A Mean Theft
A sentence of two years and six months imprisonment was imposed on Raymond John Pickering, who pleaded guilty to stealing from the dwelling of Robert…
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Courts & crime, 1923
1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 87
Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 6. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and the ball of another, who did not appear, was forfeited. Albert…
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Consider a Court of Justice well. The Judge is there, independent of all, to do what he has sworn to do, without fear, favour, or affection. Take him in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
J. M'Leod. Killingworth Hotel, Killingworth, was granted a duplicate license, the original having been lost. A transfer was granted of the license…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, District Registrar.)
Re Alfred Shockleton, Bennett-street, Hamilton. The matter had come for reexamination. There were no creditors present, and the public examination was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Would Give £200 Hannah Mitchell's Alleged Offer Yarra Murder Inquest Witness Remembers a Conversation MELBOURNE
There were scores of loungers outside the morgue this morning waiting in the hope that countermanded orders might permit them to go inside and hear the resumed inquest concerning the death of Bertha Cough[?]an. But they were not allowed inside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
In the case, Edward Evelyn Robbins v. William O'Loughlin, Newcastle, the plaintiff claimed £16 for work done. Defendant had paid £8 into court, claiming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bigamy Case Liner Romance Tale of Complications Man and Girl in Court
A somewhat complicated story of matrimonial experiments was told to the recorder at the Old Bailey (London), when Dorothy Louisa Jones, aged 22, was The story of a line romance which ended in the police court wan told at Blackpool (England), when a smartly-dressed couple, Hurry Taylor, 28, and Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The World Court. Harding's Intention to Enlist Public Favour (Australian Cable Association.) New York
President Harding, in a letter to Lieutenant-Governor Bloom of Ohio, responding to a resolution in the State Assembly commending the President's attitude…
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Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Ernest Middleton, a stranger, was…
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Ralph Jackson, a steward, was charged before Mr. Perry. S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court this morning with having stolen £10 in money,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 7. (Before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M.) Improper Behaviour
James Sweeney, 36, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment for improper behaviour in Brown-street on the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Committed for Trial Verdict Against Nurse Mitchell Murder Inquest Ended What Was the Bundle in the Car? MELBOURNE
Further sensational evidence was given at the inquest on Bertna Coughlan. which was continued to-day. Again a crowd that gathered at the doors of the Coroner's Court, was refused admission…
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An engineer employed in the mines, who is also a union man, giving evidence at the second Herrin trial, pointed out an official of the Miners Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 8. (Before Mr. A. R. Perry. S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, who had been looked up for drunkenness, and was admitted to ball, did not appear, and his bond was fomeited, and another was fined 5s, or…
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Much mirth was caused in tho Oxford county court by William Frederick Holliday, a woll known local bird fancier, who claimed 25s. the value of a canary. Shortly after the court had been rocking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 9. (Before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M.) Drunkenness
After examining the record of John Prior, 32, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, the magistrate asked if prohibition orders ware any good in…
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Senator Borah, in a public speech, advocated the recognition of Russia, and the formation of a real International Court, with compulsory features…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Was Ear Torn Off? Alleged Assault British Officer Implicated LONDON
It is reported from Vienna that Lieutenant-Commander Hart-Dyke, who at tho beginning of February forcibly secured a passport belonging…
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The Cessnock Chamber of Commerce received a letter from the Minister for Justice refusing the Minister for Justice refusing the appointment of a Licensing Court for…
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