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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 55

Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday. James M'Gauley was fined 10s, with…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Addison, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, was occupied at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 5

Newcastle and district subscribed £570 13s 6d to the art union conducted in connection with the recent Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival. Of that amount…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 3. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 2

Three first offenders for drunkenness were fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court. Percy Leslie Smith (24), shearer, charged with drunkenness, did not appear,…

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Municipal Appeal Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 2

The valuations of the Stockton Municipal Council were confirmed in the case of Stanley W. Smith. This was the only appeal…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Addison, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat again at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. The Minister for Labour and Industry,…

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Decided to Enlist Police Court Incident

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 5

Two laborers, Edward Daniels (22) and James Cowle (20), were before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, charged with having travelled…

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Alleged Murder. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 5

At the Brisbane Police Court to-day Ronald Percival Young, aged 30, was charged with the murder of Charles William Crompton, at Chindera, near Tweed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 4. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Alleged Wife Desertion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 2

John Frederick Dent (37), electrical engineer, was charged by warrant with leaving his wife, Jessie Dent, without lawful means of support. Sergeant M'Kellar,…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 7

Re Charles Henry M'Donald, bankrupt, of Catherine Hill Bay. The single meeting lapsed, only one creditor appearing, and the public examination was declared…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 7

Marcus Clark and Company, Limited, v. G. David, Gosford, claim of £3 15s, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s 9d costs…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. F. Butler and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 7

Renewals of hotel licenses were granted to Patrick Joseph Greeley, Gladstone Hotel, Stockton; and Alexander Stewart, Killingworth Hotel, Killingworth…

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Murder of Belgians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 7

The Belgian Legation in Washington has received advices that the Germans, on March 16th, shot the Rev. Mr. Moons, a Belgian rector, and five other Belgians at…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 5. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

James Henderson (39), Seaman, was fined 1s, or an hour's imprisonment, for drunkenness, and for a similar offence, the ball bond of William Russell (60), miner, who did not…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 6. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 7

A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or detention until the rising of the court James Kenny (69), labourer, an old age pensioner, pleaded guilty to…

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Opium Sensation Two Men Charged SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

James Law (37), motor driver, and Robert Campbell Powell, or Robert Campbell (47), fisherman, appeared before the Central Police Court to-day to answer charges in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 8. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

Archibald M'Intyre, 51, wharf labourer, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or detention until the rising of the court. Richard Musgrave, 48, miner, for being…

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Waiting in Street Children's Court Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

The only concession made by the Department of Justice so far in the City Council request for the removal of the children's court from its location in Church-street to…

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Tweed Tragedy Body in the River Verdict of Murder MURWILLUMBAH

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 3

At the inquest at Murwi[?]bah yesterday into the death of Charles William Crompton, on March 27, the Coroner returned a verdict that he had been murdered…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, April 9. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 3

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court. James Henderson (38), seaman, for being drunk in Scott-street, was fined 16s, or three days'…

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