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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 62

Union Registrations. Industrial Court Action. Justice Heydon's Regrets

Northern Times · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Heydon to-day cancelled the registration of the unions concerned in the trouble These unions are: —…

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Mines Taken Over Before the Court Some Newcastle Rumours Newcastle Position. Matiers Continue Quiet. Defense Committee Charges

Northern Times · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 5

There were a large number of men at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, to-day, holding nice lings and conferring with union officials. The men are still…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, August 23. (Before Mr. Bracken, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

Lawrence Hill was charged that, while being in the employ of John Abnor Payne, butcher, of New Lambton, between the dates of March 1st and August 6th, 1917,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 23. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Insulting Words

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

Roy Flack (29), seaman, pleaded guilty to having called William Halliday, a railway porter, "a scabbing ——," and was fined £5, or two months. Halliday said…

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Trouble at Broken Hill. Police and Civilians in Conflict. Police Draw Batons

Northern Times · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Word was received in Sydney last night that strikers yesterday morning came into conflict with the police in Argent Street…

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A Military Coat. Maitland Court Case

Northern Times · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

At West Maitland Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. C. H. Gate, P.M., cames Elliott, 50 years of age, was charged with having a military…

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Railway and Tramway Unions. Before Industrial Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

Before Mr. Justice Heydon, in the Industrial Court this morning, a number of unions were called upon to show cause why their registrations should not be…

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Steel Works Stoppage Federal Court Preference. Engineers as Rollers

Northern Times · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

If members of a union are out in one place will the Cmnmnnwcaltta Arbitration Court increase the award to other members of the same union in…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

Booth licenses for the Newcastle races on September 1st were granted to Alexander Frew and Thomas Dalton…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Cross Summonses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

Mary Ann M'Carty, married woman, of Dent-street, Merewether, represented by Mr. T. A. Braye, summoned Lily Hughes, married woman, of Broadmeadow, for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 24. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 9

On a charge of having failed to register as an alien, James Salle, 29, labourer was remanded until Friday next. He pleaded not guilty…

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Stealing Dead Wool

Northern Times · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 2

At the Moree Police Court, before Major Crane, P.M., Ernest Robertson was charged with that he did, on or about July 7, at Roydon, near…

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Politician Charged. Remanded Till

Northern Times · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.— Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., appeared before the Police Court, to-day, charged with seditious utterance and conspiracy, and was…

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Manchester Unity Oddfellows. Wollombi Carried by Assault. Strong Branch Opened

Northern Times · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 5

On Saturday the Hunter River district officers (director, Fred W. Dimmock, district secretary, P.D.G.M.W.J. Crockell), accompanied by the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 25. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Discharged a Firearm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 7

Edward Wilson, 36, engineer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having discharged a revolver from a building abutting a public place, Perkin-street, Newcastle, on…

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Federal Powers. Arbitration Court Position. Justice Higgins's Statement

Northern Times · Monday 27 August 1917 · page 3

In the Federal Arbitration Court in Melbourne, Mr. Justice Higgins referred to the industrial crisis in these…

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Maitland Quarter Sessions. Alleged Assault

Northern Times · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 5

Tho Quarter Sessions were opened at Maitland to-day before Judge Fitzhardinge. Alexander Montgomery, a young…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 27. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

To charges of having been found in a common gaming house on the 29th July last. John White, Trevor Thomas, Edward, Tobin, and Ronald Kirk pleaded…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 27. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

The bond of a first offender, for drunkenness, was forfeited…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Higgins refused the application for the variation of the award in connection with the Amalgamated…

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