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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 29. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) No Prosecutor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 7

Maurice Murrier, a seaman, charged by warrant with absenting himself from the ship Loon Bureau, was discharged, there being no prosecutor,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

Andrew James Moran, on remand, appeared before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday on a charge of having at west…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 30. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Stephen Earl (56), miners, was fined £2, in default a moth's imprisonment, for drunkenness. Remanded to Queensland…

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Murder of Mr. Sanger. Money That Was Stolen. London

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

The farm hand Cooper, who murdered Mr. George Sanger, and who is twenty-six years of ago, wan recently superseded by Jackson in the position…

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The Glebe Murder. Inquest on Trevascus. Identification of Moir. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

Mr. Murphy, the City. Coroner, this morning commended the inquest concerning the death of Henry Trevascus, whose body was found at No. 1 Glebe-road,…

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

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

James Mackie, trading as Mackie and Company, proceeded against Mrs. E. M'Cardle, of Boolaroo, claiming £5 7s 6d. balance of account due on goods sold. A…

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

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

W. Donnelly was granted a renewal of the license of the Toronto Hotel, Toronto, an additional bar permit, renewal of billiard license, and permission to make…

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Stealing a Meal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 11

For sheer impudence a pied wagtail comes up first. A correspondent tells of a bird who had suffered an injury to its pinions, and ran about a kitchen garden…

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The Glebe Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 13

Though our detectives managed to capture Moir on a charge of murdering Metallurgist Trevascus, they might easily have missed him. Had no shown any…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 1. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 9

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment for five minutes. George Ford, 30, seaman, was fined 10s, in default, three…

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The Glebe Murder. Close of the Inquest. Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of Henry Treva[?]cus was continued in the Coroner's, Court this morning. Campbell Nairn Moir, who was arrested in…

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Attempted Murder. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 5

Nikolaus Njogus, who on October 5th fired four shots from the strangers' gallery in the Austrian Lower House, has been sentenced to seven years'…

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Sentenced to Death. for a Technical Assault. Paris

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

A court-martial at Lilies has condemned a trooper named Benzeboo to death for throwing his cup at the President…

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Summons Division. Charge of Assault

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

George Sam, a Chinese gardener, proceeded against Tom King, of Merewether, on a charge of assault. Mr. A. H. James appeared for the complainant, and Mr. T. A…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

A first offender charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes, and another, for whom Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs. Reid and Reid)…

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The Sanger Murder. Cooper Adjudged Insane. London

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

The man Cooper, stated to have murdered Mr. Sanger, the once well-known showman, at East Finchley, and whose decapitated body was found on the…

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Industrial Court v. Wages Board

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

The Hairdressers' Wages Board ordered that an employee in the hairdressing business itself should not accept temporary employment in any other saloon…

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Retires From the Court. a Princess's View of Life. Paris

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

Pending perusal, and fearing that the Court is assailed, King Alfonso of Spain has ordered his aunt, Princess Eulalia, who in domiciled in Paris, to suspend…

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High Court Appeal. Johnson v. E. AND A. Company. Sydney

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

In the High Court of Australia, to-day, before Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor, the bearing was commenced of…

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Murder Near Scone. Child's Terrible Experience. Scone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 5

The police received word this morning of a terrible tragedy which had taken place at Glenvale, near Ellerston, about fifty miles up the Hunter River from…

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