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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Sawyer's Gully Tragedy. Charge of Murder. the Inquest Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 5

Thomas Edward Riley was brought before Mr. G. Brown, J.P., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday morning, and was formally charged with having…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 27. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 8

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined is in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Joseph Foley (64), tinker, was fined £1, in…

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Murder in Paris. a Wealthy Belgian. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

M. Vernarsch, a wealthy Belgian eccentric, disappeared from his villa three months ago. He has now been discovered buried…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 3

William Steel pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, or seven days, for being drunk at Lambton, and was fined 40s, or fourteen days' gaol, for using improper…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 28. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness were each fined 1s, in default Imprisonment untill the rising of the Court. William King (32), labourer,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 29. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined is, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the court. William King, 32, labourer, was fined £1, in…

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Federal Arbitration. the High Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 5

"Those people who, a little while ago, were so anxious to throw Messrs. Holman and M'Gowen out of the Labour party and out of the Labour movement, because they…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 7

Verdicts Were given with costs for the amounts claimed in the following cases:—India Rubber and Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company, Limited, v…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 7

F. G. Thomas, Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, was granted extension of time to complete alterations. R. G. Burn, Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, Lena M'Laren,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 30. (Before Mr. M.H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 1s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Alexander Morrison (29),…

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Sawyer's Gully Tragedy. Alleged Wilful Murder. Brother Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of Bernard Bryan Riley, who was shot dead at Sawyer's Gully on Saturday last, was concluded, before Mr. G. Brown, the district…

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Collision at Newcastle. Natal Trasport and Archer. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the Marine Court to-day into the circumstances of the collision between the Natal Transport and the Newcastle and Hunter River…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, July 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 7

A first offender charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d in default imprisonment for five minutes. Seaman's Case…

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Court at Windsor. Municipal Welcome. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 5

The King held a Court at, Windsor yesterday. His Majesty, in acknowledging the municipal welcome, said, "It is my…

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Espionage in Germany. a Frenchman Sentenced. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 5

Captain Lux, a Frenchman, the conductor of an Intelligence Bureau at Belfort, on the German frontier, who was in regular communication with…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 3. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 7

James Finney pleaded guilty to having used improper language in a tramcar running between Newcastle and Plattsburg, on Saturday evening. Inspector W…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 7

Seven first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes, and one of them, Charles Morley (40), labourer,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Andrew Reynolds (40), seaman, was fined 5s, in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 5. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 7

John Lauren, 38, labourer, William Hornby, 25, fireman, and John Callaghan, 34, labourer, were each lined 5s, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment for…

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Threatening Letters. Ex-police Inspector Guilty. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

A the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, yesterday, a former police inspector named Syme was found guilty of sending threatening letters—in one…

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