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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, January 8. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Percival Parmeter was charged for driving a vehicle without a light after sunset through High-street. He was fined 5s, with 6s costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 9. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Thomas Prinniville (49), labourer, was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment, for being drunk. A Pair of Thieves…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

Verdicts were given for the amounts claimed in the following cases, which were undefended:—Frede, Ash, Ltd. against H. E. Joy, claim £23 14s 10d, for…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, January 9. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 3

Vaughan Amour pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined 5s, with 6s costs. William Collis and George Bell pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner…

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The Indian Murder. Medical Evidence. Letters of Accused. Agra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

The trial of Lieutenant H. Clark, of the Indian Medical Service, charged, in conjunction with Mrs. Fulham, with the murder of the latter's husband,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 7

A spirit merchant's license was granted to Otto Johansen, of Royal-chambers, Scott-street, Newcastle. A renewal of a colonial wine license was granted to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, or detention until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Reece Lewis, 61, a contractor, for having been drunk…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

The Industrial Court sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibbie presiding. The following matters were dealt with:—…

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Putumayo Outrages. Wholesale Murder. Large Outlay on Arms. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

The Commission appointed to inquire into the Putumayo outrages sat again yesterday. Mr. Gubbins, chairman of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 11. (Before Mr. F. C. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

A first offender was fined 2s 6d for drunkenness. James Whittaker, 51, a seaman, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment for being drunk. Two…

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Murder by a Negress. Five Years' Imprisonment. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

The trial has concluded or the giant negress Anie Gross, who was arrested on a charge of murdering an English actress named Jessie M'Intosh, at…

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Fitzroy Murder. Detectives Have a Clue. Early Arrest Expected. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 5

The police have been very active in their investigation of the murder of Mr. A. Trotter at Fitzroy. It is understood that finger-prints have given them…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 6

Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and J. W. Pender, J.P., occupied the Bench at the Went Maitland Police Court yesterday morning…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 7

Five first offenders were each fined 5s each, with the alternative of five minutes' detention for drunkenness. James Campbell (48), seaman, was arraigned on…

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The Fitzroy Murder. Rumours of Arrest. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

Rumours were circulated this evening that the police have detained a woman supposed to be implication in the Fitzroy tragedy, but the detectives denied up to…

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The Indian Murder. Statements by Accused. Agra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

At the trial of Lieutenant Clark and Mrs. Fulham for murder. Mrs. Fulham contradicted the evidence given by her daughter Kathleen…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, January 14. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 6

George Milne, William Wallace, and Nellie Wiles were each fined 10s, with 6s costs, in default seven days' imprisonment, for behaving in a riotous manner…

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Chief of the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 6

Sir Edward Henry, the Commissioner of Police, who has had such an unpleasant adventure, got his early training in India. He was twenty-two when he…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 14. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 3

John Smith, 21, a butcher, was fined 5s for drunkenness. For having used improper language in the tent theatre, Arnott's Paddock, Reginald Albert Huett, 18,…

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Fitzroy Murder. a Man Arrested. Handcuffed in Bed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

A man named Harold Thomson described as a labourer, 34 years of age, was arrested this morning by a body of police in a house off Lonsdale-street on the…

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