Alleged Assault and Robbery
Henry Clement Morris was charged with having, at West Maitland, on June 3, 1922, assaulted and robbed Herbert Augustine O'Brien of £5. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1922
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Jury Disagrees Maitland Assault Charge
The jury, after being locked up last night, failed to agree in the case at the Maitland sessions in which Henry Clement Morris was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Why Withdrawn? Pit Pony Cases Magistrate's Inquiry
The only two summons cases listed for hearing at the Newcastle Police Court this morning were in connection with alleged breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →25 Miners Fined Abermain Trouble Magistrate's Grief
The postponed cases against employees of the Abermain Colliery Co.'s No. 1 mine were proceeded with at the Kurri Police Court this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surry Hills Murder Sydney
William Williamson, aged 28, who was arrested at the same time as Frederick Reardon and Esther Eggers, who were committed for trial yesterday on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hornsby Murder. Reward Increased Sydney
The State Cabinet to-day decided to increase the reward of the Government for information leading to the conviction of the Harnsby murderer to £500…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Feeble Character Sent to Long Bay Assault and Robbery
In sentencing Andrew Jones to 12 months' imprisonment at the State penitentiary for assaulting and robbring John Charles Bishop of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improper Conduct By School Teacher Gaol for Three Years
Three years' penal servitude was passed by Judge Hamilton at the Maitland Sessions to-day on Thomas Oswald Shepherd, a school teacher of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 18. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Four persons charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. Two other first offenders were each fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unhappy Immigrant Gets Nine Months' Gaol Wet Clothes Not Liked
Arthur Samuel Claude Cochrane, a rosy faced young man of 22, came from England to Australia last February. His sojourn in sunny New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Enough Police Lambton's Lone Sergeant
The need for more adequate police protection at Lambton was brought to the notice of the Inspector-General about six months ago by the council,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Edition Last Minute News Prince and Two-up Magistrate's Warning "Will Have to Appear" SYDNEY
If the Prince of Wales ever enters into recognisances to appear here for playing two-up or anything else, he will have to appear, said Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)
Lily Sutton, the proprietress of a butchering business In Stockton, proceeded against Alice Punshon, of Mayfield, to recover £7 8s 9d, which was stated to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Dying for Ireland" No Sliming Hired Assassins Murder of Sir Henry Wilson Good War Record of Criminals LONDON
The trial of Reginald Dunn and Joseph O'Sullivan, the murderers of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, lasted three hours. Witnesses told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)
The license of the Killingworth Hotel was transferred from George James M'Geachle to James M'Leod. The following licenses were renewed: Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court
Mr. F. W. C. Grance, P.M., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday, Clive Senior, Andrew Callaghan, Fred Jarvis and William Yates were- charged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gaol at 15 Theft by Boy Six Months' Imprisonment
Being stranded at Stroud, John Alfred Witter, a 15-year-old lad, stole a lady's watch to get him back to his parents at Stockton. His escapade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hornsby Murder. Sydney
The decision of the Government and the Government Savings Bank to increase the reward for the Hornsby Murderer by one hundred per cent brought a rush of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir H. Wilson's Murder
At the trial of Reginald Dunn and Joseph O'Sullivan, who, as reported yesterday, were found guilty of the murder of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 19. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfelted. John O'Donnell (49), was fined £1 or five…
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