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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 21. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Thomas O'Toole (57), labourer, and Mary…

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Murder of Mr. Reeks. Clue to English Movements. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 5

A friend of the late Mr. Reeks, who was murdered near Wolverhampton, has handed the Liverpool police some letters from Reeks, which, it is…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Thomas O'Donnell was fined 5s, in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 23. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Minor Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 7

Three first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of detention until the rising of the Court. A fourth was fined 5s, or…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 24. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Keli, S.m.) a Vagrant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

Charles Bear (43), a bricklayer, was charged with being an [?]lle and disorderly person, having no lawful visible means of support, and was sentenced to three…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 25. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 7

Seven first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. George Mathieson (53), labourer,…

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Waratah Police Co[?] Wednesday, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 6

Con Regan pleaded not guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour in [?]ation-street, Waratah, on the 10th instant. Constable Hinchy deposed that a 10[?]…

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Merewether Land Values. Municipal Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 7

Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., was occupied at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday as a Municipal Appeal Court, hearing appeals against the assessments placed…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. James Prinniville was fined 10s, in…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

Messrs. C. H. Gale and J. W. Birkenhead, L.M.s., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday morning…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 26. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Violent Prisoners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

John Gunn, 35, seaman, pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner, and to assaulting Constable Harding whilst in the execution of his duty. For the…

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Industrial Court. Sitting in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

Mr. J. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Time and Pay Sheets…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 26. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M., and H. M. Shedden, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

Alexander Frew, licensee of Rhonda Hotel, was granted a booth license for Newcastle racecourse on April 4. Renewals were granted: Alex. Stewart…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

Messrs. J. W. Birkenhead and S. E. heaver, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday morning…

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Turkish Murder. an Assassin Pardoned. Constantinople

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

The Sultan has pardoned Basri Bey, who was sentenced by a court-martial to imprisonment for life in connection with the assassination of Mahmud…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 27. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Minor Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 9

James Doyle (34), labourer, was fines 20s with the alternative of seven days imprisonment, for drunkenness. John Walross (26), labourer, for drunkenness,…

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Industrial Court. Sitting in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

Mr. G. C. Addison, chief industrial magistrate, continued his sitting at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Working Without a Break…

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Suffragette Riot Singular Police Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 5

At a meeting of the Poplar Borough Council suffragettes in the gallery throw evil-smelling bombs, bags of flour, and stones, and others engaged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 28. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. William Campbell, 36, labourer, was fined 10s, in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Joseph Lynch was charged with…

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