Police Cases
Patrick John Ryan pleaded guilty to having used indecent language, and was fined £3, or a month's imprisonment. Patrick O'Brien was fined 40s. and 3s…
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Courts & crime, 1923
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Boy Misses Tea Result of Assault
Alexander Charles, Forsyth, a single man, pleaded guilty at the Newcastle plice court to-day, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., to having assaulted, under…
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Scotland Yard believes that it has obtained an important clue to the murderers of the taxi-driver Dickie. A woman has given a detailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I Am Sorry" Theft Charge Traveller's Temptation
"I don't know what came over me. I was tempted, and I took the things. I have not disposed of anything; they are all up in my room."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 12. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and two others forfeited their bonds. Upon charges of drunkenness Sam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mentally Deficient Minty in Court Valueless Cheque Case
The case in which Frank Joseph Minty. a landsalesman, was charged with having fraudulently obtained the mm of £2 7s by means of a valueless cheque, again…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Knocked Down Fish Shop Fracas Struggle With Police SYDNEY
After a violent struggle three men were arrested at the point of the revolver by the police in Surry Hills early yesterday morning. They were…
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Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Patrick John Ryan was fined £3, in…
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In the Small Debts Court this afternoon, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., Mrs. May Ryan appeared as the interpleader in the matter of Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sun Stop-press Theft of £2750
Armed men bailed up two pay clerks at Spencer-street railway offices, Melbourne, grabbed a bag with £2750, jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remanded to Maitland Blind Man Charged Alleged False Pretences
Edward Hill, otherwise known as Everard Currie Brickhill, a blind man, aged 34, was remanded by Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the police court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 14. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and the bail of four others, wro did not appear, was forfeited. George…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Art O'brien Returning to Gaol But Fights To Travel First Class LONDON
Art. O'Brien has returned to custody, and has been lodged at Scotland Yard. O'Brien, on arrival at Holymead, objected to travelling to London third-class, and demanded first-class accommodation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Pay Forgery Charge Young Man In Court
"I was forced to do it. I was in debt. My wife is to be confined shortly and I want to get a few things together."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irish Envoys Again Sedition Cases Remanded Women Rush Into Court Bail Granted Without Silence Bond SYDNEY
About 100 people welcomed the Irish Republican delegates when they arrived at the Central Police Court to-day, on remand, to answer the charge of sedition laid by the State authorities. There was none of that wild cheering that had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attack on Sister Brother Charged Melbourne Assault Case MELBOURNE
At the St. Kilda Court yesterday Percy Glaysher, aged 24 years, an electrician, was charged with having wounded May Olive Claysher, his…
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Alexander Campbell Mason, aged 22, a cabinetmaker, with no fixed abode, was charged at the Brixton Police Station late on Monday with the wilful murder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 15. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)
Three persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, were dealt with in the usual way. Robert Moore, 48, and John Wilson, 47, were each fined…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland District. Warden's Court. Forty-nine Applications
Forty-nine applications were lodged by Albert Andrew Holland, a mining agent, at the East Maitland Warden's Court yesterday, for authority to enter private…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Basket Ball Hamilton School Club Court Wanted
The Hamilton Public School Basket Ball Club has a good team of players who practise in Gregson Park under the conductorship of Miss…
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