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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes detention James Clark (60), labourer, was fined…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 6

Pastures Protection Board v. A. Turner, for assessment fees, amounting to 1s 4d. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for the plaintiff. Verdict for the amount…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 2. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 3

Christopher Carter was charged with having absented himself from drill on the 5th February. He pleaded not guilty, Sydney Anderson, area officer 15B, deposed…

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Ironworkers' Strike. the Court's Decision. Men's Demand Refused. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

Mr. Justice Heydon delivered his reserved judgment in the Industrial Court to-day, in the application to reopen the award of the ironworkers' assistants'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 3. (Before Mr. F. G Adrian, S.M.) Minor Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

Lars Petersen, 25, seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of using improper language in Hunter-street, and was fined 40s, with the alternative of 14 days'…

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Burglars in Sydney. a Surprise for the Police. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 4

More burglaries Were reported in the city to-day. The premier of A. A. Marks, tobacconist, of 876 George-street, were broken…

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The Waterside Workers Reference in Court. Case Adjourned. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 5

The matter of the waterside workers' disptute came before Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court to-day. Mr. Hughes, M.H.R. representing the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkennes, wan fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. James Barry (46), seaman, pleaded…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 6

Mr, C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning, A first offender was fined 2s 6d. in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 5. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Daniel Eyons, 38, draper, was fined £1,…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 5. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders pleaded guilty to being drunk at New Lambton, and were each fined 2s 6d, with 5s costs. William Dickson Morgan; Arthur…

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Russian Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

A foreman in the tube section of the Putlloff armament works, actuated by a desire for vengeance in consequence of a private grievance, killed Captain…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Verdicts were awarded the plaintiffs for the full amounts claimed, with costs of court, in the following cases:—R. T. Rundle v. Donald King,. £6 7s 6d, for…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, chairman, and Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

A transfer of the license for the Northumberland Hotel, Plattsburg, was granted from David Lonergan to Herbert L. Roberts Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs…

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Charged with Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

A shocking affair occurred last week is Christchurch, resulting in the death of a married woman named Hannah Thompson and the arrest of her son,…

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Burglary in Newcastle. Jeweller's Window Smashed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

A daring burglary was committed in Mr. D. L. Thalberg's shop, in Hunter-street, Newcastle, shortly after midnight on Thursday, the window being broken,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 9

Mary Kelly, 60, married, was, on a charge of drunkenness, fine 5s, with the option of 24 hours imprisonment. John Prinniville, who had a long list of…

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A Missing Diary. Divorce Court Incident. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 5

A sensational incident occurred in the Divorce Court to-day in connection with a case in which Arthur Ramsay, an importer, is suing for separation from his…

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Robbing Unemployed. Labour Exchange Burglary. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 5

Burglars blow up with gelignite a safe at the offices of the City-road Labour Exchange. To deaden the sound of the explosion they used…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 3

William O'Callaghan (34), watchman, charged with drunkenness, and using improper language, was fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days'…

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