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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 3. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 7

One first offender, for having been drunk, was fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the Court. Mathew Sinnott (36), James M'Namara (38), and Austro…

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Greta Police Court. Tuesday, May 2. (Before Mr. M. Fitzhardinge, S.R.P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 7

Thomas Faulds was charged with using, improper language in High-street, on April 8th. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, costs 6s, or 14 days…

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Murder of a Priest. an Appalling Crime. Madrid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

While a priest named Farguit was preaching at Motril, near Granada, denouncing the local immorality and irreligion, a youth rushed to the…

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Newcastle District Court. (Before Judge Docker.) Municipal Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 7

The appeal by the Newcastle Coal-mining Company against the lighting rate levled by the Merewether Municipal Council was again mentioned to-day. Mr…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 6

Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M. presided at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. Nellie Trench, was fined 40s, with 6s…

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Alleged Theft. a Barrister's Rings. Sydney

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

Before Mr. Maitland, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court this morning, May Hughes, a married woman, aged 23, was charged with stealing five gold brooches,…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, May 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

Thomas Owens, licensee of the Reservoir Hotel, Lambton, was charged with allowing a person to be on his licensed premises during prohibited hours on Good…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 4. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

Four first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, or the rising of the Court Duncan M'Donald (42), seaman, was fined £1, or seven days…

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Camorrist Trial. Scene in Court. Rome

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

A scene occurred at the trial of the Camorrists at Viterbo yesterday. When one of the accused was confronted with Abatemazzio, the…

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Newcastle District Court. (Before Judge Docker). Municipal Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

The hearing was continued of the case In which the A.A. Company appealed against the assessment by the Newcastle Municipal Council of about 155 acres of…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, Deputy Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

Re Patrick M'Laughlin, of Fern-street, Islington, labourer. Bankrupt said his bankruptcy was caused by reduction In wages from 11s. to 7s. 6d per day,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M., and Dr. J. Harris, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

Louisa Fulton, of West Wallsend, was granted a renewal of her colonial wine license. John Shaw, of Tattersall's Hotel, Plattsburg, was granted a renewal…

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Wireless Murder Chase

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 10

After a chase lasting over two months through Russia and Germany, Zogolowskl, a young Russian labourer, who is accused with two others, of murdering a banker…

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Murder of a Gum-digger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 9

A ghastly crime has just been sheeted home. It occurred in the depths of the Puhupuhi State Forest, and was committed by a Maori youth, only 18 years…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 5. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Gustav Helmer Ruberg (32) was sentenced to…

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Mexican Revolt. Capital Threatened. Murder and Pillage. Mexico City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

Two thousand rebels are threatening the capital. Famine conditions prevail, and the country is more unsettled than ever…

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Newcastle District Court. (Before Judge Docker.) Municipal Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

The hearing was continued of the case in which the A.A. Company appealed against the assessment by the Newcastle Municipal Council of about 155 acres of…

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The Dungog Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. V. Tillett, the Crown Sollcit[?] last week addressed on inquiry to the German Consulate in Sydney, to a[?] the result of the trial in Berlin…

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Police Party Lost. Starved to Death. Edmonton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 5

A letter has been received at Edmonton, in Canada, which tells how a mounted police party, was lost, owing to their guide becoming bewildered…

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Murder of a Woman. Body Found in a Box. Cairo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 5

The body of an unknown woman has been discovered in a box at Beutra, in Lower Egypt. The box had been sent from Cairo,…

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