by wireless in police headquarters every movement of the crowds. The photo, shows the police ru-king to preserve order at a point [?]ning which the serial observers were apprehensive…

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Murder or Misadventure? Death of David King Sensational Belford Mystery Violent Death on the Hills

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

Was David King murdered? That is the question which faces the police on the Belford mystery case. That a man should be murdered or even killed accidentally…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 2

At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M. bonde were forfeited in the cases of two first offenders charged with…

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Murder in a Train. Man Battered to Death. Attempted Bank Robbery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 5

Mr. Charles Kemmis, manager of the Hornsby branch of the Government Savings Bank, was brutally assaulted In a train on the northern side of the harbour…

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Theft on the Rand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 5

A message from Johannesburg states that the mines secret police are investigating one of the most daring robberies perpetrated on the Rand…

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