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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 62

Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, April 18. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 3

George Hall, Samuel Fowks, and Kenneth Great were each fined 10s, with costs 6s, for driving their bicycles on footpaths. Municipal-inspector Wrightson…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 2

For having been drunk and disorderly, Charles Davis (48), labourer, and Thomas Miller (50), labourer, were each fined 5s, or six hours' imprisonment…

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Kurri Court. Illegally in Hotel

Northern Times · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 4

At the Police Court at Kurri Kurri, before Mr. W. J. M. Fincham, P.M., Henry Hutchinson was fined 10s with 6s costs, in default, three days'…

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Lambton Police Court

Northern Times · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 3

The cases set down for hearing at the Lambton Police Court yesterday were adjourned until the next court. The New Lambton municipal appeals…

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An Unfortunate Holiday, Abermain Man Charged

Northern Times · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 5

John Brennan, 47, a bootmaker, who said he came from Abermain, fell upon evil days as the result of a holiday which he decided to take about a…

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Fatal Boxing Bout. Eight Men Charged

Northern Times · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 3

Eight arrests have been made over the death of Gilbert Alexander, fighting under the name of Sld Lorraine, who succumbed to injuries received in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 20. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 3

Three first offenders were fined 2s 6d, or five minutes, for drunkenness. John Brennan (47), bootmaker, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for vagrancy…

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Murder of Prisoners. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 5

The Amsterdam correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" has obtained information from a reliable source that an educated German deserted has made…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 21. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Aliens' Registration Act…

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Court Congestion. Difficulty of Adjournments

Northern Times · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 4

Three charges of breaches of the Lleensing Act in respect to hotels being open after hours were mentioned to Mr F. G. Adrian S.M., at Newcastle…

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Noxious Trade. Butcher in Court. Fined of £3 and Costs

Northern Times · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 1

Alfred J. Bush, master butcher, appeared at Newcastle Police Court this morning, charged on two summonses with having conducted a noxious…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 6

Mr. W. J. N. Fincham, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. James Stanley Carroll was fined 10s, in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 23. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

Henry Williams was charged that being a person against whom a prohibition order is in force, he was found upon the licensed premises of the Great…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

The Wallsend Municipal Appeal Court was then held. Mr. A. Cook, town clerk, advised the magistrate that it twelve appeals lodged eleven of the appellants had…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Illtreating a Horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 7

Peter Buke, 78, carter, denied a charge of having cruelly illtreated a horse by working it when it was suffering from an injury to a foot. The police stated that…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 24. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 5

Oswald Robert Shaw, 39, engineer, was fined £1, with 1s costs, in default, seven days' Imprisonment, for drunkenness. Thomas Prinnville, 52, labourer, was…

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Teralba Police Court

Northern Times · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 4

At the Teralba Police Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.. Sergeant Coats procceded against Albert Smith for being on the licensed premises of…

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Alleged Stealing, Savings Bank Case

Northern Times · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Arthur Leggo, who is charged with stealing £14,000, belonging to the Government Savings Bank, has been further remanded to…

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Abattoir Board Prosecution. Charge of Illegal Slaughtering. Lengthy Police Court Hearing. Decision Reserved

Northern Times · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 3

Lengthy evidence was adduced at Newcastle Police Court, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., yesterday afternoon and this morning, in a charge against…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 25. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 7

(Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) John Miettmen (37), seaman, for using improper language, was fined 10s, or 24 hours…

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