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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 4. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 4

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

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Fryatt's Murder Berlin's "Regrets" LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 1

A message form Berlin says that the commission appointed to lavestigate the case of Captain Fryatt has issued its report, declaring that the…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 6

Mr. C.H. Gale P.M., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Mr. J. M. Slattery, an officer of the Federal Income Tax Department,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 7. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

The adjourned case, in which Charles Gilmore proceeded against James Wardle, sen., John Wardle and James Wardle, jun., for trespass, was resumed. Mr. M…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 7. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

A first offender, who had been locked up for drunkenness and admitted to ball, did not appear, and his bond was ordered to be forfeited. James Salle (32), labourer,…

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Police Picnic and Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 5

The annual picnic and sports in connection with the Newcastle police force tock place yesterday at Tomago, where a pleasant day was spent. The steamer…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 8. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

One first offender, who had been locked up for drunkenness, and admitted to bail, did not appear, and his bond was ordered to be forfeited. John Nixon (59),…

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Bolshevik Outrage Wholesale Murder London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 4

A telegram from Omsk states that General Koltchak, in a stirring proclamation, says that the final objective in the present offensive would be…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 6

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Kurri Police Count yesterday. Thomas Brown was fined 4s, with 6s costs, in default 48 hours' imprisonment,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 9. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Cruelty to a Horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 7

Leslie Rawson (28), carter, pleaded guilty to ill-treating a horse by working the animal that morning with a sore shoulder. fine of £2 was imposed, In…

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Daring Gaol Breakers Sinn Fein Exploit Thirty Prisoners Escape LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

Twenty Sinn Feiners escaped from Mount Joy prison, in Dublin, on Saturday afternoon, including Walsh, M.P., who was court-martialled on…

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After Five Years Murder of Jaures Assassin Acquitted PARIS, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 1

After a trial, lasting a week, Villain, the murderer of M. Jaures, the Socialist leader in July, 1914, was acquitted. The prosecution accepted the…

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Major Seaton's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 5

The trial of Lieutenant-colonel N. C. Rutherford, on a charge of murdering Major Miles Charles Seton, of the Australian Army Medical Corps, at Holland…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 10. (Before Mr. S.B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 7

Karl Vidura (53), engineer, pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Bankruptcy Court (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 7

Re John Burrill, miner, of Abermain: The single meeting of creditors lapsed. The bankrupt, In the course of his public examination, stated he had never been…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 7

John Thomas M'Donald, storekeeper, Newcastle, v. Lawrence Hetherington, Merewether, claim of £7 14s 4d, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff…

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Newcastle Licensing Court (Before Messrs. S. B. Gunn and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 7

The license of the Royal Standard Hotel. Adamstown, was transferred from John Stewart Masson to Francis Bartley; and the application for a transfer of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 11. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 5

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, forfeited the amounts of their bonds. Planted the Swag…

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Seton's Murder Act of a Madman Rutherford's Delusions LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 6

Further medical evidence for the defence in the Rutherford case showed that Rutherford was subject, while in France, to extraordinary and…

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Major Seton's Murder. Rutherford Found Insane. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 7

The trial of Lieutenant-colonel N. C. Rutherford, on a charge of murdering Major Miles Charles Seton of the Australian Army Medical Corps, at Holland…

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