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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 52

Late Captain Bracegirdle. Marine Court Tribute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Judge Backhouse, in the Marine Court this afternoon, paid the following tribute to the memory of the late Captain Bracegirdle, one of the assessors of the…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 2. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Private Robert Young, from the Broadmeadow camp, was charged on an information laid by Constable Woodbridge, with using improper language in the…

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Newcastle Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. OVERTIME RATES…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

Joseph Woodford (15), labourer, was fined 3s. in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Bertram King (34), soldier, was fined 10s, in…

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Lambton Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Mrs. Ralph Watson, storekeeper, of Lambton, summoned Robert Thompson, for the recovery of the sum of £7 19s 10d, alleged to be due for goods sold, and 3s…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

N. Dach sued T. J. Seckold, of Taree, to recover £3 3s 9d, alleged to be due for goods sold. Defendant did not appear. Plaintiff stated he had received 5s…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. C. Hibble, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

B. H. Brogan was granted a billiard license of Spencer's Buildings, Thorn-street, Newcastle. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 6

Mr. W. B. Geddes, J.P. occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. James Rose and James Mack were charged, with having been drunk in…

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Police Economies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 7

It is in contemplation by the permanent head of the police force to place the management of the detective branch under a sub-inspector, instead of a…

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Soldiers Sentenced. Remarks by Judge Docker. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Judge Docker, in sentencing a soldier to penal servitude, referred to a cable message, which made reference to the…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 9

Mr. C. G. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. TIME AND PAY SHEETS…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 9

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. William Irwin (41), was fined 10s, in default…

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The Motor Car Murder Sensational Discovery. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 6

In connection with the motor car murder a sensational discovery was made by Mounted Constable Costello, of Heidelberg, on Tuesday morning…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 2

Joseph Welsh, 39, fireman, pleaded guilty to having behaved in an improper manner at Carrington, and was fined 10s, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Murder of Prince Yussuf. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

During the summer of 1915 the Committee of Progress in Constantinople, discussed Prince Yussuf's hostility to Enver Pasha, and bluntly favoured his removal…

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The Appam Case. Referred to the Court Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

The Government has decided that the Appam belongs to Germany under the Prussian treaty. It holds that it is desirable to submit…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

John Johnson, Arnold Ellas, James Pepperall, Herbert O'Brien, Harold Matthews, William Clough, and Thomas Pomeroy, all youths, ranging in age from 16…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 6. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of two hours' imprisonment. James Brady (26), labourer, was…

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German Prize Court. Torpedoing of Vessels. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 5

The Prize Court at Hamburg has decided that the torpedoing of seven Norwegian ships, and also of British and Danish steamers, which were laden with wood and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 7. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of two hours' imprisonment. James Adair (32), soldier, was fined 5s,…

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