The Haymarket Murder. Wilson Pleads Guilty. Sydney
A young man named James Wilson, 25 years of age, was charged at the Central Criminal Court this morning, with the murder of George Pappageorgi. When the…
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Courts & crime, 1917
1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 62
West Maitland Police Court
Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Frank Edgar Wolfe was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
Robert Lyon Robinson, licensee of the Marquis of Lorne Hotel, was summoned on two charges, by the police, namely having a person on his premises at…
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Edward Hailiday, of Jesmond, proceeded against W. H. Steel, to recover the sum of £7 1s 5d. The defendant did not appear, and a, verdict was given for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
Richard Pearce (46) carter, was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness. The Man in the Moon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"I.W.W. and Explosives," Significant Police Statement
A significant statement was made at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, when a young, clean-shavon man, who went by the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Hotel Charges. Police Visit on March 6
A case under the Licensing Act occupied the attention of the Lambton Police Court yesterday, when Mr. F. G. Adrian was the presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 22. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. H. Gale, L.Ms.)
Annie White, licensee of the National Hotel Wallsend (assessment £156, fee £25) applied for a reassessment. She said her rent had been reduced by…
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The Police Department has been criticised severely because it refuses to allow leave of absence to young constables who desire to enlist. The Commissioner also…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 23. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) "Peculiar Circumstances."
A remand for a week was granted in the case of Orville Dawn, 20, described as a musician who was charged with being idle and disorderly without sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£2,000 in Two Weeks. Spendings of a Soldier Charged with Fraud
Giving his age as 22, but looking older, Cyril Jackson was charged before Mr. Hedderwick, at North London with forging and uttering a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
James Flaherty (53), fireman, and Patrick Connelly (49), labourer, were charged with improper behaviour in King-street. Evidence was given by Constable Ryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miscellaneous. Huns' Revolution Spectre. Police Machine Guns Ready
PARIS, Sunday.—The Geneva correspondent of "L'Echo de Paris, states that the German Government, fearing revolution, have provided the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Appeal Court. the Gas Company's Case
The Municipal Appeal Court for Newcastle began its sittings at the Court House to day, Mr. F. G Adrian, S.M., presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Saturday, March 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, L.M.)
The licence of the Reservoir Hotel, Lambton, was transferred from Thomas Mordue to John M'Kenzle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →R.S.A. Secretary Charged. Alleged Theft of Funds
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thomas Leslie Bathurst, secretary of the Returned Soldiers Association, was charged at the Police Court to-day…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—George Vaux Bacon, an American journalist, who was arrested in England on a charge of spying, has pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland District. West Maitland Police Court
Mr. W. J. N. Fincham, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alfred John Bush was charged with…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men, Archibald Hughes and George Cunningham, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing 160…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 26. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)
Inspector Cunningham proceeded against the following for permitting stock to stray in the municipality of Wallsend on the 8th instant: Michael Hope, Robert…
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