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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

988 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 50

Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 1. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 7

Twelve first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. David Brock (23), seaman, pleaded guilty…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 7

Booth licenses were granted to Alexander Frew, of the Rhondda Hotel, for the Newcastle and Wallsend races…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 2. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Minor Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 7

Three first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the Court: a fourth, similarly fined, was given the…

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New Danger for Women. Police Censors of Millinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 16

The distressing vision of a large portion of the feminine population of Great Britain being chased by policemen, forced to submit to a rigid…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 3

Robert A. Leahey pleaded guilty to a charge of disobeying an order for the maintenance of his wife made in February last, for £1 per week. The amount…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 3. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 7

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes detention. Patrick Brady (39), fireman, was fined £1,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 4. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Mary Pracy (58), married, was fined £1,…

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King-street Shooting Case. Alice Rankin on Trial. Murder Charge Fails. Sydney

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

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring, and a jury, Alice Mabel Rankin was charged with having wounded Gilbert Irvine, a tailor's…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 7

Verdicts wore awarded the plaintiffs, with costs of court, in the following cases:—M. A. Brown, trading as Brown Bros., against W. James, £3 13s 4d, for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 5. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 3

Four first offenders charged with drunkenness, were each lined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Sutherland Ruthven (24), steward,…

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Love Tragedy. a Double Murder. Budapest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 5

A farm labourer named Tomsic killed a farmer named Krausen and the latter's wife out of revenge for their refusal to consent to his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 6. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. James Ruttledge (44) fireman, was fined 10s, in…

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The Suffragettes. the Court Outrage. Two Society Ladies. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 5

THE names of the suffragettes responsible for the disturbance at their Majesties' Court, at Buckingham Palace, are Mary and Eleanor…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 8. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Minor Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court. Three other who had been on ball, were similarly…

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Labour Court. Dock Labourers' Demand. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5

The Dockers' Conference at Swansea, Wales, passed a resolution in favour of the creation of a Labour Court…

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Daring Burglary. Jeweller's Shop Pentered. Two Safes Robbed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 5

A daring burglary was discovered this morning at the premises of Messrs. Brown and Donohoe, manufacturing jewellers, 99 Castle [?]eagh-street. Two safes were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Miner Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 7

Three first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each lined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Robert Anderson, 34, labourer, for a…

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Johnson Again Sentenced. Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 5

The United States Circuit Court of Appeal has reversed the judgment of the lower court in the case of Johnson, the pugilist, ordering him to be resentenced,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness and Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were mulcted in fines, of 2s 6d, of detention for five minutes. Bertha Valentine (26), was ordered to pay a fine of…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. E. Bowden, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning…

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