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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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From Camp to Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 6

Lieutenant-Colonel the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Bigge, another of the new peers, saw active military service before he became attached to the Royal Household…

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Lawless Berlin. Drastic Police Order. Sensational Encounter. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 5

Two policemen overtook two thieves at Friedrichstrasse. Fifteen shots were exchanged, one policeman being killed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 8. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

A first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Imprisoned for Theft…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 9. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Patrick. Daley (46), labourer,…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, August 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 3

Horace Leslie Graham pleaded guilty to being drunk in Elder-street, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Herbert Oldham pleaded guilty to using…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 10. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

Frank Rankin (45), shearer, was fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment, and Bertha Valentine, or Bertha Mew Joy, £1, in default seven days'…

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Execution in France. Sailors Murder a Comrade. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 5

Two sailors have been executed on the Toulon rifle range for murdering a comrade at Ajaccio, in January…

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British Strikes. the Trouble Spreading. Trade Seriously Affected. Encounters with the Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 5

A general strike of carters has been ordered in London, and this will involve a further 10,000 men. Strikers yesterday overturned carts…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

The hearing was concluded of the case in which Frederick Elwin Clarke, miner's checkweighmnan at Lambton B Colliery, sued August Krake, machineman at the…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Abermain Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 6

Messrs. T. C. K. K'Kell, John Rourke, and Elias Bowden, L.Ms., at the West Maitland Courthouse, yesterday, heard the application of John Lambie, for the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

T. W. Dawson was granted a renewal of the license of the Argenton Hotel, Argenton, and Clarissa Mabel Teece, of the license of the Grand Hotel, Newcastle…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 11. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, and a third 5s, in default 24 hours'…

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Sydney Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 5

An inquiry was held at the Marine Court, Chancery-square, Sydney, yesterday, before Judge Backhouse and Captains F. Bracegirdle and D. Dakin…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

A transfer was granted of the license of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Newcastle, from J. Sample to Florence Hogan…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 12. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 7

Euoch Winsor, 37, labourer, was fined 5s, in default two days' imprisonment. Thomas Donovan, 54, seaman, 10s, in default, three days' imprisonment, and…

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Confession of Murder. Queenslander's Suicide. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 5

The newspaper "John Bull" publishes an alleged confession of a man named Vernon, who was acquitted on a charge of murdering a man named…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 14. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 7

Robert Bower was charged with improper beliaviour in a public place, viz., the Wallsend railway station. A fine of 10s, with 6s costs, or three days' hard labour,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 14. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default, Imprisonment for live minutes, and two others for being drunk on the Newcastle…

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Anarchism in China. Attempted Murder. Canton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 5

Three Chinese Anarchists attempted to assassinate Admiral Li Chun by throwing a bomb at him. His bodyguard killed the assailants…

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Murder in Nigeria. British Officer Shot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 5

Owing to the murder by tribesmen of Mr. F. S. James, the District Commissioner, at Forcados. Southern Nigeria, a punitive expedition has left…

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