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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 55

Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 16. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Absent Without Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 7

Edward Clarke (27), John Davies (48), Thomas Owens (40), Joseph Sutton (30), firemen, Thomas Walsh (33), and John Totten (32), greasers, John Carol (32),…

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Prize Court Decision. Neutral Vessels Condemned. (Australian Cable Association.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 5

Sir Samuel Evans, the President of the Admiralty Division of the High Court, sitting as a Prize Court, condemned the Dutch vessel Leonora and a cargo of…

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Charletown Police Court. Tuesday, April 16. (Before Mr. Gates, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 2

Teddy Jo, Allen Menzies, and John Henderson, [?] drunkenness, were each fined 1s, with 6s costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Police Help Red Cross

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 5

The Newcastle police are actively supporting the Red Cross Day movement. They are organising a stall for the occasion, to be stationed outside the police station. In…

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Tributes in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 5

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday sympathetic reference was made to the late Mr. Lloyd. Mr. E. Scott Holland, the town clerk,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 17. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Alleged False Representation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 7

Harry Osborne Bartley, or Harry Arthur Slater (63), was charged, on remand, with falsely representing himself at Newcastle, on March 14th, as a returned soldier;…

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The Police Force "Autocratic System"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 5

The administration of the police force, together with that of other Government departments, is at present the subject of an investigation by a Royal Commission. But…

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Sinn Feiners Attack on Police London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 1

At Wicklow a crowd of menacing Sinn Feiners attacked the police while they were removing a Sinn Feiner who had been sentenced to six months imprisonment for…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, April 18. (Before Mr. Gaites, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 2

Lieutenant Legge, of the Defence Department, prosecuted the following cadets for non-efficient drills and falling to attend compulsory parade on December 18…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 18. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 3

Thomas Godfrey Collins (33), labourer, was charged with, at Newcastle, between April 4 and 12, stealing 108 corn bags, valued at £3 3s, the property of the…

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German Theft Annexation in Poland London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 1

The Hague correspondent of "The Times" states that the, "Krouz-Zeitung" (Berlin) says that a quarter of the Polish coalfields will be annexed by Prussia, including the…

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Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 6

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

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Station Murder Northern Territory Tragedy DARWIN

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 4

Alex. M'Donald, a mechanic at Auvergne station, about 36 miles from the Victoria river depot in the Northern Territory, has been murdered…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 3

Re William Thomas Mitten, of Carrington, bankrupt attributed his insolvency to the strike, illness, and pressure of creditors. The public, examination was…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 3

John Samuels, licensee of the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Newcastle, was granted a music permit for the evening of Red Cross Day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 3

J. D. O'Sullivan v. Mrs. Margaret Ashman, of Adamstown, claim of £11 10s for commission on sale of property. Mr. T. D. O'Sullivan appeared for the…

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Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 8

The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court will be opened at the East Maitland Courthouse on Friday, before Mr. Justice Pring. The following cases have…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 20. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1918 · page 2

A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or detention until the rising of the court. Edward Leddy (42), labourer, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 22. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Charge of Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 2

Thomas Godfrey Collins (33), carter, was charged with stealing, at Newcastle, between April 4th and 12th, 108 corn bags, valued at £3 3s, the property of the…

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Summons Division. Fined for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 2

Robert Leslie proceeded against Angus Burns, of Islington, on a charge of assault, Mr. T. A. Braye appeared for the complainant. A plea of guilty was…

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