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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 90

"Drunken Brute" Tram Men at Law "Technical" Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 5

"This is a case of a drunken man coming up to another man who is in-offensive and doing nothing, and making insulting remarks. There is…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 9. (Before Mr. R. Selling, J.P.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited the amounts of their bonds, and another one was fined 5s, in default two hours' detention. William…

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Prohibition and Restraint Mine Owners Want Rule Nisi Southern Collieries Conditions Application Before High Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 5

The coal industry was much concerned by an application which was made to-day in the High Court before the Chief Justice (Sir Adrian Knox), Justice Higgins, Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Justice Starke…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 11. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 7

Eight persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. Another first offender was fined 5s, or two…

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Brief Liberty Release From Gaol Immediate Re-arrest MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

The gates of Pentridge opened yesterday, and after three years Alexander Harast, aged 33, laborer, who had been sentenced for house-breaking, was a free…

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Moree Murder John Curran on Trial. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, John Jeremiah Curran, aged 45, was tried on a charge of having murdered Thomas Rogers Hogan, Mayor of Moree, on…

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Charlestown Court Not Being closed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 4

In reply to representations made by Mr. Connell, M.L.A., in relation to the letters of Mr. C. Smith, hon. secretary, Charlestown progress…

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Triple Tragedy Murder and Suicide Metal Broker's Worry LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

A triple tragedy has occurred in a fashionable quarter of Croydon. Harry Kaye, aged 50, shot his wife and three-year-old son, and then committed suicide…

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Lambton Court May Soon Be a School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 4

Someone performed the obsequies at Lambton courthouse yesterday. All the books and records kept during the past 40 years were bundled…

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Forty-four Hours Question Full Court Decision. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 4

The Full Federal Arbitration Court today, in a judgment, refused the claim by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Timber Workers' Union that 44…

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The Coal Tribunal. South Coast Claims. High Court Proceedings Injunction Upheld. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

The question of the competency of the Coal Tribunal to hear the South Coast miners' claims came up before the High Court to-day, in the form of an…

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Magistrate's Doubt Trouble Over Oysters Suspected Theft Ferrymen in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

Four dozen oysters, which have bean away from their native mudbanks at Moscheto Island for the past five weeks, were the exhibit in a…

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Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

His Honor Judge Hamilton heard the case of William Charles Johnson v. Matilda Jane Johnson, in divorce jurisdiction, at the Maitland District Court,…

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Fair Rents Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

John Ure was the applicant and Alec Oakley Kimbrey the respondent in an application to the Fair Rents Court Newcastle, this morning…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 12. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 2

One person, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and his ball deposit was forfeited. John Henry Powell (51), seaman, was fined 10s,…

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Not Justified Lambton Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 8

In reply to his representations in relation to the letter of the town clerk, New Lambton, protesting against the abolition of the Court of Petty Sessions at…

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West Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, September 12. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 3

John Charles Ryan, for having been drunk in" Laidley-stret, was fined 5s, with 8s costs, in default two days' imprisonment. James Thompson, also for a…

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Trainees in Court. Conscientious Objectors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

Lieutenant M'Innes, area officer, proceeded against eleven senior cadets at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday for failing to attend compulsory parades,…

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Maitland District Court. Before His Honor Judge Hamilton.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 3

The Maitland District Court was opened yesterday, before his Honor Judge Hamilton, at the Court-house, East Maitland…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 2

In the claim for damages and rent by Evelyn E. Edwards against Arthur Bridge, in regard to premises tenanted by the defendant, the magistrate gave plaintiff a…

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