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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

1,094 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 55

Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 20. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn. S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1918 · page 3

Walter George Frost (64), labourer, who had been locked up for drunkenness, and admitted to bail, did not appear, and his recognisance was forfeited. Frans Ricard…

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Work or Gaol? Mr. Gunn's Question a Youth in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 3

At the Newcastle Police Court this morning, Constable Tassell informed Mr. Gunn, S.M., that William John Watson, 18 years of age, was an idle…

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Industrial Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 5

Reserved judgements in a number of cases were gives by Mr. G. C. Addison, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 21. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 7

Joseph H. Wright (48), labourer, charged with being drunk and with using improper language, was fined 10s, in default three days imprisonment for the first offence,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 7

Reginald Harvey, the licensee of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, was granted extended leave, he having enlisted. The license of the Commercial Hotel…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 7

Frode. Ash, Ltd., Newcastle, v. C. F. Watts, Dangar Villa, Narrabri, claim for 4s 8d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount with 5s 9d costs. Same v. S…

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Warden's Court. Thursday, November 21. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Warden.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 3

An application was made by the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, Limited, for suspension of labour conditions in respect of Lambton Colliery, B Pit, mining…

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The Capetown Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 8

A Capetown message states that the evidence for the prosecution at the trial oft Percy Dargin on a charge of murder of a follow clerk named Glanville closed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 22. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 4

A first offender, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to bail, did not appear, and his recognisance was forfeited…

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Runaway Tram Lassoed by Police

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 1

The resource of two policeman who "lassoed" a runaway tramear Prevent a serious accident of Archway road, Highgate, London. An electric…

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Murder Mystery Tragedy of Bush Dargin's Trial Concluded CAPETOWN, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 1

The case for the Crown in the trial or Percy Dargin (43), clerk in the Standard Bank, who is charged with the murder of a fellow-clerk, Denis…

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Industrial Matters. Living Wage. Full Court's Judgment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 7

The Full Industrial Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Heydon, Judge Rolin, and Judge Curluewis, delivered judgment at Sydney yesterday in regard Ito the course…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 4

The license of the Killingworth Hotel, Killingworth, was transferred from Alexander Stewart to James M'Geachie…

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The Capetown Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 6

The trial of Percy Dargin, an Australian, who is accused of the murder of a clerk named Glanville, was continued. Dargin went into the witness-box,…

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An Australian Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 5

Zurich reports that the Australian Army in the Ukraine ceased to exist when the troops asked General Hoffman to demobilise, and he refused…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 23. (Before Mr. A. G. Chiplin, C.M.) Would Si[?]n an Armistice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 2

Martha May M'Williams (38), married, against whom there was a long list of convictions for drunkenness, again appeared to answer a similar charge. The…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Job Butler Hudson was charged with…

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Mailbag Theft Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 5

On Tuesday, November 12, a mall bag containing three registered letters was carried from the post office at Leeton to the Yanco railway station, and…

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Theft of Red Cross Food

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 5

A report from Prague states that the Czecho-Slovak Government's investigation shows that a number of Austrian noblemen and their wives appropriated food…

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Gaol or Home Old Man's Choice

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 3

A decrepit old man, Patrick O'Hare (69), appeared before Mr. Butler, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court this morning, charged, on the information of…

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