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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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The Turkish Murder. Capture of Assassins. a Plot Suspected. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1913 · page 5

The military surrounded a house occupied by a British subject at Pera wherein Zia Bey, the supposed assassin of Shefket Pasha, the Grand…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Cyrus James Johnston pleaded guilty to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, June 16. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 7

Alexander Archibald charged with failing to observe a maintenance order under which the amount of £4 was due, failed to appear when called. Senior-sergeant…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 16. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 3

Five first offenders were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Bertha Wright (26), a married woman, was fined £1, with the…

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The Turkish Murder. Death of an Officer. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 5

Lieutenant Hilmi, who was wounded during an attack on a house at Pera, where the supposed assassins of Shefket Pasha, the Grand Vizier, were…

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The Gas Strike. Before the Industrial Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 5

About fifty gas employees, comprising the first batch of 219 summoned to show cause why they should not be dealt with under the Act for taking part in a strike,…

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New London Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

Mr. William Clarke Hall has been appointed a Metropolitan police magistrate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Marsham. Mr. Clarke Half is a…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, June 17. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

John O'Donnell, for drunkenness on board the steamer Phoenix at Swansea, was fined 10s, costs 6s; and for using improper language the same defendant was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 17. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

Two charges of drunkenness were heard, and as the accused in each case was a first offender, fines of 5s were imposed, with the alternative of 24 hours'…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 2

Edward Cunningham was, called to answer a charge of ill-treating a horse, by working it in an unfit condition, and did not appear. The case was heard…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 18. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5s, or Imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. On a similar charge, Thomas Prinniville (50), was fined £2 in…

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Miners' Board. Application to the Court. Judge Heydon Pessimistic. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 5

An application was made to Judge Heydon, President of the Industrial Court, to-day, for the constitution of a wages board for the northern miners. Mir. Brunnan,…

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Charge of Murder. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 4

At the City Police Court to-day, Ernnest Austin, alias Ernest Johnston, who is supposed to be well known in Victoria, was charged with the wilful…

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Maitland District. Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 6

Messrs. M. J. M'ahon and J. W. Birkenhead L. Ms. occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday morning. The following renewals were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 19. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes detention. Donald Penader (22), .seaman, pleaded guilty. to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7

A verdict was awarded the plaintiff in the case of Jacob Goldring against Mrs. Dunlop claim for 8s, 6d for work done, with 7s costs…

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Government House. High Court Decision. State Action Upheld. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 5

The High Court this afternoon delivered judgment in the appeal against the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court on the Federal Government House…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. T. C. K. M'Kell, Chairman, and H. M. Shedden, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 7

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted to Edwards Donnison, Oxford Hotel, Newcastle; Arthur M'Niven, Miners' Exchange Hotel, Hamilton: Patrick…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 20. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with being drunk, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Patrick Ryan (36), seaman, was fined 10s,…

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Government House. High Court Judgment. Mr. Sparke's Comments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. W. Sparks, of the firm of Messrs. Sparke and Millard, solicitors, who was the first to raise the constitutional point as to the right of the State Government…

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