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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 62

German With A.I.F. Maximum Police Sentences

Northern Times · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

At Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., a German, Anton Edmund Wagenbauer, described as a cook,…

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Newcastle Abattoirs Case. Full Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 6

Judgment was delivered today by the Full Court, consisting of Justices Pring, Gordon, and Ferguson, in the case of Bowell v. the Newcastle Abattoirs Board…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 7

Alexander Frew, and Thomas Dalton were granted booth licenses for the Newcastle races on June 4th…

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Maitland Vagrant Sentenced

Northern Times · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

At the West Maitle[?]d Police Court this meeting Edward john Donnelly, it was. sentenced to three months hard labour in East Maitland gaol…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 25. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 10

For drunkenness, three first offenders were fined each 2s 6d, or five minutes. A German Sentenced. Anton E. Wagenbauer, 39, cook,…

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Unruly Seamen. Assault on an Officer

Northern Times · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 3

Hush Feeney, 27 years of age, seaman, was before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court, this morning, charged with drunkenness…

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World's Merchant Shipping Woman Escapes Murder

Northern Times · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—A steward of the torpedoed steamer Fjeldll and his wife were taken on board a German submarine. As the steward…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 26. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 7

James Rome, 63, engineer, was fined Es, or 24 hours, for drunkenness. Remanded. "Francis James Walsh, 40, chair maker,…

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Mr. R. D. Meagher. Application for Reinstatement. Supreme Court Hearing

Northern Times · Monday 28 May 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—Application was made to the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice Sir William Cullen, and Justices Pring and Gordon, by R…

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Cessnock Police Court

Northern Times · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. G. Harris. J.P., presided at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday morning. John Greentree, charged with having been drunk and having used…

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Murder at Roma. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

The police received a telegram from Roma to-day, intimating that Mr. J. A. Hayter, the licensee of the Royal Hotel, was shot dead in his hotel this morning…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 7

In the small debts court, William Cunningham, inspector for the Wallsend Council, obtained a verdict against Ada Irene Pepper for 16s 6d, with 6s costs,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 28. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

For drunkenness, four first offenders' bonds were estreated, and two others were each fined 2s 6d, or one hour. William Allen, 65, fisherman, was fined 5s, or two…

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MR. R. D. Meagher. Application to Full Court. Unanimously Refused. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

The Banco Court was crowded this morning, when the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 29. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 5

Two first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, or one hour's detention. A fine of 10s, or 48 hours, was recorded against Edward Dockerty, 64, tinsmith, on a charge of…

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Aerial. Huns' Means of Murder. Higher Explosive Bombs

Northern Times · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. — The "Daily Mail" states that the sound and the effect of the explosive bombs dropped in the East Anglian raid suggest that…

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Wheat Workers' Wages. Industrial Court Award. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 6

Mr. Justice Heydon concluded in the Industrial Court this afternoon the hearing of evidence in the wheat-workers' case. The evidence had been brought by the…

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Lambton Police Court

Northern Times · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 5

At Lambton Police Court to-day, before Mr. Adrian, S.M., John Griffiths (miner), for behaving in a riotous, manner in Thalaba Road, New…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, May 30. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 7

Frederick Simpson was charged with selling rabbits within Waratah Municipality without a license. He was further charged with hawking rabbits for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 30. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 2

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and his ball bond was forfeited. Stephen Earl (62), labourer, was fined £1, in default, seven…

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