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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 87

Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 6

Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Axel Pederson, 32, fireman, wan fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment, for…

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Newcastle Industrial Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. C. G. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Hairdressers' Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

John Francis O'Relly, secretary of the Hairdressers and Wig-makers' Employees' Union, proceeded against Samuel Barnett, a tobacconist, of 97 Hunter-street,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

A case in which Alice Blair was the complainant and Thomas Richard Herd and William Ridley were the defendants, was called, but was struck out, there…

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Certified Lunatic Murder Delusion Man With Chocolates LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 4

Tattam, who is charted with the attempted murder of Sir William Horwood, Police Commissioner, was previously defined for some years as a…

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Attempted Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 5

Walter Tathamn, of Belham, was charged at the Bow-street Police Court, yesterday, with attempting to murder Sir William Horwood, the Chief of Police, by means…

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Murder in Fiji

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

An Indian named Pamma Reddi was recently murdered in the Island of Tavenul, on an estate owned by a half-caste called Valentine…

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Stop-press Murder Mystery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 6

Following on the discovery of the nude body of a woman in the River Yarra, Nurse Hannah Mitchell has been arrested and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 2. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Vagrancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 11

George Wilson, 24, John Richard Medley, 21, and Francis King, 23, who pleaded not guilty, were each sentenced to seven days' imprisonment, on a charge of…

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Police Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 6

To-day was another light day at West Maitland Police Court, Roy Searles was fined 10s with 8s costs, for alighting from the wrong side…

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Melbourne Murder. How Police Obtained Clue. Melbourne

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

Margaret Mitchell, who, with her mother, Nurse Hannah Mitchell, was arrested in connection with the finding of a girl's body in a sack in the Yarra, has…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 6

The licence of the Rutherford Hotel was transferred from the late Wm. Hogan to Mary Agnes Hogan, at the Licensing Court this morning…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 3. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 7

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

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Waiting for Funds Toronto Police 'Phone

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 6

Mr. Bennett, M.L.A. recently applied to have the police station at Toronto connected by telegphone He has received a reply from the…

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"Through Divorce Court" Thrilling Drama Sorlie's Canvas Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

That the popularity of George Sorlie's dramatic company is fast growing was manifested by the large audiences which tilled the Tent Theatre on Saturday night…

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Police Court

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

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Roy Searles, who alighted from the…

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Newcastle Police Court

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

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., Charles M'Lennon (49) was fined 10s or three days imprisonment, for drunken…

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Lamp Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Francis Sydney Parsons, a laborer, was charged at the Newcastle Police Court this morning with having on January 30 stolen a motor lamp…

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Maitland District. Police Hospital Carnival

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

Given fine weather, there should be a large attendance at the Police Hospital Carnival to be held on the Maitland Showground on Saturday afternoon and…

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Cessnock. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, P.M., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. On charges of riotous behaviour Thomas Jarrett and Charles Lightfoot were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 6. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 8

Francis Sydney Parson (17½), labourer, was charged with stealing at Newcastle on January 30 an acetylene motor lamp, valued at 12s 6d, the property of Arthur…

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