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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 62

Alleged Theft. Copper Cable Worth £600

Northern Times · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

To-day, at Newcastle Police Court, before F. G. Adrian. S.M., Robert Leslie (34) rigger, was presented on a charge of having storer at…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 5

In the Industrial Court at Newcastle yesterday, Robert Gibson, of Church-street, Newcastle, was charged with a breach of the award of the Iron and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 7

For drunkenness, William Fayres was fined 10s, or three days. John Richard E. Lord, motor mechanic, was ordered to pay 2s 6d, or five minutes, for drunkenness,…

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West Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6

Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., J. W. Birkenhead, and Elias Bowden, L.Ms., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, June 7. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 7

There were further applications for renewa's of publicans' licenses, and in some cases for reassessments. On the basis laid down last week by the magistrates,…

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Copper Wire Theft. Steel Works Losses

Northern Times · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

Henry William Nicholle. 44, furnaceman, on ball, was charged at Newcastle Police Court, this morning, before Mr. F. G. Adrian. S.M., with having stolen…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 8. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 9

For drunkenness a first offender's bail was forfelted. Serious Charges. Robert Leslie (34), rigger, was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 9. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, had their bonds of 5s es-treated. Alleged Maliciously Wounding…

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Furniture Gases. Court Hearing Confined

Northern Times · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 1

At Newcastle Police Court this morning, Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., resumed the hearing, adjourned from June 1, of the cases in which John…

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"Not a Party." Unusual Court Scene

Northern Times · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—An unusual scene occurred in the Supreme Court this morning, when n stranger intimated that he desired to conduct a…

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Newcastle Foresters' Jubilee. Court Hunter's Record

Northern Times · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 4

The members of Court Hunter, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, celebrated the jubilee, of the establishment of the society in Newcastle by a…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis Sinclair Townsend was charged…

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A Mean Theft. Judge's Severe Remarks

Northern Times · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A youth, Keith Taylor (18), pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge of stealing postal articles…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, June 11. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

John Joseph Mahoney, agent for the trustees of the estate of the late W. W. Johnson, proceeded against Charles Cox to recover possession of a dwelling…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 11. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 7

For drunkenness, a first offender's bond was estreated, and William Hornby (33), fireman, was fined 20s, or seven days. The Furniture Cases…

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Copper Cable Losses. Another Charge of Theft

Northern Times · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 5

At Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., James Jackson, 29, labourer, was charged with having had in his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 12. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 2s, 6d, in default an hour's imprisonment. Another did not appear, and his ball was forfeited…

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Lambton Police Court

Northern Times · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

At the Lambton Police Count to-day, before Mr. F. G. Adrian. S.M., Alfred Quinn, of New Lambton, was charged with being drunk on May 25. The…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 13. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 3

E. J. Hopkins, A. Richards and W. H. Braye were each fined 10s, with costs 6s, for allowing stock to stray in the streets. Peter Bell was ordered to pay 4s sanitary…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 13. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

For drunkenness, a first offender was fined 2s 6d or one hour's detention. Jack Toro (24), seaman, was fined 40s, or 14 days for having been drunk and…

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