A Destroyer's Night. the Sea Police in Winter
Everybody knows about the discomfort of life in the trenches. Have not these been humorously portrayed by Bairnsfather and made light of…
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Courts & crime, 1917
1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 62
Charged With Vagrancy. Police Statements
When Kelso Walker Bayliss, aged 17, a warehouseman, appeared before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, this morning…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Burglars entered Joe Gardiner's boot store last night, and got away with boots, etc., valued at £150. The intruders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
A ease of wife desertion preferred against John W. Myers was withdrawn, on the application of the plaintiff, the defendant being ordered to pay 6s 4d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 2. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
For drunkenness, William Herbert Stacey, 34, labourer, was fined 5s, or 10 minutes' detention, and the bonds of seven first offenders were forfeited…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Pack of Lies." Soldier Charged with Imposture. a Remarkable Story
A motor-car driver, John Vincent Owen, 22 years of age, was before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, to-day, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boot Store Robbery. Three Boys Charged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three boys, Oswald Smith, William Seymour and Sidney Page were charged at the Police Court to-day in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Vagrancy Horse Owner Charged. Cases Break Down
Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M., in the summons division of the Newcastle Police Court, Frederick Gordon Fullford, aged 37 years, a horse trainer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 3. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default, five minutes' imprisonment. The bail bonds of another who did not appear were ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, April 4. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)
Mrs. S. Cordwell, Sidney Hewson, and Harry Atkinson were each fined 10s, with costs, for allowing stock to stray in the streets. George H. Lock, George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
For drunkenness, a first offender was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention, and Frederick A. Heidebrecht, 42 seaman, 5s, or 15 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Publican's "Shout." May He Entertain Friends? Magistrate Hesehves Decision
Whether the licensee of a hotel may entertain his friends in the bar of his hotel during prohibited trading hours, was the point which Mr. W. J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 5. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
On charges of drunkenness, the bonds of two first offenders were forfeited. Robert Bell, 44, labourer, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment, for having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, April 5. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale and C. Hibble, L.Ms.) Reductions
John G. Williams, Tattersall's Hotel, West Wallsend, was granted redactions from £150 (assessment) and £25 (license fee) to £113 and £20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quinologist. Sale Contract Questioned. a High Court Writ
SYDNEY, Saturday. — Messrs. W. A. Windeyer and Williams, solicitors, of Sydney, as agents for Leake, James and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Murder Girl. Manufactured Evidence
Mr. H. Patrick Devitt, the Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Express," writes:—"Details of the cold-blooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
For having been drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street on Friday evening, George J. Chesewell (31), labourer, was fined 20s, in default seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 9. (Before Mr. Chiplin, Chamber Magistrate.)
A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or three hours' detention; and John Meldrum (43), labourer, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Mounted Stick. Alleged Theft
A wharf labourer named John French, 64 years of age, was arraigned before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, to-day, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder in New Zealand. Wellington
About ten o'clock yesterday morning Henrietta Foster, aged 18 years, was murdered by Charles Butler, aged 40, at View Hill Station, ten miles from…
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