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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Thomas Solan (50), labourer, was fined 2s…

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Starvation Doctor. Gaol Won't Admit Her. Walla Walla (Wash.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

When Mrs. Hazzard, the starvation doctor, applied for admission to the State penitentiary, after losing her appeal against the indefinite sentence…

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Missing Explorers. Police Patrol to Search. Dawson (Yukon)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

The Royal North-west Mounted Police have arranged an expedition during their annual patrol from Dawson to Fort Macpherson to investigate…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 6

Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Charles Benson and Wilson Sanderson…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 29. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 7

Eight first offenders pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness. Seven were fined 5s each, or detention until the rising of the court. The eighth was…

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Unrest in India. Viceroy Visits Calcutta. Closely Guarded by Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent in Calcutta states that much discussion has been caused by the remarkable police precautions taken on the occasion of the…

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Cardinal Rampolla. the Police Investigating. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 5

Cardinal Rampolla's first will included large personal bequests to Pope Leo and other legatees, long since dead…

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The Police Force. Sunday Holidays. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 4

Mr. Flowers, Assistant Chief Secretary, stated this afternoon that the allowing or every second Sunday off to members of the police force had proved to be such a…

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Questionable Advertisements Police Report to Premier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 5

The Police Department has furnished the Premier with a report regarding an advertisement which appeared in one of the Sydney papers for a lady typiste. The…

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Police Patrol Lost. in Northern Canada. Regina

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 5

Another patrol of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police has been lost in the wilds of Northern Canada. Sergeant Harper and Constable…

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