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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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The Farmer Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

Of the 1600 sturdy mounted men, who for six weeks were combed in the Domain, but few remain in Auckland, and those mainly for pleasure. The big camp,…

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Liverpool Murder. the Wanted Man. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 5

A wireless telegram has been received from the captain of the steamer Majestic, stating that the man Sumner, who is wanted in connection with the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

Four first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Thomas Corbett, charged with…

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Suffragette Outrage. Attempt on a Gaol. Explosions in a Wall. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 5

Suffragettes attempted to blow up a sail of Holloway gaol, and caused two violent explosions in the vicinity of a cell in which Rachel Pearce (who is…

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Income Tax and Dividends. Full Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 5

The Full Court (Mr. Justice Street and Mr. Justice Ferguson) delivered reserved. Judgment this afternoon in three appeals, in which the Commissioners of Taxation…

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Alleged Murder. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 5

Firmin Lauvinerie, an Officer, of Health, has been arrested at Toulduse, in connection with the disappearance of a men named Fayt, a gardener…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of detention until the rising of the Court…

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The Alsace Scandal. the Court-martial. Lieutenant to Retire. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 5

At the court-martial at Strasburg, Lieutenant von Foerstner, who was sentenced to 43 days' imprisonment for slashing a shoemaker with his sword,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. John Gilligan pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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The Mona Lisa Theft. Two More Arrests. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

The police have arrested a painter named Lancelotti and his brother, also a Roman, all of whom are alleged to be accomplices of Perugla, who was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 22. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 7

Five first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. Another defendant who was similarly…

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The London Police. Warning Against Unionism. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

Sir Edward Henry, the Commissioner of Police, has notified the members of the Metropolitan police force that they will render themselves…

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The Liverpool Murder. Arrest of Sumner. He Had Disguised Himself. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

The man Sumner, who was wanted by the police in connection with the murder of Miss Bradfield, had been arrested in Liverpool…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Breach of Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 2

Thomas Carrick (55), a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of improper behaviour at Stockton, and was fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days…

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Church Federation. Proposal in Africa. Bishops Charged with Heresy. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 5

An animated controversy is in progress in connection with the federation of non-Roman Catholic Churches in East Africa…

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The Liverpool Murder. Statement by an Accused. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 5

The man Sumner, who has been arrested on a charge of complicity in the murder of Miss Bradfield, has made a statement…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Alleged Stealing From Wharf.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 7

William John Howard Cain, 23, a carter, was charged with having, on December 23rd, stolen a case containing 1300 cigars, 57lb of tobacco, 4 dozen pipes, and…

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Police and Suspects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 4

Considerable discussion has arisen in Victoria concerning the relations of the police to persons suspected of crime, and the methods which…

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The Alsace Trouble. Police Officer's View. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 5

Herr von Jagou, the President of the Bureau of Police, accuses the court-martial which tried Lieutenant von Foerstner, in connection with the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 7

Three first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each mulcted in fines of 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. Adam Lyons and…

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