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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, August 11. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 7

Patrick F. Mahony was charged under the Noxious Trades Act with having at Waratah allowed pigs on his premises to be fed with uncooked offal. Mr. A. H…

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German Brutality. Murder of Civilians. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 5

It is officially stated that while the people of Affleville, a frontier village, were at church, a party of Uhlans burnt out the village with the aid of petroleum…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 12. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Daphne Richarels (39), married, was fined £1, with…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Beach at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Joseph Wilks was charged that he,…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, August 12. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 7

Inspector George Gregory proceeded against Alfred E. Jones, storekeeper, Bert J. Brownsmith, storekeeper, Ben. Pryor, Limited, storekeeper, for not keeping time…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 13. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. George Gray (34), hawker, was fined 10s, in default…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

Verdicts for the amount claimed, with costs, were awarded the plaintiffs in the following cases:—J. Goldring and Sons v. Charles Green £3 6s 6d, balance due on…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. T. C. K. M'Kell (chairman) and H. M. Shedden, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted of the Swansea Hotel from John Albert Dalton to Patrick Hillier, and of the Lemongrove Hotel, Plattsburg, from…

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At the Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

Subsequent to the proceedings in the Coroner's Court, Herbert Ashman was brought before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, in…

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Broadmeadow Tragedy. Verdict of Murder. Ashman Discharged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

The inquest, concerning the death of Ethel May Houghton, the victim of the Broadmeadow murder, during the night of July 25, was concluded yesterday by…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 14. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Misbehaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 10

Four persons, charged for the first time with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the option of detention until-the rising of the Court…

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Late Mr. H. J. Brown. Tributes in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 4

There was a full and representative attendance of solicitors practising in Newcastle when the Newcastle Police Court opened yesterday, when, before dealing…

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Britain and Austria. Britain Charged with Lying. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1914 · page 5

Regarding Great Britanin's declaration of war agalast Austria, the Austrian Government states that it is evident that Great Britain's alleged reasons are not…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 15. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Arthur Renene, 28, seaman, was fined £1, in…

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Roughriders' Corps. Spy Sentenced to Death. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 5

A roughriders' corps is being recruited. It includes several American cowboys, a number of jockeys and many Englishmen. The squadrons were entirely…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 16. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 7

Samuel Payne was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 7th inst., and was also charged with a similar offence on the 8th. He pleaded guilty to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 17. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Minor Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 7

Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, or detention for five minutes. William Riley, 26, labourer, was mulcted in a fine of 2s 6d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Minor Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 11

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default detention for five minutes. Magnus Johannsen, 30, seaman, pleaded guilty to…

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Newcastle District Court Tuesday, August 18. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.) Workmen's Compensation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 11

In Lavinia Lang v. the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, an order was made for the payment of £321 4s 9d, paid out of court into the trust…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 19. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1914 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Said Anasurva, allas Amid Sibel, alias…

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