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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 28. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

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

William Shears, on remand from Greta, was charged with having deserted his wife Janet Shears. The plaintiff did not appear, and the clerk of petty sessions…

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Murder in Paris. Jealous Wife Acquitted. Paris

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

The trial took place at the assizes in Paris yesterday of Madamo Bloch on the charge of the murder of Mme. Budgemann Bertrand, whom she had…

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Attempted Murder. of Prince Yamagata. Tokio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 5

An attempt has been made to murder Prince Yamagata. The Prince was not injured, however, and his assailant committed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 26. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Riotous Behaviour

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

Vincent M'Donald (30), and Rupert Francis Stone (20) , labourers, were each fined 5s, in default 24, hours', imprisonment for riotous behaviour. It…

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M. Stolypin's Murder. Police Officers on Trial. St. Petersburg

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

General Kurloff and Colonel Spridevitch Kubllako, and Verlgin, the head of the Secret Police, have been committed for trial in connection with the…

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New York Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 14

When Mr. Roosevelt, in 1895 resigned his post as Commissioner of the Federal Civil Service to become Chief of the New York Police, he gave a characteristic…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 27. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Three first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention for drunkenness. William Johnson, 41, labourer, was fined 10s, or three…

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Industrial Court. Singleton Cases. Singleton

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

Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial magistrate, sat at the Singleton Courthouse yesterday. He had before him a number of cases in which breaches of awards had been…

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Insulting the King. Man Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 4

Thomas Glynn (31), an Irishman, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having behaved in an offensive manner in Taylor-square, Darlinghurst,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 7

Seven first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention, for drunkenness. John Champion (65), labourer, was fined 5s, in lieu…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

Messrs. J. W. Ponder and G. Winkley, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning…

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State Police Force

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 4

It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of functions of the police force in community which aims at good government. The time…

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Maitland District. Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

A sitting of the Industrial Court was held so the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday day morning. Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate, presided, inspectors…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 30. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 3

Four first offenders were each fined 5s, with the alternative of imprisonment to the rising of the court, for drunkenness. William Richardson, 42, seaman, was…

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Russian Police. Neglect and Forgery. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 5

M. Kuljaliko, a former head of the police force, and one of those convicted of neglect in connection with M. Stolypin's death, has been sentenced at…

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