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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Newcastle Police. Commission of Inquiry. an Anonymous Letter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

Further evidence was taken yesterday in the Newcastle Courthouse before the Royal Commission anointed to inquire into allegations in regard to the…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and J. M'Kensey, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 7

The renewal of the license of the General Roberts Hotel, New Lambton, was granted to John Klem…

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Lassoed in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 2

An extraordinary scene was witnessed in the local assize court of Monthrison after an elderly widow had been condemned to twenty years' hard labour for…

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Strike in Marseilles. Conflict with Police. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 5

Five hundred navvies who were engaged on canal works in Marseilles have gone on strike. The men come into conflict with the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Easter and the Show.—that State Ferry Causes a Storm.—the Man Who Owns Property.—a Little Burglary Boom.—the Share Market.—"puffing Billies" in Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 4

We are having exquisite Easter weather. If it is correct to say that Easter brings the rain, then of course, it is not Easter weather at all. The city,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 17. (Before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, J.P.) Minor Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 7

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, and one of them, Nicholas…

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Murder in a Train. Jewellers' Travellers Killed Moscow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 5

Two brothers named Dalmain, representing Parisian jewellers, have been murdered in a sleeping car of a train between Baku and Moscow…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 18. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 11

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Stephen Earl (56), miler, and…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, April 19. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 3

A. S. King and William Hitchins, charged by Municipal Inspector Jurd with allowing stock to stray in streets, were each fined 5s, with 6s costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 19. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Samuel Hill or Fitzgerald (53),…

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The Clapham Murder. Morrison's Reprive. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 5

In reply to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, said the reprieve of Stini[?]…

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Robbery and Murder. Four Waiters Arrested. Moscow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 5

[?]otel waiters have been arrested in the charge of murdering the [?] Delanin, travellers for French [?] while on a journey from…

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Newcastle Police. Commission of Inquiry. Inspector-general's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 4

Further evidence was taken to-day before the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into allegations in regard to the administration of the law by the police…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 6

Messrs. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and "Elias Bowden occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Stephens was fined 5s, with 6s…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, April 20. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 6

John Henry Hardcastle was fined £1, or seven days, for being drunk at Lambton. Henry Burgess was fined 10s, or three days' Imprisonment, for a similar…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 20. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

Two first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, or the rising of the Court; George Cusick (47), hawker, and Alexander Morrison (30),…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

R. Hall and Son, of Newcastle, v, E. G. Shore, of South Grafton, claim for £7 7s 3d, goods sold. Verdict for the amount with 5s 9d costs…

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Newcastle Police. Commission of Inquiry. the Anonymous Letter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

Further evidence was taken at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into allegations in regard to the…

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Peter the Painter. a Russian Police Officer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

Mr. Laurence Irving, the well-known actor, has frequently befriended Russian refugees. Speaking with him about the…

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Theft Up to Date

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 3

Temesvar, in Hungary, has been the scene of a particularly during series of depredations by an unknown individual, who discovered that it is simpler and…

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