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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 30. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes; and one of them, Percy Hyde (31), labourer, was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness were each lined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Said Anasurva (55), was sentenced to six…

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Admiralty Court Case. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 5

Mr. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Company, and Messrs. Lightoller and Boxhall, officers of the Titanic, and Mr. Bride, the…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 6

Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. George Stephen William Langworthy…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Richard Jeffreys (73) was fined £2, in default 14 days'…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 7

In the case Herbert B. Nelson, as receiver for debenture-holders of Irvine, Limited. v. C. A. Lovett, there was no appearance of the plaintiff. The case was…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. H. M. Shedden, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 7

Alexander Frew, Rhondda Hotel, Rhondda, was granted booth licenses for the grandstand and Leger at Boolaroo races on May 8th…

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Sydney Burglary Boom. Citizens Becoming Alarmed. Undermanned Police Force. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 5

Citizens of Sydney and suburbs are becoming seriously alarmed at the increasing frequency of burglaries. In several quarters an outery is being raised against the…

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A Police Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 13

The story of a dog's pathetic death comes from Paris. The staff of the police station of St. Denys, one of the roughest of the outlying suburbs of Paris,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Joseph Kennedy (40), fireman,…

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The Olympic's Crew. Merciful Magistrate. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

Fifty-three members of the crow of the White Star liner Olympic were again brought up yesterday and charged with having refused duty…

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The Oceana Wreck. Admiralty Court Judgment. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

During the hearing of the inquiry into the collision between the Pisagua and the P. and O. steamer Oceana, the officers of the former stated that…

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Poisoned Paupers Chemist Sentenced. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

The trial has concluded of a chemist and other persons charged with supplying concected liquer to a number of pampers at a municipal shelter…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 6

Alfred E. Howarth, John F. Atkinson, and W. W. Sample pleaded guilty to charges of allowing cattle to stray within the municipality of Wallsend, and were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 6. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default Imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Anton Olsen (44), master…

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District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 3

The District Court opened in the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday morning, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. Mr. E. A. Mahony in Registrar of the…

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Penal Servitude for Life. Armed Burglar Sentenced. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions this morning, before Judge Murray, Alfred Smith, a young man, was charged with having broken into a boarding house,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 7. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 11

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined us, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Edward Hughes (50), miner, and Peter…

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Berlin Murder Trial. Sensational Scene. the Lust for Gold. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 5

The trial commenced to-day of the locksmith named Trenkler, who in February last confessed to having broken into a jeweller's shop in the…

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District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 7

The District Court was continued at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENTS…

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