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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 55

Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 11. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

Two first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness, and their bonds forfeited. For having used improper language in the bar of the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton,…

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Dare-devil Boy Amazing Career Police Led Merry Dance SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 4

An 11-year-old lad has been leading the police a merry dance. His wild-spirited pranks caused him to be sent to the country in the hope of Quietening him down. At…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

Robert Gittins sued James Henderson for £10, being the amount of damage caused by defendant who drove a motor car against a motor car being driven by the plaintiff. Mr…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

Re Thomas Mackitson Goffet, of Fern-street, Islington.—Bankrupt stated that he had never been insolvent before. His bankruptcy was due to loss of employment during the…

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The Mirbach Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 7

Amsterdam reports that a Berlin mess age states that members of the committee of the Social Revolutionaries, including the murderers of Count von Mirbach,…

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Murder of the Czarevitch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 7

A telegram from Copenhagen reports that Swedish papers announce on the authority of a well-known Swede from Moscow, that a Bolshevik soldier…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 12. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 3

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. For having been drunk and disorderly in Scott-street, William MDougall (28), engineer, was fined 10s,…

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Intrigue in Russia Murder of Mirbach London, Friday night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Stockholm reports that a message from Petrograd states that M. Lenin has accepted the Finnish proposal through the German Foreign…

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Mr. Judd's Affidavit. Allegations Against the Police. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 7

The sworn declaration of Mr. E. E. Judd, which was handed to Mr. Hall, the Atorney-General, states that he had for some time past been engaged in…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, July 3. the Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 9

For a long time bodies of workers with reasonably strong organisations have openly expressed their dissatisfaction with the Arbitration Court, but never previously has…

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The Mirbach Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 5

A message from Moscow states that one of the murderers of Count von Mirbach, the German Ambassador, has been arrested…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, July 13. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 7

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, and his bond forfeited. John George Cusick (46), labourer, who pleaded guilty to having been drunk in…

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Austrian Court Scandals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 5

The Hague correspondent of the "New York Times" gives details of recent scandals at the Austrian Court. He says he is informed on high…

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Germany's Policy. the Allies Blamed for Von Mirbach's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 5

Count von Hertling, the German Imperial Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, said that changing the Foreign Minister would not change Germany's foreign…

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Court Charges Offence on the Railways

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 6

One first offender for drunkenness hud his bond of 53 forfeited by Mr. Gale, D.S.M., at Newcastle Police Court this morning. Thomas Alcock pleaded guilty to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 15. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 7

One first offender, charged with being drunk at Lambton on the 13th instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Trouble Over Husband Assault on Brother-in-Law

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 4

At the Teralba Police Court this morning, before Mr. Butler, S.M., Charles Caldwell was fined £5, with £4 10s costs, and 10s 6d police expenses. Caldwell was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 15. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 7

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, and his bond forfeited…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 16. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 3

A first offender was dealt with for drunkenness, and his bond forfeited. Ship Captain Fined. Robert Thirlaway, master of an oversea…

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John Brown, Complaint Cases at Minmi Father and Son Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 5

At the Minmi Police Court to-day, John Wilson, junr., and John Alexander Atmore were charged with having attempted to steal seven sheets of iron, the property of…

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