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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Another Sydney Burglary City Firm Robbed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

Burglars broke into the Papilton Manufacturing Company's premises in Goulburn-street, between Saturday evening and this morning, and stole a number of valuable…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 6

James Kager pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was fined 5s, with coats 6s, or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 6

Messrs. C. H. Gale, Elais, Bowden, and John Rourke, L.M.s., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 23. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 7

Six first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s, or detention for five minutes. Enoch Winsor (38), labourer, Emma O'Neill (42), domestic, and…

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Transferring a License. the Court Invoked. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

Mr. Justice Rich to-day heard an application by the Hotel Clar Innis Company for an injunction against Maud Hilliard…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 24. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

One first offender was fined 5s, or five minutes imprisonment, and George Sheesmith, 35, labourer, was fined £2, with the option of one month's imprisonment, for…

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A Glasgow Mystery. Murder or Accident? London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 5

David Turnbull, a jeweller, was found dead in his shop in Glasgow, with a wound in his forehead. A safe had been blown open, and…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 25. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 3

William Hitchins, for allowing a horse to stray in the streets was fined 20s, with costs as or seven days. William Hopkins was fined 20s, with costs 6s, or seven…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, September 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 7

William Iles, for being drunk, at Dudley, was fined 20s, with costs, 6s, and for using improper language at the same place, the was fined 20s, costs 6s…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 25. (Before Mr. T. C. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 7

One first offender, for whom Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs Reid and Reid) appeared, was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment for 24 hours, for drunkenness…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Percy Burton and Daniel Hartigan were…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

Verdicts were given for the amounts claimed with costs, in the following cases:—William Cann against—Bryabt, of Paddington Sydney, goods sold, £1 17d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 26. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 5s, or detention for five minutes, for drunkenness. John Harris (45), miner, was fined £2, with the option of 14 days'…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

In re Unique Williams, of Islington, labourer. There were no creditors present, and the single meeting lapsed. Bankrupt attributed his condition to…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, and T. C. K. M'Kell, S.Ms., and H. M. Shedden, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

A transfer of the License of the Exchange Hotel, Newcastle, was granted from Charles Holmes to William Edmund Hartnell. Renewals of licenses were…

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Burglary Epidemic. More Cases in Sydney. an Arrest at Ashfield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

The burglary epidemic still continues. This morning two were reported as having occurred in the city, whit several [?]oberies were notified as having…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 27. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 9

Three first effenders were each fined 5s, with the alternative of [?]risourdent to the rising of the Court, and John M'Namara 58, labour[?]r, was [?] 10s, with the…

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Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, Sept. 20. Strikers Go to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 7

Since I wrote last week there have been interesting developments in connection with the miners' strike at Wai[?]. Police protection was asked for, and the…

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Lost Steamer Tathra. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 5

The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the foundering of the steamer Tathra was resumed by the Marino Court to-day. Judge Murray presided, and he…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 28. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 6

One first offender was fined 5s, or imprisonment to the rising or the Court. Jarred Sphlake, 52, seaman, was fined 10s, with the option of three days'…

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