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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

935 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 47

Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 29. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 3

Thomas Woods, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, was fined is or imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Charges of drunkenness and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 29. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Seven first offenders for drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court. John O'Donnell (42), seaman, and Charles, Grainger (59),…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 30. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 3

Fo[?]r first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, Imprisonment until the rising of the court…

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Titanic Disaster. British Court's Finding. Due to Excessive Speed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 6

The report of Lord. Mersey, the chairman of the British Inquiry Commission, states that the Titanic disaster was due to excessive speed…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 31. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 6

The municipal sanitary inspector, Mr. T. Wrightson, prosecuted for sanitary fees due R. Lambert, 7s 11d; Albert; Oakley, 5s 3d; and Percy H. Williams, 15s…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 31. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 3

Patrick Curley, 39, fireman, was fined 10s, in default, to be imprisoned for three days, for having been drunk in Scott-street; and on a further charge of being…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale. P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. George Page and George Pomfrett pleaded guilty to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 1. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 3

James Charles Richardson, Robert Norman Convery, Patrick Lonergan, and Harold Norman Peters were charged with having failed to put in the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 1. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders were fined 5s, in default imprisonment to the rising of the Court Arthur Coggins (36), seaman, was fined 10s, or three days…

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Murder in New York. Alleged Revenge. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 5

James Verella, the proprietor of Daute Cafe, was fatally shot yesterday morning. The officials connected with the office…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

Verdicts were give for the amounts claimed, with costs, in the following cases:—Frederick Hawley v. Mrs. C. M. Foran £1 4s 6d, goods sold, R. F. Rundle…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M., and Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

A music permit was granted Hugh Cameron, of the Star Hotel, Newcastle; and renewals of licenses were granted Clarissa Mabel Teace, of the Grand…

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Theft of Jewels. Property of a Princess. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5

Jewels to the value of £100,000 have been stolen from the Princess Shahkowskol, in Moscow. They include a gem which belonged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 2. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 7

Two men, who were charged for the first time with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court. Malcolm M'Bride,…

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Alleged Attempted Murder Chinese at Loggerheads. Accused Committed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Wong Yow, 31, a Chinese fireman on board the steamer Frankby, was charged with having, at Carrington, on 1st…

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Theft of Jewels. Charge Against a Boxer. London

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

Charles ("Kid") M'Coy, the famous middleweight boxer, was charged at the Bow-street Police Court yesterday on an extradition warrant, with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 3. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Two first offenders were each fined 5s, with the usual alternative, for drunkenness, and Albert Rust (20), steward, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s,…

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New York Murder. Arrest of a Suspect. New York

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

"Whitey" Lewis, who was wanted in connection with the murder of Rosenthal, the gambler, whose death has caused such an uproar in New York,…

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Queen's Murder Recalled

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

Okamoto Ryunosuke, one of the most notorious of the adventurers connected with the development of the acuter stages of the Far Eastern question in the last…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 5. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

There first offenders were fined 5s, with the alternative of imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Hans Hansen (28), seaman, and Hugh William (28), ship…

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