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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 19. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 11

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or detention until the rising of the Court. Joseph Charles Cameron, 22, labourer, pleaded not guilty…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 7

Joseph Irwin (53) labourer, Thomas Priville (51) labourer and Eva Welsh (37), widow, pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each ordered to…

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Industrial Court. Thursday, July 22. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) a Dismissed Barber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 7

William Henry Hill sued Lena Elsie Campbell for the recovery of £6 3s 6d, made up' of one week's wages £2 15s, one week's wages in lieu of notice, £2…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 22. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian; S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Thomas Ford, 50, labourer, James Connor, 38,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

Booth licenses for the Newcastle racecourse were granted to J. H. Sperring, of the Belmont Hotel, Belmont. A music permit was granted to F. Dews, Lake…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

E. Bernasconi, Hamilton, proceeded against A. Galloway, of Hamilton, claiming the sum of £14 16s 1d as being due for goods sold and delivered. A verdict…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention, and Mary Wilson (56) was fined 5s, in default…

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Turkish Atrocities. Murder of Armenians. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 5

The Turkish atrocities against the Armenians battle description. The whole male population of the Bitlis region was massacred, and the Turks then collected…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Friday, July 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 7

A transfer of the license of the Cardiff Hotel, Cardiff, was granted to Andrew H. Latham, from Henry C. Wheatley, Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen)…

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Rebels Sentenced. Pretoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 5

Lieutenant-colonels Dexuidenhout and Kock have been sentenced to four and five years' imprisonment respectively for their connection with the recent rebellion…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Robert Edwin Smith, 18, on bail, was charged that, at West Maitland on July…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 26. (Before Mr. T. C. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 7

Three first offenders were fined for drankenness, two being fined 2s 6d, in default two hours' imprisonment, and the third, whose offence was on the Newcastle…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 27. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 6

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d. in default, an hour's imprisonment. Stephen Earl (59), miner, and David Gilpin (50),…

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Bank Frauds. Officials Sentenced. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 6

James Southgate, the chairman of the Civil Service Bank, and Edwin Wilding, the accountant, were each sentenced to five years imprisonment for issuing a…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 3

Elizabeth King and J. Hoy were each fined 10s, with court costs 6s, for allowing stock to stray in public streets. Municipal Inspector Wrightson prosecuted…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 28. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Alexis Paranoff (25), labourer, for having…

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Court-martial. Officer on Trial. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 5

At a court-martial being held at the Guildhall, Westminster, Lieutenant-colonel Charles Prior, commanding the transport depot at Deptford, is charged with…

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Industrial Court. Thursday, July 29. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Definition of Newsagent's Shop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 7

The case, adjourned from last court, in which Inspector G. Gregory proceeded against Frederick G. Crofts for a broach of the Shop Assistants' (Metropolitan…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 29. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 2

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of two hours' imprisonment. Percival Prichard (24),…

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Hayti Revolt. Murder of the President. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 5

A mob of infuriated Haytiens dragged President Guillaunu from the French Legation, where he had taken refuge, and shot him to death In the street…

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