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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 87

Cheap Boots Crush at a Sale Police Stop Business SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 5

Owing to a sale to a bootshop, 2000 women struggled for admittance, and many fainted in the crush. The police had to stop the sale…

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Maitland District. West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P. M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Twelve defendants were prosecuted for…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. F. W. C. Crane, L.M., the adjourned application of a billiard license at Cessnock…

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Boxer-bookmaker Outed with Hammer North London Assault LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 5

Five men have been remanded on charges of assaulting Tancy Lee, formerly feather-weight champion, and now a bookmaker. In North London,…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 28. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 3

Eight persons, charged with drunkenness for the first time, did not appear, and their bail deposits were forfeited. Joseph Stephen Duthie (45), carpenter,…

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Murder Mystery at Arncliffe Death of Five-Year-Old Boy Grandfather's Tragic Discovery Police Searching for a Clue SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 5

Until the post mortom disclose the nature of the injuries which caused the deaths of percival Frederick Carratt, aged five, nothing definite can be ascertained by the police. But there is a suspicion that the boy was set upon and benten by other boys, and…

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Taxi-cab Murder Mason Again Remanded Magistrate Urges Caution LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 1

Hetty Colquhoun, 22, who is living with Vivian, giving evidence at Lambeth Court in the charge of murder against Mason, said that Mason was…

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Thought He Was a Girl Lovett's Alleged Confession Culmination of Arncliffe Tragedy Assisted Immigrant Charged with Murder SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 5

Leonard Henry Lovett, the 18-year-old English youth, arrested by the police last night, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with the murder of the five-year-old boy, Percival Fred Garratt, at Arncliffe on Monday night…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 29. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Two first offenders, Charged with drunkenness, were admonished and discharged, and the bail of two others who did not appear was forfeited. Thomas Allen…

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Murder at Arncliffe. Little Boy the Victim. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 6

The mystery as to the cause of the death of Percival Carratt, aged 5, whose body was found on a vacant piece of land at Arncliffe last night, has been…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Booth licenses were granted G. Galperin, of the Great Britain Hotel, Newcastle, for the grandstand and members' stand at Newcastle races on June 4; to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Verdicts with costs of court, were given for the amounts stated in the following cases, in which the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board…

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The Forceps Case Plaintiff Faints in Court Defence Entered Upon. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 7

The hearing of the claim of Annie Corcoran now a resident of Stockton (N.S.W.), against Dr. Lillian Cooper, for damages for alleged negligence at an…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane P.m., presided at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. Andrew Callaghan pleaded guilty to a charge of having used indecent language…

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Industrial Court. Wednesday, May 30. (Mr. H. C. Shaw, Chief Industrial Magistrate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 7

Edward Wright was summoned by the Electrical Trades Union of New South Wales to recover the sum of £7 7s, claimed to be due by him as a member…

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The Arncliffe Murder. Lovett Appears in Court Alleged Confession Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 4

"Leonard Henry Lovett, aged 17 years and 10 months, who was arrested last night in connection with the death of the little boy Pereival Carratt, at…

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SENTENCED Words On Ambulance Widespread Competition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 5

The Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Cornish) is going to have a very busy time judging the sentences founded on the word "Ambulance."…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 7

Three persons, who had been locked up for drunkenness for the first time, and admitted to bail, did not appear, and their hail deposits were forfeited. Two…

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Australians at Court Two Days' Lists London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 4

Australian presentations at court to-day include Mrs. Herbert Brookes. Mr. Ernest Byrn[?]s, Mrs. D. C. Cameron, Misses Gwen Fuller and Helen…

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Sydney Harbour Collision Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 5

The Marine Court consisting of Judge Cohen, with Captains Vine Hall and Reid as assessors, to-day commenced its inquiry into the circumstances…

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