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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Naval Court Martial. Trial of Captain Gaunt. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 5

In the court-martial on Captain Guy Gaunt, of the battleship Conturion, which in December ran down and sank the Italian steamer Derna, in the…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, May 21. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 3

Walter Milgate, charged with assaulting Henry Camroux, at Waratah, pleaded not guilty. Mr. T. A. Braye (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appoared for the complaninat…

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Stealing a Motor Car. Man Severely Wounded. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

On a pretext that his relatives wished to purchase a car, a man lured M.I, Dardinne, the manager of a motor firm, to drive him in a car to Serbis…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 7

Three first offenders, for drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the court. For using improper language in Hunter…

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Captain's Overtime. Industrial Court Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Addisons, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, to-day had before him a case in which the payment of overtime to the captain of a coastal steamer was…

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Captain Guy Gaunt. Acquitted by Court-martial. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

The court-martial of Captain Guy Gaunt, commander of the battleship Centurion, in connection with the sinking, in December, of the Italian…

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Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was opened at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 22. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Ke[?], S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 3

Three first offenders were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness, Mary M'Intyre (36), a married woman, charged…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 3

Re William Daniel Pacey, of Hamilton, labourer. The public examination was declared concluded. Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to sicknes in his family…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 3

A transfer of the publican's license for the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, from Herbert E. Milligan to Thomas B. Sharp, was granted…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 3

Verdicts were given for the amounts claimed, for goods sold and delivered, in the following cases:—Jacob Goldring against Creme Bacon, £1 18s and 5s costs,…

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The Police Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

What of the canine "policeman !" An armed masked burglar might be able to laugh the idea to scorn. All the same, the Belgian police find the trained dog of…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. Charles Hibble Industrial Magistrate, presided over it sitting of the Industrial Court at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, May 20. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

A prohibition order was issued against Henry Williams, senior, of Dudley, for a period of twelve months…

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Police As Rat Collectors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 6

Among the duties of the police in Tokio is that of collecting rats from the inhabitants. With a view to proventing the spread of epidemics, 1½d is paid for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 9

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s in default imprisonment till the rising of the court. Percival Pritchard was fined 20s, in default seven days'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 24. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 3

Elmore Wanmers, 54, a labourer, was fined £1, in default, seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Three Stowaways…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 6

Mr. J. M'Mahon, P.M., occupied the Bench at the west Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Andrew Johnson pleaded guilty to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 26. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 7

One first offender, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenuess, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. James Kagen, who was charged with being drunk and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 26. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 7

Three first offenders, for drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of live minutes' detention. James Burke (51), labourer, was fined 5s, in…

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