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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 3

John Francis Garaty, Jun., was charged with that, he, being a prohibited person, was found in a bar of licensed premises. He pleaded guilty, and was fined…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 10. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 7

Six first offenders were each fined 5s. with the alternative of five minutes' detention, for being drunk. Peter Johnson (56), labourer, and William Toomey…

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The Suffragettes. Meetings Broken Up. Police Rescue Women. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

May thousands of men on Wimbledon Common yesterday rendered the suffragette meetings abortive. A scene of wild disorder took place,…

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A Murderous Assault. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

This evening, shortly before six o'clock, a sensation was caused at the office of Yung Liang Hwang, the Chinese Consul-General in Williams-street, by Thomas…

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Newcastle Police Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.m.) Tuesday, March 11, 1913. Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 3

George Bower, 61, a sailmaker, and Jean Marle Le Buon. 46, a seaman were each fined 5s. of imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 12. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 7

Stephen Earl (57), labourer, pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment Stole a Hat…

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High Court Appointments. Mr. Fisher on Bar Protest. Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 5

The purport of the resolutions passed at a meeting of members of the New South Wales Bar, in connection with the recent appointments to the bench of the…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 7

Verdicts, with costs, were given for the plaintiffs for the full amounts claimed in the following cases:—Thomas and William Cowan against Howard Nattrass, of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 13. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 7

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Andrew Rixon (67), pleaded guilty to behaving improperly in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 7

In re Francis Henry-Roach, miner, of Catherine Hill Bay.—Bankrupt, who stated he was a widower, attributed his failure to meet his liabilities to…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 7

A transfer of the license of the Empiro Motel, Newcastle, was granted to Clara Armstrong, executrix in the estate of the late Martin Armstrong. Mr. T. Torpey…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 14. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 7

Six first offenders were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention, for drunkenness. Remanded…

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Industrial Court. Sitting in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, when, in addition to dealing with alleged breaches of industrial swards, he…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 5

James Rawlings, who cut his throat with a razor after, it is alleged, murdering a young woman named Alice Hudson, was discharged from the Melbourne…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, March 15. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined is, with the alternative of a five minutes' detention and Samuel Trimble (45), labourer, was fined 10s, in default, three…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 6

Mr. C. H., Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Percy Bragg and Lyall Cook, two youths…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 17. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 3

One first offender was fined 2s 6d for drunkenness. William Williams, 30, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours imprisonment, for being-drunk…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

The only cases before the court were those in which two individuals were charged with drunkenness. Both were first offenders, and they were dealt with…

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New York Police Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 11

New York's police "system," accused by the Public Prosecutor of protecting vice (says the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on February 6th) for…

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Shooting Affray. Police Officer Wounded. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 5

News of a shooting sensation at Nundah reached the city at an early hour this morning. It appears that Acting Sergeant Lynch…

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