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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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

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

Two men, who appeared for the first time on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court…

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Industrial Court. Breaches of Awards

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

Mr. G. C. Addison, Registrar of the Industrial Court, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, to hear claims for penalties for breaches of the award of…

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Charge of Espionage. a German Sentenced. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 5

Schultz, the German who was arrested on a charge of espionage, was tried at Exeter and sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment in the second…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 4. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 7

One first offender was fined 5s, or the rising of the Court, for having been drunk. Robert Bell, 41, labourer, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for having been…

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Escape From Gaol. Convict Shot Dead. Wainesboro (Georgia)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 5

"Bill" Miner, a famous convict, who has at different times escaped from gaols in Canada, and the United States, recently escaped from prison…

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Murder in Sydney. Man Battered to Death. Daughter's Awful Discovery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 4

A shocking murder was brought to light at the Glebe yesterday afternoon. The victim was a metallurgist named Henry Trevascus (61), of No. 1 Glebe-road, Glebe,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Four first offenders were fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Thomas Bland (29), labourer, was fined £1, or seven days, and John…

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Boxing Barred. Police Issue Writs. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 5

Owen Moran, of Birmingham, and Jem Driscoll, of Wales, had signed an agreement to meet in December, for the featherweight championship of the…

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The Glebe Murder. Sensational Story. Young Lady's Narrative. Sydney

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

The police are extremely active in connection with the Globe murder. This morning the Inspector-General of Police went over the information received, and…

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Fight with Police. Disturbance in Poland. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 5

A sensational fight between police and civilians is reported from the town of Lodz, in Poland. A band of men who were pursued…

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A Life in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 9

Jesse Pomeroy, whom American criminologists regard as a representative of the most degenerate type of humanity, has begun the thirty-fifth year of his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 2

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Peter M'Cann (27), dealer, was fined 10s, in…

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The Glebe Murder. the Mysterious Visitor. He Can Be Identified. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 4

The twenty members of the detective and police force are still doing their utmost to unravel the mystery surrounding the Glebe murder. There is a…

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Taviuni-nera Collision. Question of Contempt. Full Court's Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 3

The Full Court (Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Acting-Justice Ferguson), to-day delivered its reserved judgment in the applications to make…

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The Glebe Murder. Police Still Baffled. Statement by Miss Trevascus. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 5

The efforts of the police to find the murderer of Henry Trevascus have so far failed to reveal anything which would lead to the discovery of the…

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Murder of a Governor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 5

Wu, the new Governor of Shansi, was killed while asleep in his tent by the Manchu soldiers. The assassins alleged that he was a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 8. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Stephen Earl (57), miner, was fined £1, in…

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Greta Police Court. Tuesday, November 7. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 7

Frederick Charles Emery was charged on warrant that he, on the 26th day of August, 1911, at Leconfield, being then a servant to F. J. L. Measures, took…

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Wreck of the Macleay. Marine Court Inquiry. Hearing Adjourned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

An inquiry was opened to-day in the Marine Court into the wreck of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Macleay, off Port…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Proposed Income Tax.—the Flight Across the Continent.—the Wharf Labourers' Strike.—the Position of the Clerks Who Did.—the Glebe Murder. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 4

There is an angry feeling abroad; also a glad feeling. The angry feeling is felt by gentlemen in receipt of Incomes in excess of £300; the gland feeling by…

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