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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

935 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 47

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, un default detention until the rising of the court-Catherine Bruce was fined 10s, in is default…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, October 21. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 11

On the information of Airea Officer Lieutenant S. Anderson, charges of having tailed to render the personal service required under the Defence Act…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 22. Before Mr. T. C. M'Kell, S.M.), Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 3

John M'Laugclan (48), tailor, charged with being drunk on the Newcastle railway station, was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment…

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Assault on a Constable. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 5

Godfrey Watson, starter of the Victoria Racing Club, was charged at the City Court, to-day, with having assaulted Constable Altkon…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian; S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 3

Leslie Ayliffe, John Thomas Mullen, William E. Wathey, Albert John Bird, Andrew Pearson, Stanley James Woodward, Theodore Gordon Ward, Walter G…

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Eastbourne Murder. Evidence Against Accused. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 5

John Williams has been remanded at Eastbourne on a charge of murdering Inspector Walls, when the latter want to Countess Sztaray's house…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 23. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, imprisonment, until the rising of the Court. Absent Without Leave…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. the High Court. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 5

Senator TURLEY, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. Senator NEEDHAM (W.A.) asked if…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Gus Kembrey pleaded guilty to having…

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Yarmouth Murder. Ward Discharged. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 5

George Ward, the young fisherman who alleged that he had murdered the woman Dorn Grey, who was found dead on Yarmouth beach, has been…

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The State Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

The Estimates which were placed before the State Legislative Assembly this week show that for some cause or another the Government has not…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 7

A verdict for the amount claimed was made in the case of William Cann against B. Oliver, for goods seld, for £9 8s, with 6s 9d costs…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 6s, or detention until the rising of the Court, for drunkeness, Joseph Dempsey (33), coal-trimmer, and Charles…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 7

A transfer of the license of the Wallsend Colliery Inn, Wallsend, was granted from Joseph L. Rees to Robert W. Penman. A renewal of the license of the…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Arthur Wilson was charged with having on or about the 6th October, stolen a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 25. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 2

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of detention till the rising of the court. Thomas Bell (36). labourer, was fined 10s, with the…

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New York Police. Becker Found Guilty. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 5

The trail of Becker, a former police officer, on a charge of murdering a man named rosenthal, who was a witness against the police, has concluded…

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Murder in China. Accused Arrested. Pekin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 5

The soldier who is accused of shooting the Rev. F. Day, a missionary who arrived in China during a critical stage of the revolution, has been arrested…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 26. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 7

Three first offenders were each fined 5s, with the alternative of imprisonment till the rising of the court, for drunkenness. William Reid (31), labourer, pleaded…

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South Bulli Company. Industrial Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 5

Judgments were delivered by Judge Scholes in the industrial Arbitration Court yesterday relative to the working conditions at the South Buill Colliery…

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