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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 58 of 90

Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court' yesterday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., Thomas Cokeley, 49, fireman, was fined £1, with the alternative of five days'…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 10. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 7

Thomas Fardy (71) did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness, and his ball deposit was forfeited. James Richardson was fined 20s, or five days, for…

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"Ill Fix You!" Insulting the Police

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 7

"All I want is justice," exclaimed Sarah Jane Shaw, who was charged at Wallsend Police Court yesterday afternoon with having used insulting…

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Boy's Pitiful Plight Gaoled in Cellar Dungeon Five Months in the Dark Parents Charged with Cruelty

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 6

The pitiful plight of the five-year-old Syracuse child who lived five months in a cellar, played in the coal-bin, and slept in a soapbox beside the furnace, is told by the American papers. The faint cry of a child was heard…

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Divorce Court Case Newcastle Suit Restitution Application SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 7

In the Divorce Court Margaret Emily Lewis (formerly Calthorpe) sued for a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights, to be directed to…

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Shop Girls Arrested Theft at Store Heavy Haul

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 6

Two girls are under arrest in Oakland, U.S.A., while the police are searching for two more following the [?]covery of an alleged petty-thieving…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 11. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness were each fined 5s, with the alternative of two hours' detention…

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Maitland District. Warden's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 6

The Bench at the Warden's Court, held at the Last Maitland Courthouse yesterday, was occupied by Mr. F. W. C, Crane, P.M…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 6

At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., a remand until to-day was granted the police in the case of Lahmed Cassum…

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Inspector's Boots Seaman's Theft Carrington Comedy

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 5

The saying that "he would take you down for your socks" is quite a common one, but it is seldom that such a thing over happens in reality…

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"That Is Stealing" £29 in Pocket Drunk's "Find"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 5

"I picked it up at the George Hotel." This is how John Clark (60), laborer, accounted to Constable Gleeson…

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Wife Assaulted Fractured Jaw Colored Man Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 4

"It's his wife that he assaulted. She is going under the X-ray to-day. The doctor thinks she has a fractured jaw." MISS NELLIE GILCHRIST, A.V.C.M. (London), of Roslyn-avenue, Islington, of the Victoria College of Music…

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The Court Clock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1922 · page 4

In the middle of the trial of burglars In a Berlin court, a workman entered with a ladder and leaned It against the wall under the clock. Everybody…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Orane, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis Beshford alias Roy Wilson, on…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 14. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1922 · page 7

Five persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were for[?]. For saving made use of improper language in…

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Sandhill Drama Attempted Murder Servant Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 6

A strange drama of the sands was related at Southport Police Court when Annie Sheridan, aged 40, a domestic servant, was remanded on a…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 8

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Arthur Daubrey, for whom Mr. S. E…

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Yea Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 7

The inquest on Josephine M'Laughlin, whose death occurred under sensational circumstances on July 23, was opened at the Couthouse, Yea, to-day, before Mr…

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For the Week-end Dear Coal Theft at Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 4

A man who wanted some coal "for the week-end" was fined at the Newcastle Police Court this morning for taking 6d worth of "black diamonds"…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 15. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 10

John Harris (29), labourer, was fined 10s, or two days imprisonment, for drunkenness, and on a similar charge Joseph Woodford (48), labourer, was fined £1,…

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