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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 6

Messrs. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., and J. W. Pender, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 22. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Emma O'Neill (42),…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 23. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Robert Watt (28), labourer,…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, April 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Cares Under Liquor Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

Frank Barr and William Johnson were each fined 10s, and 6s costs, for being found on the licensed premises, known as Belmont Hotel, Belmont, on Sunday, 24th…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, April 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 7

John M. Sawyer was charged, as manager of a certain coal mine at Waratah, with having, on the 2nd of April, neglected to comply with regulations by fencing…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 25. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 7

There first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. George Morris (58), fisherman,…

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Industrial Arbitration. the New Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 6

The new Court of Industrial Arbitration, constituted under Mr. Beeby's Arbitration Act, held its first sitting this morning, when Judge Schools explained to…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 6

Messrs. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., and G. Winkley, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Philip Bible was proceeded against on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 25. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, James Dunlop (36), jockey,…

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Police and Firemen. Statement by Mr. Flowers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 5

Mr. Flowers, the Acting State Chief Secretary, was present to-night at the annual smoke concert of the metropolitan police and firemen…

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The Lithgow Case. High Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 6

To-day the High Court, consisting of Sir Samuel Griffith (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice Isaacs, delivered judgment in a case which was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

A verdict was given for the amount claimed, with costs, in the case in which R. Hall and Son, Limited, sued J. T. Robertson, of Mullumbimby, for the…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M., and Mr. H. M. Shodden, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

Music permits were granted to J. Rowan, Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, and J. A. Dalton, Swansea Hotel, Swansea, for to-morrow night…

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Lively Police Court Scene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 6

In a Brooklyn police court (says the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph"), a counsel engaged in a case was grabbod by the Court…

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Our Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

Our police are asking for better pay and the restoration of pensions. Those who have troubled to think about the matter are impressed with the justice…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 26. (Before Mr. J. M. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was lined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, Samuel Hill (45), labourer, was fined £1,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 27. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 7

A first offender was fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Oscar Sollger, 28, seaman, was fined £1, in default,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 29. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 7

William Steel, 42, labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Grainger-street, Lambton. He was fined 40s, or 14 days' gaol. Two other charges…

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Immigrant in Trouble. Alleged Mean Theft. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 5

A recent arrival from West Australia, Joseph Durham, was charged on a provisional warrant at the Adelaide Police Court to-day with having, at Perth,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. William Bond (36), labourer, was fined 10s,…

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