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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

1,070 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 54

Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Hugh Leggett was fined 2s 6d for being…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, October 27. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 7

Thomas Treay, who pleaded guilty to a charge of using improper language, was fined 29s, with costs 6s, or 14 days' Imprisonment…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 27. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes detention. Charles Antonia Linstrum (34),…

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New Zealand Murder. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 4

The man Biddle, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Mrs. Lilley, near Ashburton, has made a statement in which he confesses to having committed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 3

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in defauit five minutes' imprisonment. Seamen's Cases…

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Sentenced to Death. a Russian Spy. Vienna

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 5

Jan Koch, a Russian spy, has been sentenced to death at Agram. Koch acted as agent for chemical preparations, and gathered data for the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 29. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

John Golding (23), cook, was charged with stealing at Paterson, on October 21, 2 kit bags, 3 gold rings, one jewelled pendant, one case of silver spoons, two…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 30. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 7

William Roberts, 37, labourer, was fined 10s, in default, three days imprisonment, for having used improper language, in Laing-street…

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The Kieff Murder. Medical Experts Differ. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 5

The trial of the Jew Beiliss on the charge of murdering a Christian of the name of Yushinsky is proceeding at Kieff…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 7

Verdicts for the amounts claimed, with costs, were awarded the plaintiffs in the following cases:—Australian Fruit Company v. A. E. Smith, £3 18s 3d, for goods…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 7

Booth licenses were granted to Alexander Frew, of the Rhondda Hotel, Rhondda, for the Boolaroo races…

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Darlinghurst Fire. Husband Charged with Arson. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 4

At the City Coroner's Court to-day, Mr. Hawkins inquired into the circumstances attending the fire at 62 Brougham-street, Darlinghurst, last Monday…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, October 30. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 9

Margaret Jane Mitchell, charged her husband James Alexander Mitchell, with excessive drinking, and applied for a prohibition order against him. An order was made for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 31. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 2

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Remanded…

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Mexico's Troubles. Alleged Murder Plot. Mexico City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 5

It is alleged that a plot to murder President Huerta has been discovered. It is reported that two women visited the President, and announced that they…

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Charge of Murder. Rear-admiral's Death. His Widow Acquitted. Plymouth (Mass.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Mary Eaton, the widow of Rear-admiral Joseph Eaton, formerly of the United States navy, who died from poisoning some months ago, has been…

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Mexico City. Murder of Police. Mexico City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 5

A body of 600 revolutionists captured a force of 50 police engaged in protecting a ranch near San Luis, Potosi. They killed all except three,…

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The Suffragettes. Assault the Premier. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 5

Four suffragettes held up Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, at Bannockburn, yesterday, one crouching before the motor car, while others threw…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Leslie Fullford (21), labourer, pleaded guilty to…

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The Kieff Murder. a Professor's Outburst. One of a Series. Kieff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 5

The trial was continued yesterday of the Jew Bellis, on the charge of murdering a Christian boy named Yuschinsky…

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