Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 29
Charles Frederick Russell Pluck (47), storeman, was charged with, at Hamilton, on 15th March, a serious assault. Mr. T A. Braye (Messrs. Braye and Cohen)…
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Courts & crime, 1916
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Court-martial. Prisoner Acquitted. Sydney
Driver Ernest John Williams, 5th Reinforcements, 2nd L.H. Brigade Train, 6th A.S.C., was charged at a district court-martial, at Victoria Barracks, this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Robert Duce was charged that, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial Court
Mr. G. C. Addison, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. The magistrate gave his reserved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 30. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)
William Joseph Holmes did not appear when called to answer a charge of neglecting to comply with an order of the court for the maintenance of his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 30. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness
Phillip Mullins (62), baker, was fined 10s, in default three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Charge of Vagrancy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court
Bertise Jos Brownsmith v. John Pyne and wife, £10 11s 7d, for goods sold. Verdict for amount and 9s 9d costs. Bertise Jos Brownsmith, Judgment creditor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, March 29. Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and Mr. B. Pryor, J.P.
William Mills, who was charged with wife desertion, consented to an order being made for the payment of 30s per week for a period of 12 months, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, District Registrar.)
Re Walter Edward Gilkes, builder, of Lawson-street, Hamilton. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared in bankrupt's interests. The single…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
In the case Susanah Watson v. William Cook (J. and A. Brown, garnishee), the sum of £1 15s 10d that had been paid into court was ordered to be paid to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)
J. G. Ward was granted a renewal of the license-of the Ocean View Hotel, Dudley, Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Brave and Cohen) appeared in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Division. Fined for Stealing
Alec. Bevan Bakewell, for whom Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared, pleaded guilty after formal evidence of the offence, to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murder of a Child. Melbourne
At the adjourned inquest into the death of Doris Foley, who was murdered at Beech Forest, Detective Kelly stated that the old man, George H. Leake, who is in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 31. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Soldiers and Tram Fares
Thomas James Brunker (35), Henry William Went (20), John Purnell (43), William Allan Irwin (18), David Jones (28), William Robertson (37), William Andrew…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. A Steamer Theft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alexander Wri[?]t was fined 10s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
In the Children's Court a case of disobeying a maintenance order in respect of which the sum of £5 10s was due, was dealt with. The defendant promised to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 3. (Before Mr. C. H. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
A first offender, charged with drunkenness, war fined 2s 6d, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Andrew Coogan (33), fireman, was fined 10s, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Divorce Court Cases. Wilkins V. Wilkins. Sydney
Mr. Justice Gordon presided in the Divorce Court to-day. The suit in which Marjorle Ann Liels, otherwise called Wilkins, of Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of a Chauffeur. Melbourne
An inquest was held to-day relative to the murder of William Patrick Haynes, a chauffeur, who was found dead in a motor car on the Buller-road, Kew…
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