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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 55

Hearing on Friday Applications in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. Beeby announced last night that [?] was intended to apply to the Industrial Court for the re-registration of seven additional unions, bringing the total In respect of…

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Soldier Charged Alleged Forged Orders SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 5

Herbert William Aubrey Wedd, a soldier, who was arrested yesterday by a detective, was before the Central Police Court this morning on a charge ot stealing 100 cases…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 7. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. Alleged Theft…

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Crane Men in Court Insulting Language Denied

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 5

At the Newcastle Police Court this morning before Mr. A. Gates. D.S.M., Leslie Fullford. 25, crane driver, was charged with having used insulting words to Arthur Maskill…

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How Austria Holds Bureaucracy and Police Force of Clericalism

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 4

To many people used to regarding Austria as a "ramshackie Empire." It seems strange that though exhausted economically and weak[?] by the continuous struggles of…

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Death in the Bush Pensioner Shot Boys Charged with Murder SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 5

A sensational fatal bush tragedy was reported this morning from Lapstone Hill, lust beyond Emu Plains. Late yesterday afternoon an old-age…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 8. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 7

One first offender, for drunkenness, who was out on bail, failed to appear, and his bond was ordered to be forfeited. Case Dismissed…

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An Officer Court-martialled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 5

Twenty-five charges against Lieutenant-Colonel Mackay, assistant Provost Marshal in the Western Command, have been heard before a Westminster…

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Joel Tragedy Search Continues Sydney Police at Work SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 5

Inspector Campbell, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, left for the Blue Mountains this morning to continue the Investigation into the disappearance of David Joel…

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Three Months' Gaol Military Police Sentenced SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 4

Three military policemen, Roderick Dewar (48), Arthur Pasch (39), and Marcus Wakeley (39), were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Central Police…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 9. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.) Vagrancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 7

Annie Cullen (35), married woman, was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient lawful means of support, at Islington, on May…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 7

Katherine Broome obtained a verdict for £2 17s 6d, against A. H. Morris, for rent, of premises at Hamilton. Plaintiff was allowed 12s costs…

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Re-registering Unions in Industrial Court Judge Heydon's Difficulty SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 6

The application by the Minister for Labor for the reinstatement of 15 unions which had been de-registered for having been concerned in the recent strike was before Mr…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, May 9. (Before Messrs. Gates and Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 7

The following applications for transfers were granted:—George Hudson, Post-office Hotel, Newcastle, to Thomas Abern; Christopher Alfred Thomas, Argenton…

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Park Stealing Goes on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 4

"We lack civic imagination," said Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, when he was an alderman of Sydney. The story of the slovenly parks about Sydney suggests that the people leek civic application as well. The civic spirit of the community is reflected in the [?] the men whom it selects to administer its affairs. The aldermanic type does…

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Germans Plot Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 7

"Le Petit Parisien," referring to the case of Pascual, one of the anarchists who was banished from Spain, states that it transpires that Strober end Grimm,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 10. (Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 3

A first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court. Mary Symons (42), and John Marshal (51), labourer, who had been locked up, and admitted to ball,…

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Joel Tragedy Police Baffled. Thorough Search Fails SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 5

The Blue Mountain mystery will go down in history as one of the most extraordin­ary und pathetic cases over dealt with by the police…

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Beach Hotel Case Hicks Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 5

Before, the hearing of the footing charge, agains: James William Reld, at New castle Police Court this morning, Leon Hicks appeared before Mr. Butler, on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 11. (Before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, J.P.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 7

James Moranto (63), oysterman, who had been locked up for being drunk, and admitted to bail, did not answer when called, and his bail bond was forfeited…

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