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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 16. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. No Prosecution…

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Clapham Murder. Sentence to Death. Photographing Condemned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The trial of Stinie Morrison, charged with the murder of Leon Beron, on Clapham Common, on New Year's Day, was concluded at the Central Criminal…

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Alleged Libel. a Settlement in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

An action for £1000 damages for alleged libel was before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury to-day. The plaintiff was Thomas Horan, postmaster at Woonona (on the…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

A verdict was given, with costs, for the amount claimed in the case in which James Dart sued William Butcher, of Hamilton, for the recovery of £4 8s…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and F. G. Adrian, S.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

Booth licenses were granted for the Newcastle Show to Matthew Lynch, Australian Hotel, Newcastle, for the grandstand and ground, and to William…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 17. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Improper Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 9

Louis Rose (31), Isabel Ward (29), John Powell (42), labourer, and Alfred Smith (44), fish hawker (the last-mentioned being proceeded against by…

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Clapham Common Murder. an Appeal. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

Steinie Morrison, who was found guilty and sentenced to death on Wednesday last for the murder of Leon Beron on Clapham Common, is…

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The Indian Police. Charges of Torture. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

In the House of Lords yesterday Viscount Morley, the Lord President of the Council, replying to a question on behalf of the Secretary of State…

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Murder of a Naturalist. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

The German steamer Prinz Sigismund arrived to-night from Japan via German New Guinea. Captain Lenz brought news of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

Three first offenders charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Alexander Thomson (29), cook, was fined…

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General Cable News. Police Probationer Shot. Colombo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

Philip Mainwaring, a police probationer, has been shot dead at Colombo by a native constable…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 20. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 6

In the charge division two first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention for drunkenness. For using improper language Lance Dawson…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 20. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Playing Two-up…

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Camorrist Trial. a House of Murder. Viterbo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

The trial of the Camorrists was continued at Viterbo on Saturday. The interrogation of Morra, the leading prisoner, showed that he lived…

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South Wales Strike. Allowance for the Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

With reference to a vote of £15,000, to be moved in Committee of Supply in the House of Commons, for special allowance for the Metropolitan police…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 22. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Annie Regan, 24, domestic, pleaded guilty to a…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Papuan Explorers.—what Mr. Gullett Says.—the Late Mr. Walsh, Veteran.—japanese Goods in Sydney.—our Destroyers Cause Trouble.—a Boom in Burglary.—mr. Flowers on Football. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 4

It is well that the authorities didn't give up the search for the Papuan explorers. It was urged in one quarter down here that they should declare the…

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Murder in Paris. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

Apaches murdered a policeman at midnight on a crowded boulevard. The murderers used knives and revolvers…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 23. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 3

Two first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, or detention till the rising of the court. Albert Charles Ricketts, 49, labourer, was fined 5s,…

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The Bourke Murder. Accused Gives Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

The trial of Boris Senkovitch, the young Russian charged with the murder of Alexander Eismoud, near Bourke, on September 16th, 1910, was continued in…

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