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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

935 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 47

Murder in London. an Insane Foreigner. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 5

A foreigner named Stephen Titus, who was living in a hotel at Tottenham, rushed into the bar and shot at two women serving there. The first…

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Fined for Assault. Doctor and Laundress. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 6

Mr. King, S.M., had before him at the Newton Police Court, to-day, a case in which Mary Luther proceeded against J. B. St. Vincent Welch, medical practitioner,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 30. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kall, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 3

In the charge division Annie Robinson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk in Nelson-street, was fined 5s or to be imprisoned till the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 7

Nine first offenders, for drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of imprisonment to the rising of the Court. William Arthur (41), labourer,…

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Maitland District. Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 6

Messrs. C. H. Gale and John Rourke; J.Ms., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday. Renewals of publicans' licenses were…

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New York Scandals. Police and the Public

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 3

Herman Rosenthal, the notorious gambler, was murdered on July 16, justice a New York hotel, almost in the presence of police, and thirteen days later, Charles…

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Industrial Workers. Fight with Police. Lawrence (Mass.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 5

A fight in which knives and clubs were used, has taken place between the police and members of the industrial Workers of the World…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 3

Four men, charged for the first time with having been drunk, were each fined 2s 6d, in default to be imprisoned for five minutes. Andrew Halverson (33),…

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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 11

A Court or Marine Inquiry, presided over by Judge Fitzhardinge, with Captains Carpenter and Dakin as assessors, as held at the courthouse yesterday into…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default, Imprisonment for five minutes, and one of them, Michael Walsh, 47, seaman,…

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Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

Albert Henry Green was charged en three counts with stealing on August 3. one purse containing £5 and sundry artleles, the property of Thomas Talt; with…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Annie Duffy, an old lady or 78 years…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, October 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

Thomas Cavanagh was charged with riotous behaviour. The magistrate imposed a fine of £1, with 6s costs, or seven days' imprisonment. James Mitelfelt…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

A single meeting of creditors in the matter of the bankruptey of Griffith Henry Jones, miner of Abermain, had been called, No creditors were present on…

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Newcastle Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

The Newcastle Circuit Court was opened at the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Pring. Mr. Hanlin appeared as Crown Prosecutor…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

A man who appeared for the first time on a charge of drunkeness, was fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned for five minutes. Another man was fined 2s 6d,…

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Stranding of the Urilla. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 6

In the Marine Court to-day, Judge Backhouse, who had with him as assessers Captains J. Simpson and C. W. Davidson, held as inquiry into the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

Newcastle Municipal Council v. H. M'Kenzie, of Brisbane, claim for £26 5s, for rent. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for amount claimed, and costs…

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Newcastle Licensing Court (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian (Chairman) and T. C. M'Kell, L.Ms.) Renewal of Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 7

William John Watt, licenses of Watt's Family Hotel, Islington, and John Vincent Cogan, licenses of the Merewether Hotel, Merewether, were granted renewals of…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 7

Demetrius, Carangis v. Stavros Karakios, claim for £25, balance of money lent and goods sold. The case had been adjourned from the previous day. Mr. H…

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