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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 62

Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 4

Mr. F. M'Cormack, secretary of the Coaltrimmers' Federal Union, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Thomson, associate to Judge Curlewis, intimating…

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, November 6. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 7

Thomas Fenwick was charged by inspector J. G. M'Gilvray, of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, that at Boolaroo the defendant had allowed liquid matters…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuuesday, November 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 3

For drunkenness, Laurits Nicholson (39), labourer, was lined 10s, in default three days. Remanded…

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Alleged Child Murder. Charge Against a Woman

Northern Times · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Ellen Rowley (18), was before the police court in Sydney, charged with the murder of a female infant. The accused, who…

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Goal Lumpers and Arbitration Court Reference Judge Curlewis's Inquiry

Northern Times · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 5

At Newcastle Court House to-day. a Bluing of the industrial Arbitration Court was held. Judge Curlewis presiding. The business before the Court…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court, yesterday. Maurice Callaghan was fined 4s, with 6s…

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Garden Island Theft. Naval Policeman Convicted

Northern Times · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 5

Patrick Lynch (33), a naval policeman, was charged before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Water Police Court, in Sydney, with stealing three sheets and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 7

Helge Vigo Sorenson (30), fireman, was remanded for a week on a charge of assaulting James Baldwin, master of the steamer Koromiko, at Carrington…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Coaltrimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 4

The reference by the Minister for Labour and Industry for inquiry and award as to the wages and working conditions of the coal-lumpers and coaltrimmers was…

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Hun Blood Lust. Next War Bigger Still. Greater Murder Means Desired

Northern Times · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A remarkable book entitled "Deductions from the Great War," by a Prussian General, Baron von Freitag Loringhoven,…

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Unlawful Assaults. Goal Trimmer Fined £8. Newcastle Court Charges

Northern Times · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 5

Two charges of unlawful assault arising out of a clash yesterday afternoon, in Scott Street, between a member of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John O'Brien was charged with having,…

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Kurri Police Court. Cases From the Mines

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at Kurri Kurri police court. George Palmer, Richard Palmer, Herbert Smith and William Smith…

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Charge of Assault. a Hairdresser Arrested

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 5

Bernard Seuily (22), hairdresser, was presented at Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M., on a charge of having…

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Theft of a Swag. West Maitland Case

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., John O'Brien, 45, was charged with having at West Maitland stolen one…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 8. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 7

A first offender was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention. Fined for Assaults. Edward Redfern (48), coal trimmer,…

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Miners' Victimisation. Western Court Ends Abruptly

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 2

The miners' victimisation tribunal in the western district has proved abortive, the obstacle to its success being the same as in the South Coast…

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Resisting Military Police Trouble at Waratah. Arrest of Alleged Deserter

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 5

Before Mr. F. G. Adrian. S.M., at Newcastle police court to-day, Frederick Plovman (58), a licensed collecter, was presented on three charges…

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Germans in Court. Giving Misleading Answers. Should Be Interned

Northern Times · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 3

Otto Wetzel and August Kari Fehrenholz, natives of Germany, pleaded guilty at Newcastle police court this morning to charges of having given…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, November 8. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 7

Alexander Frew secured booth licenses for the Wallsend races on November 17 and 23. Morgan Jones was granted a renewal…

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