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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

1,794 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 90

Won Thousands Two Good Horses Racing Man in Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 7

J. S. O'Donnell (of J. S. and E. S. O'Donnell, trading as O'Donnell Race horse dealers and graziers). was further examined in the Bankruptcy Court by…

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Murder in Moscow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 5

A message from Moscow reports that M. Djerdjinsky, the Commissary for Internal Affairs, has been assassinated. He was known as the Soviet's handy…

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Maitland Odds and Ends £5 for Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 5

Rabbit skins, corn, a plane, brace an bit, and a few other odds and end of a carpenter's outfit portion of a bicycle a spare rim and tyre, and some bones were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 23. (Before Mr. R. Solling, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 6

Two first offenders, who had been locked up for drunkenness, and admitted to bail, did not appear, and their bonds were forfeited. Joseph Darragh,…

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Court in Street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 4

Leeds stipendiary magistrate held a temporary court around a motor ambulance in a side street adjourning the police court. Inside the ambulance was…

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Daring Burglary Tighe's Hill Sensation Post Office Money Stolen Thieves Use Gelignite to Burst Safe

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 5

After breaking into the post office at Tighe's Hill early this morning burglars blew open the safe with gelignite ans stole between £25 and £33. The burglary was particularly daring as the post office,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John L. Carlsen, Roy Buxton, Walter…

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Attack on a Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 5

A message from St. Paul, Minnesota, reports a sensational attempt at "gaol delivery," such as seems to have become typical throughout the American Middle…

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Money in Drawer Theft Charge Committal at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 6

William Cornish was charged at Cessnock police court to-day with having stolen from Brown Bros., produce store £21 10s in cash and a…

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Assassins Foiled Irish Ambush Escape from Gaol LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 1

An official Free State statement declares that an attempt to assassinate General Couffy in an ambush was defeated, the assailants being driven off…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 25. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 7

Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. John Peter Johnson, 28, was fined 10s, or…

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New Tennis Court St. David's Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 6

The St. David's Church of England Tennis Club opened their tennis court on Saturday afternoon last. The court has been built on a piece of…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. John M'Ginley was fined 5s, for…

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Newcastle Tributes Friend of Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 3

Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., paid a tribute to Mr. Justice Wade before commencing proceedings at the Newcastle Police Court this morning. "He…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 26. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 2

Joseph Laidley Ress, 40, shipwright, was fined 5s, or two hours imprisonment, for drunkenness. Herbert Gray, 26, sailor, was fined £1 10s, or ten days'…

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Death in Sydney Ex-police Officer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 5

The death occurred yesterday, at his residence, Grunville, near Parramatta, of Mr. Elijah Easterbrook, at the age of 57 years…

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Lambton Court Re-opening Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 8

Messrs. Connell, Murray, and Baddeley, M's.L.A., have received advice from the Under-Secretary of Justice, dated September 23, with reference to the…

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Industrial Court. Sitting in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 7

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, was occupied at the Newcastle Court House, yesterday, in hearing matters arising out of breaches of awards…

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Newcastle Collision Off the Harbor Marine Court Inquiry SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 6

The circumstances connected with the collision between the steamers Newcastle and Kinchela were related at a Marine Court inquiry to-day…

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Items of Interest to Hamilton Revision Court Hamilton Election Enrolment of 4000

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1922 · page 8

The duties of Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at the Revision Court held in the Hamilton Council Chambers yesterday afternoon were light, and…

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