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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 87

Charge of Murder Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

David Kelly, 38, was charged at the City Court to-day with the murder of Ada Florence overall, at Millgrove, near Warburton, on June 25, 1922. He was also…

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Chorus Girl in Dock Alleged Theft At Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 6

Described as a chorus-girl, and giving an address in Vauxhall Bridge-road, Victoria, England, Gladys Gillespie, 21, was brought up at North…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

Four persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their ball deposits were forfeited. Ten other first offenders were admonished…

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Cessnock Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 8

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., ocupied the Bench at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. Charles Oxa and Henry Hall were each…

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Motorist Fined Magistrate's Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 5

Alfred John Wheeler was fined £3 at the Kurri Police Court to-day, with 8s costs of court, and 13s witness's expenses, for driving a motor car to the dancer of…

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Murder in Leitrim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 7

Dr. Patrick Muldeen, the local military attendant at Mohill, Leitrim, was shot dead by three armed men…

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Military Methods Cadet Was Present Magistrate's Criticism

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 6

The method of verifying the attendance of cadets at parades came in for criticism from Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Newcastle police court to-day, when John…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 20. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 9

Four first offenders were, death with for drunkenness. For improper behaviour, Edward Green (21) was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment. Harry Crown (42)…

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Court Procedure New System Dropped SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 6

Apparently Mr. Jennings, S.M., has taken notice of the remarks made yesterday by the Minister for Justice regarding the closing of police courts…

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The Steel Works Application to the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 7

In the Full Industrial Court to-day before Mr. Justice Edmunds, Judges Curlewis and Beeby, an application was made on behalf of the Broken Hill…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M. An Excitable Defendant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 9

Joseph Mason a coal trimmer, of Tigho's, Hill, said Elizabeth Evans, a married woman, of Carrington, to recover £1 6s 6d said to be the value of four hens…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 9

Booth licenses for the Wallsend races on March 31 and April 2, were granted to Samuel Miller, licenses of the Great Northern Hotel, Wallsend. The following…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane,P.M., occupied the Bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday Andrew Dunn pleaded guilty to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 21. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 7

Henry Fretwell (63), cook, was fined 10s, in default three days imprisonment, for drunkenness. Andrew Johnson (36), miner, was fined £5, in default two…

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Fired at Shape Noise In Backyard Shot in the Dark Murder Intent Charge SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 5

John Thomas Woolford (49), butcher, was charged at Parramatta Court to-day with having shot at frederick George Maddeeks, on…

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Less Crime But Daily Shootings Continue Irish Decrease Police Regain Authority LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 1

When opening the Londonderry Assizes, Mr. Justice Wilson announced that there had been a marked diminution of crime in the county…

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The International Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

A telegram from Philadelphia states that Senator Pepper, a newly-elected member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said there was nothing in the record of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 8

Two persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear end their ball deposits were forfeited. Carl Holmquist, 23, and Ola Linden,…

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Egyptian Fracas Soldiers Fight Police Thirty Wounded London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 1

The Cairo newspapers report a fracas in an obscure quarter of the town of Tanta, 60 miles from Cairo, between the Egyptian police and…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 12

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., Patrick James O'Dougherty, 30, and Frank Lindsay, 65, were each fined 10s, or three…

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