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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 52

Stealing Jewellery Charge. Remand to Cessnock

Northern Times · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 6

On a third charge, of stealing jewellery valued at £115—four diamond rings, a gold bracelet watch—the property of Edith Claveric, and two boxes…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 29 (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 7

For drunkenness, Timothy Cotter (50), miner, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, and for improper behaviour, 20s, or seven days. Stephen Earl…

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I.w.w. in America. Fight with Police. Desperate Encounter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 10

Newspapers to hand by this week's mail from America contain details of the fight which took place at Everett, in the State of Washington, early in November,…

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