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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

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Police Hospital Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Further details in connection with the forthcoming Police Hospital Carnival were completed last night. Sergeant N. Haddon presided over a largely attended…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

Thomas Jones (55) was fined, £2, or one month's imprisonment, for improper behaviour, and £3, or a moth's imprisonment, for having made use of improper…

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Three Years' Gaol Italian Club Shooting Race Gang Feuds How to Beat the Tote LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

Two brothers, Cortesi, were sentenced to three years' penal servitude for shooting at an Italian, Harry Sabini, in a Clerkenwell club on…

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Mark Falls to Pieces Coal Barons Before Court-martial Impudent Taxation Fraud Germany Appeals for British Intervention London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

The German mark has gone to pieces on the London money market. It was quoted to-day at 112,000 to the pound. "The Times" correspondent in Berlin learns that a confidential German mission is going to London, to request intervention in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 19. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

Frederick Pochernekoff, 49, was charge with having, on January 18, in a house at 65 Maitland-road, Islington, 27½ tins of salmon, which might reasonably be…

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Alleged Murder Death of Afghan PERTH

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Frank Rosland, a half-caste Malay, was charged at the Cue quarter sessions with the murder at N[?]llagine of an Afghan named Zareen. The body of Zareen, with…

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Police Appeals' Board. Statement by Mr. Oakes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Mr. Oakes, the Acting Premier, stated to-day that the question of creating a system of appeal for members of the police force had not been abandoned,…

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Irish Outraces. Train's Great Leap. Murder of a Traveller. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

It is reported from Dublin that the Cork mail, travelling at forty-five miles an hour, swept safely over a chasm 12 feet wide, where the rebels had blown…

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Engaged to Married Man Girl's Escape What the Police Found SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Through the efforts of Detective Sergeant Alchin and Detective Maingay, a starting story has come to light of the doings of a married man…

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Head Battered Alleged Assault Two Men Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 4

With his head badly battered and an incised wound on the right side of his face. Alexander Shepherd (2 1/2), a young miner living at Holmesville…

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Herrin Murder Trials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

The five who were accused at murder in the Herrin mining outrages have been acquitted. The Jury deliberated for 26 hours, and…

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A Ku Klux Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

A further sensation has resulted from the Ku Klux inquiry. John Parker, a former sheriff, was shot dead by Klansmen during arguments over…

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Shopkeeper Robbed Notes Snatched Two Men Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

A Tighe's Hill shopkeeper, Cornollus Edward Rowe, was relieved of £1 10s while in the Centennial Hotel on January 15…

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Police Appeal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 4

Mr. Oakes, who in his capacity as Chief Secretary was responsible for the Police Appeal Board Bill introduced during the last session of…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 7

A first offender, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to ball, did not appear, and his bond was forfeited. Patrick O'Sullivan, 37, shearer,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., Presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis B. Duggon was charged with…

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Clean Sheet Police Court Record

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

For the first time for some years there was a clean sheet at the Newcastle Police Court this morning. Not oven a solitary drunk appeared, nor…

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The Police Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 6

The committee in charge of the police art union and hospital carnival, to be hold on Maitland Showground on February 10, have arrangements well in hand,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 22. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Riotous Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 7

A fine of £1, or five days' imprisonment, was imposed on Patrick Murphy (48), who pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour in Scott-street on…

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The Police Force. Statement by Mr. Oakes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 5

In a letter to the press, Mr. B. Fortescue, secretary of the New South Wales Police Association, criticised Mr. Oakes, the Acting Premier, for his attitude…

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