Summons Division. Unprovoked Assault
Oliver M'Michael pleaded guilty, to a complaint by Jack Ansell, of unlawful assault on November 30th. Mr. A. H. James, who appeared for complainant, said Ansell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1914
988 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 50
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 4. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Five first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of detention until the rising of the court. Thomas Boyle (48), cook, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Afternoon Shift Trouble. the Prohibition Order. Referred to Full Court. Sydney
The prohibition order made by Mr. Justice Sly in Chambers a fortnight ago, restraining Mr. Justice Heydon, the President of the Industrial Court, from further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 5. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Frank Williams, 21, miner, and Philip…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Cruelty. Expose Women to Fire. Murder of a Baby. London
Corporal Minns, the first of the Queen's Regiment to be wounded at Ypres, reports that his section was instructed to capture a house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Minor Offences
A first offender, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. On a second charge of drunkenness, David Brosi (30),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Revenue Fails. Application to Industrial Court. Sydney
An application was made to Mr. Justice Heydon in the Industrial Arbitration Court to-day by the Chief Commissioner for Railways for a variation of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Police Chief. Retirement of Mr. Day. Succeeded by Mr. Mitchell. Sydney
Mr. E. C. Day Inspector-General of Police, this morning retired from the service, on the grounds of ill-health. He has been granted six months' leave of absence,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 9. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Minor Offences
A first offender of a charge of drunkenness was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for 5 minutes. Michael M'Queen, 30, seaman, pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lodz Assault. Desperate Battle. Germans Fail Utterly. London
The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent gives details of the disaster to two of General Mackensen's army corps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dinant Outrage. Murder of Peasants. Before Their Wives and Children. Amsterdam
The "Telegraaf" publishes an eye witness's account of the Dinant outrage. The French on evacuating the city, fired at the incoming Germans. The latter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of the Corra Lynn. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
The Marine Court, this morning, inquired into the wreck of the Corra Lynn at the entrance to Port Stephens on November 17th. Judge Backhouse presided, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) a Trivial Charge
E. T. Williams, baker, pleaded guilty to a charge by Inspector Young, of a breach of the award in failing to keep correctly written time and pay sheets between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-german Consul. Sentenced to Death. London
The death sentence has been pronounced on Herr Ahlers, the ex-German Consul at Sunderland. He was indicted on a charge of high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enrolment by Police
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, has been in communication with the military and police authorities respecting the enrolment of volunteers by the police. As…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Mr. C. A. Edwards, Acting S.M.)
Thomas Davies, against whom there was a prohibition order, pleaded guilty to a charge of being in the bar of the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow. He was fined 10s,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes detention. John Winn (44), boilermaker, was fined 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Woman's Death. Man-committed for Murder. Sydney
At the City Coroner's Court to-day an inquest was held concerning the death of Miss June Alexander (75), who was assaulted and robbed at her home in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
Verdicts were awarded the plaintiffs in the following cases with costs:—David Robertson against Richard H. German, £10, money lent; Frederick Ash, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, S.M., O. A. Edwards, D.S.M., and H. M. Shedden, J.P.)
Music permits were granted Clara Armstrong, Empire Hotel, Newcastle West: and Geo. S. Brookwell. Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street. Sanction was given…
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