Cessnock Police Court
Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M. occupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. William Player was fined £2, with 8s…
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Courts & crime, 1922
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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 22. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Theft of Coal
John Bowditen (49), coaltrimmer, was charged with stealing a quantity of coal, valued at 1s 6d, the property of the Railway Commissioners. Constable Murphy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closed Court Protest from Lambton
The threatened closure of Lambton courthouse against future sittings is not taken kindly by the council. It insists that the conveniences of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hornsby Murder Death of Frank Kemmis Medical Witnesses Examined Widow's Emotion at Inquest Sydney
It is now over six weeks since Frank Cecil, Kemmis, the manager of the Homsby branch of the Government Savings Bank, was battered to death in a North Shore line train for his strong-room and safe keys. The keenest detectives in Sydney have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)
Thomas Taylor, a contractor, of Carrington, proceeded against Thomas James Perrau, of 46 Parry-st., Hamilton, to recover £7, which was alleged to be due…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Ten 1922 Commandments Police Court Sentence
The American courts are devising new punishments. Instead of the usual prison confinements, distinctive and adequate alternatives are being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hornsby Murder. Inquest Opens Sydney
Mr. Jamleson, the city coroner, to-day held an inquest concerning the death of Francis Cecil Kemmis, who was found with his skull fractured in a train on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 23. (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 forfeited. Isaac Weir, 46, cook, was fined £1, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fallen Leader Successor Uncertain Murder Epidemic No Sympathy With Rebels LONDON
"The Times" Dublin correspondent says it is difficult to estimate the effect of the death of Michael Collins, it is certain, however, that there can be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clever Theft Jewellers Imprisoned Police Too Late "What's the Fuss About?" LONDON
"He turned on his heel, laughed, bowed himself out, and slammed tho door; and that's the last we saw or him," is how a jeweller's assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bohemian" Life Amazing Evidence Students Charged
Stated to be forty-nine years of ago and calling herself a Bohemian." Mrs. Goldworthy, of Fortis Green-road. Muswell Hill (London), is said to have a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 25. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Six persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited, Simon Antonio, 48, seaman, was fined £3, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cupid in Court Girl's Hour of Peril
A marriage was arranged at the Old Bailey (London) by the Recorder, Sir Ernest Wild, who has before him a young woman charged with forging and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court
At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., two persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alligator in Court Comedy of Error Before Magistrate
Great amusement was caused at Bow-street police station, London, when P.C. Sullivan arrived with a dignified defendant and a stuffed alligator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Murder Mission
Following an announcement that a German officer on a special mission to assassinate M. Poincare had crossed the frontier, the Paris police arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Day Out" Young Men Charged Kurri Liquor Case
Two young men, Vincent Farrell (21) and John Dougall (21), said to be residents of the Farley district, were this morning, at Kurri Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"What's It For?" Callous Murder Outrage Near Dublin LONDON, Sunday Night
"The Times" correspondent at Dublin reports that a callous murder look place outside Dublin. A motor car pulled up in a lane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Maltese Cross Woman's Jaw Fractured Husband Uses Fire Scraper After-dinner Assault at Stockton
There was great excitement in William-street, Stockton, on August 12. Matthew Ross (44), a "paper-weight" Maltese, got angry because his wife did not have dinner ready, and he showed his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault on a Girl West Maitland Offence
Having pleaded guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to an Indecent assault on a girl of nine at West Maitland, Rex Ambrose Waldon…
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