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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 9. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Emanuel Burge, 19, carter, was fined 5s, in default,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday morning, when the adjourned case, in which Patrick Bourke was…

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Annandale Tragedy. O'grady Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

Albert Victor O'Grady pleaded no guilty at the criminal Court to-day, before Mr. acting Justice Edmunds and jury, to a charge of murdering his will…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Three first offenders for drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default five minutes' imprisonment. John Everson, 58, labourer, for drunkenness, was fined…

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Chewing Gum for Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 6

Policemen in Los Angeles, California, in addition to their regular outfit of revolver and club to preserve law and order, now carry, while on duty, a supply of…

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An Indian Murder. Trial of Accused. Charge Against a Husband. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 5

The trial of Captain Clark, Mrs. Fulham, and a native servant named Buddhu, on a charge of the murder, of Mrs. Clark, the wife of one of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 11. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 7

Two first offenders; charged with drunkenness, were each lined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes, and one of them, John Partridge (40), fireman,…

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The Indian Murder. the Daughter's Evidence. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

The trial of Captain Clark, an officer of the Indian Medical Service at Allahabad, Mrs. Fulham, a widow, and an Indian servant named Budhu, in…

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Market-street Crossing. Cases Further Adjourned. a "Breeze" in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

The attention of Mr. F. G. Adrian, S. M., was occupied at the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, with the further hearing of the prosecutions instituted against…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, December 11. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 7

Ethel May Lumby proceeded against her husband Amos Lumby, for desertion Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for the complainant, and Mr. W. W. V. Thompson…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 12. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

There were no police cases when the magistrate took his seat, and Mr. Adrian remarked that it was a very unusual thing…

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Woking Mystery. Another Murder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

An elderly man has been found at Woking with a bullet in his forehead. It is presumed that he was murdered, as no weapon was found near him…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

A verdict was given, by consent, in the case of Annie Hodges against L. Warburton, for the sum of £1 4s, for rent due, with 7s costs…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 12. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

Mr. J. H. Moxham, town clerk for the Municipality of Lambton, proceeded against John E. Gillespie, of Jesmond, for neglecting to pay 3s 6d sanitary…

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Putumayo Outrages. Murder of Children. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

At the inquiry yesterday into the Putumayo rubber outrages, Sir Roger Casement, Consul-General at Rio do Janeiro was recalled…

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The Indian Murder. Further Charges. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

The trial of Captain Clark, an officer of the Indian Medical Service at Allahabad, Mrs. Fulham, a widow, and an Indian servant named Budhu, in…

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Murder of an Artiste. Sentence of Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 5

The trial of Edward Hopewood, the director of a city company, charged with the murder of Flo Dudley, a well-known music-hall artist and favourite…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 3

Music permits were granted to F. Dews. Lake Macquarie Hotel. Teralba: J. J. Fitzpatrick, Marquis of Lorne Hotel. Lambton: C. W. Weiss, Northern Star…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 13. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 7

The only charges on the sheet were three first offenders for drunkenness, was were fined 2s 6d each, with the alternative of detection until the court rose…

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The High Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 4

It is regrettable that any political or partisan feeling should enter into the discussion as to the necessity of reinforcing the Bench of the High…

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