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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 28. (Before Mr. J. E. M'Culloch, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 7

Charles Everett, 46, described as a clerk, was charged with having obtained from William Atkinson, on the 5th June, at East Maitland, the sum of £4 by means of a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes, and a third was fined 2s 6d, in default…

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King Arrested for Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 3

The arrest of the Akarigbo of Jebu Remo at Lagos on a charge of larceny has created an upheaval in the Jebu country. The Provincial Commissioner…

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A Madman's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 3

A sanguinary tragedy of passion has occurred at Salonica in the harem of the dethroned Sultan Abdul Hamid. A man named Yussuf All, it is stated, because…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 29. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. John Reid (30), labourer, was fined £1,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 30. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 7

One first offender, for having been drunk, was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' imprisonment. Sailors' Offences…

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London Police. Increase in Wages. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 5

Constables in the London police force have been granted an increase of 1s 6d a week in their wages. Proportionate increases have been…

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Lithgow Riot. Further Details. Police Officers Injured. Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 5

When the crowd, with a brass band, assembled in the vicinity of the blast furnace about six o'clock last evening, the musicians struck up the "Dead March." Before…

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Names Taken by the Police. What Mr. Hoskins Says. Lithgow, Wednesday afternoon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 5

It is reported that a hundred names leave been taken by the police in connection with the matter, and that Court proceedings, will follow…

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A Lunatic Released. Commits an Assault. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 5

A lunatic was brought up at a London police court yesterday on a charge of assaulting a lady. The evidence showed that he had…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 31. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 7

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

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, Deputy Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 7

Its Charles Henry Hicks Brittain of Merewether, carpenter. The single meeting of creditors closed, and the public examination was declared concluded…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 7

Arthur Ingall, trading as Robert Ingall and Sons, sued Archibald Graham, of Tamworth, for the recovery of £1 16s for goods sold. A verdict was given for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 7

Music permits were granted to H. Evans, Locomotive Hotel, Newcastle, for last night, and to R. T. Martin, Miners' Arms Hotel, Young Wallsend, for…

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New London Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 7

Mr. E. H. Pickersgill, who has been appointed one of the metropolitan magistrates, was one of the best known of London members of Parliament. It was…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. East Maitland Police Court

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

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., Charles Everett, alias Cyril Hope, alias George Colvin, alias Lloyd, was charged…

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

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

Joseph Kennedy (32), fireman, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment Broke the Window…

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Prisoner As Police Officer a Reformed Life

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 16

Recently the columns of American papers contained a short story from the South recounting the arrest of R. E. Morris, the chief of police of Danville,…

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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse and Captains C. W. Davidson and D. Dakin (assessors)—held an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending the collision…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 4. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 3

Jessie M'Millan, 38 married, was fined 10s, in default three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Henry King 24, fireman, was fined 10s, in default three days'…

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