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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 87

Toronto Tennis New Court Voluntary Labor

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

One of the most recent progressive steps in Toronto, from a social standpoint, has been the formation of a public tennis club. Judging by the…

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The World Court. Mr. Hughes' Advocacy Some Republicans Support (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, Secretary of State, addressed the American Society of International Law, and answered the Senate's criticisms of President Harding's plan for…

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West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday Abraham Charlton was fined 10s, with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 30. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was admonished and discharged, and the bail of eight others, who did not appear, was forfeited. Thomas Allan…

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Cessnock Court Only One Drunk

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

There was only one charge of drunkenness on the list at the Cessnock police court this morning, when Major Crane, P.M., attended. The…

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Maitland District. Maitland Circuit Court. Hunter V. West Maitland Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

The case in which Robert Hunter is claiming £3500 from the West Maitland Municipal Council for alleged breach of the sanitary contract, held by him from…

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"No Lent Money" Faith and Fan-tan Chinese In Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

A diversion from the general routine of business was afforded an the police court this afternoon, when Tommy Faith, a Chinaman, keeping…

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Sabotage and Violence Lawlessness in the Ruhr Powerless Police Railway Bridge Blown Up LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 1

The French have seized four more coal mines on the Ruhr, at Gladbak, Recklinghaust and Gelsenkirchen…

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City Edition Last Minute News DISAFFECTION Irish Envoys' Offence Before the Court Conditionally Remanded SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

The two Irish Republican envoys, who, with another man, were arrested in the grounds of a private house…

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Theft of Jewellery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 7

For the fourth time in three weeks there has been a mysterious theft of jewellery from luggage in transit between Paris and London…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 1. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 10

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. For being drunk in Hunter-street, John Prior was…

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Maitland District. Maitland Circuit Court Hunter V. West Maitland Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 8

The case in which Robert Hunter is claiming £3500 from the West Maitland Municipal Council for alleged bleach of the sanitary contract, held by him from…

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American Liquor Law. Supreme Court's Ruling (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 7

The Supreme Court has upheld the Dougherty ruling under the prohibition amendment to the effect that foreign ships cannot bring liquor within the…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Sequel to Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 10

Alan Lewis, a driver, living at Southon-street, Mayfield, proceeded against G. T. Cottrill, sheet rolls manager at Lysaght's works, to recover £5 as damages…

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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 2 May 1923 · page 10

Booth licenses for the Newcastle Cup race meeting were granted to James Charles M'Intyre, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether,…

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Haul of Goods at Kurri Court Alleged Burglary

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

The well of the police court at Kurri yesterday looked more like a general store than a court of justice. There was a list of men's women's…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 2. Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 3

Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. Two other first offenders…

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Murder in Ireland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

Despite De Valera's proffered armistice, a dozen armed raiders surrounded Michael Reynolds' farm it Clooneaghy, seeking Reynolds' son, a former member of the…

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Coalfields Burglaries. Aberman Man Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

During last year, from February to' November, the Kurri Kurri Co-operative Society's Branch Stores at Weston and Abermain were burgled several times,…

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District Court Decisions. Compensation Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

The reserved decisions in five compensation canes by his Honor Judge Hamilton, at the District Court, held at the East Maitland Court-house, on…

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