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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 12. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 7

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the court. Frank Bromley, 45, seaman, was…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday morning. William Devine pleaded guilty to a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 13. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default, imprisonment for five minutes. Henry Shoesmith, 36 labourer, was fined £1, in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Stewart Mitchell sued Charles Williams for the recovery of £1 10s, alleged to be due as payment for a pair of spectacles. Defendant filed a notice of…

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Alleged Burglary. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Frank Murphy, 21 years of age, was charged with having broken into the Royal Mail Hotel, and also with having been armed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 14. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with, drunkenness, were each fined 6s, in default imprisonment until, the rising of the Court, and a fifth was fined 5s, in…

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Increases for Police. One Shilling Per Day. Strength to Be Increased. Important Recommendations. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 5

Mr. M'Gowen, the State Premier, to-day made available for publication the communication submitted a fortnight ago by the Inspector-General of Police…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 15. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. John Rogers (83), seaman, was fined 10s,…

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Murder and Robbery. a Polish Outrage. Lodz

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 5

Five armed robbers stopped a framear in the city, and shot dead the driver and two Jewish merchants, They also wounded two men and a…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Good News Police Item.—the Safety of Our Coastal Shipping.—good for Newcastle.—mr. Henley and Some Other Politicians.—"the Greatest Plague of One's Life."—that Splendid Rainfall. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 4

The continued complaints as to in adequacy of the Police Force have at last borne fruit. The next estimates are to provide for three fresh sub-inspectors,…

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The Bingara Murder. Ball Executed. Armidale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 5

William Frederick Ball, the young Englishman, who murdered his wife, Lois Ball, at The Hill, near, Bingara, on January 16th, was hanged. In the local gaol…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 17. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, and another 5s, in default 24 hours'…

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Murder by Flies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 6

At the Incorporated Institute of Hygiene Sir William Bennett has inaurgurated the "living picture" machine as an aid to sanitary science. A series of moving…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 18. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, and one of them John M'Larty…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 19. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders charged with durnkenness, were each fined 5s, in default impriosonment until the rising of the Court. Kuiser Clomins (20), seaman, was fined…

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Brutal Murder. Little Girl Killed. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

A brutal murder was discovered to-day at Lockrose, a farming centre about sixteen miles distant from Laidley, the victim being the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 20. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

Deniel Renneberg (86), seaman, was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

Hannah Hanorah Eason sued Charles Leonard and Eilen Leouard for the recovery of £24 10s, alleged to be due for goods sold. By consent, a verdict was…

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Woman Charged with Theft. Another Woman Admits Guilt. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 5

A case presenting extraordinary factures was heard at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when Catherine Walsh, a respectable-looking young woman,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 21. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, Imprisonment until the rising of the court. Daniel Renneberg, 36, seaman,…

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