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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Burglaries in Sydney. Three Young Men Charged. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Percy Pearce (22), John Crowley (19), and Richard Jones (20) were charged together with breaking and entering the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 3. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 11

The business of the court was completed in five minutes. Six first offenders were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court, for drunkenness…

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New York Police. Committee's Report. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 5

The committee of alderman appointed to investigate matters in connection with the police administration have brought in their report…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 6

Harry Anderson pleaded guilty to neglecting to pay 10s sanitary fees to the Waratah Municipal Council. Payment ordered, with 6s costs, or three days'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 4. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Florence Fletcher, 32, and Mary Kelly, 54, were each fined…

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The Sulphide Corporation. Industrial Court Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 4

The Advantage, whore a firm is carrying on business on an extensive scale, of having a separate wages board, disinct from the craft boards, to regulation…

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Maitland District. Police Court

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

Mr. J. M'Mahon, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Patrick Joseph Donelly pleaded guilty…

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Barton on Trial. Sentenced to Death. English Farm Murder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

The trial has been concluded of William Barton, a gamekeeper, charged with the murder of Winifred Mitchell, a farm servant at Wimbozne,…

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Johnson the Pugilist. Twelve Months' Gaol. Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

Jack Johnson, the coloured pugllist, has been found guilty on the charge of procuring a girl for an improper purpose…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 5. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

The only persons to appear before the Bench were three first offenders for drunkenness, who were each fined 5s, with the alternative of detention until the…

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Alleged Murder. Snowy Fulton's Death. Buttel Acquitted. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury, Reginald Buttel was charged with the murder of David ("Snowy") Fulton, by…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

In re Shadrack John William Dialminor, of Young Wallsend. Bankrupt attributed his insolvency to insufficient wages carned in the mine though…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

Verdicts for the amounts claimed, with costs, were awarded in the following cases:—Mrs. Eliza Porter v. Richard Bramston, of Ultimo, for £14 11s 2d for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 6. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Eight first offenders were each fined 5s. or imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. James Devine (48), a seaman, was final 10s. in default…

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Coroner and Police. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

The City Coroner, at an inquest to-day, expressed strong disapproval at the action of the Commissioner of Police in refusing to obey a summons to attend the…

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Maitland District. Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. C. Hibble, Industrial Magistrate, presided at a sitting of the, Industrial Court at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning…

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Coastal Shipping. High Court Case. Justice Higgins' Position. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

The special case stated by Mr. Justice Higgins, as President of the Arbitration Court, for the opinion of the High Court, came on for hearing this…

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Burglary in Brisbane. Safe Dynamited. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

A burglar entered the drapery shop of James H. Easlop and Sons, in Stanley-street. South Brisbane, early yesterday morning. The safe was dynamited, but…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 7. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 7

Three first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s, with the alternative of detention until the rising of the Court. A Vagrant…

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Perth Poisoning Case. Murder or Suicide. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

At the inquest on Charles Wooldridge, the coroner concluded his summing up yesterday by remarking upon the remarkable secrecy that had prevalied about the…

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