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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

1,227 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 62

Arrest of Soldiers. Police Methods Justified

Northern Times · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 5

A copy of a very lengthy report was received from inspector M'hardy at Newcastle Council meeting last night regarding certain soldiers who were…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Coal Trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 7

The hearing of evidence on the reference of the Minister for Labour and Industry, in connection with the coal trimmers at Newcastle, was continued at the…

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Russia's Tragedy. the Country Divided. Fighting and Murder. Cossacks' Great Power. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1917 · page 5

The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphing on Sunday night, states that a large force was approaching Petrograd, and that its…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 20. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Alleged Desertion from Vessel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1917 · page 2

Charles Rudolf Vallemose (18), steward, was charged, on remand, with deserting from a vessel at Port Jackson on November 15th, was further remanded until…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Coal-trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1917 · page 5

Evidence was continued yesterday in the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' matter, before is Honor Judge Curlewis, in the Industrial Court at Newcastle. During the…

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Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 6

Arthur Alfred Luxford and Charles Hing, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering and stealing from the shop of Young Munt at…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 6

Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., yesterday, at the police court, David Germyn pleaded guilty to assaulting Charles Woods at the Stanford-Merthyr railway station on…

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Murder in Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 4

The body of Mrs. Taylor, the mother of the supposed murdered girl, was found in Goulburn River, about three hundred yards from where the daughter's remains…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 21. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Absent Without Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 7

Charles Rudolph Nellemore, 18, steward, admitted that he was absent without leave from a Danish vessel at Port Jackson, and was sentenced to three days in gaol…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Coal Trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 5

His Honor Judge Curlewis continued the hearing of evidence in the coal trimmers' case in the Industrial Court, Newcastle, yesterday…

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Australian Loyalty. Views of Distinguished Men. High Court Judge Speaks

Northern Times · Thursday 22 November 1917 · page 4

Archbishop Mannix, of Melbourne, made the following reply to the press statement by Mr. Justice Heydon in reference to the earlier statements by…

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Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 6

Arthur Alfred Luxford and Claude King, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering, and stealing from one shop on Young Munt, at Maitland, were called up for…

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Assault on Loyalist. Kurri Court Cases

Northern Times · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 4

Before C. H. Gale. P.M., at Kurri Kurri Police Court, David Germyn, charged with assaulting William Wood, a loyalist, pleaded guilty. The…

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Licensing Court

Northern Times · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 4

At Newcastle Licensing Court, before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. Hibble, L.M.'s, Comfort Sperring was granted a transfer of the licence of…

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Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was opened before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge yesterday, at the conclusion of the Quarter Sessions. Mould v Hammond.—In this case Mould…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 22. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 3

Far drunkenness, George Mason 64, miner, was fined 10s, or 43 hours. Back to New Zealand. A charge against Helge Vigo Sorenson, 30…

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Industrial Court. Newcastle Coaltrimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 4

His Honor Judge Curlewis continued the hearing of evidence in the coal trimmers' case in the Industrial Court, Newcastle, yesterday…

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Hotel Rent Abatement. Full Court Judgment. No Refund of Rent

Northern Times · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday.—The Full Court delivered judgment in the case in which Helena Lawless, licensee of the Hallway Hotel, Muswellbrook, sued R…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, November 22. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 3

Abraham Warner secured a renewal of the license of the Wickham Pork Hotel, Islington. Emily Mary Roberts was granted…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 23. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 4

Joseph M'Carthy (26), fireman, was remanded until the following day on a charge of arriving at Newcastle from New Zealand without a passport…

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