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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

1,127 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 57

Here and There District Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 5

The next sittings of the District Court at Newcastle will be held on February 10. Storekeepers' Prices…

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Arbitration Court. Steel Works Union Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 6

The hearing of the application of the Iron and Steel Industry Employees' Protective Association for the fixing of the rates to govern the employees at Port…

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War Widows Trades Hall Assault Mine Overseer Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Donald Campbell, who stated that he was overseer at Glebo Colliery, was before Mr. Gunn, S.M. at Newcastle Police Court this morning, on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 23. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

Netta Pembleton (28), married, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Bertha Mow Joy (31), for a similar offence, was fined £1,…

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Small Debts Court. House Renting Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

H. Carter sued F. Davidson for £10, on a charge that certain moneys had been paid for the rental of a house at Stockton, and certain expenses and inconveniences…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

A music permit was granted to F. R. Black, of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle. A transfer of the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, was granted…

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Irish Outrage Murder Op Police Explosives Stolen LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

A Dublin message says: Twelve masked men attacked and shot dead two policemen near Tipperary, who were guarding a conveyance full of…

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Police Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

Police union officials assert that they will insist on the fullest recognition at all costs, and are formally submitting their demand to the Home Office and the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 24. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) False Representations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

Henry Rose, alias Claude Cronin, 28, bricklayer, had three charges preferred against him, respectively, that at Morisset, on or about November 25, he stole…

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Guilty of Murder Army Tragedy London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 5

The coroner's Jury, in their verdict respecting the death of Major M.C.C. Seton, found Lieut.-Colonel Ruther[?]ord guilty of murder…

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The Seton Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Major Seton, who was shot by Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford, was concluded. Mrs. Rutherford was present…

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Murder of Major Seton Rutherford Committed for Trial Sensational Evidence at Inquest London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

The Kensington Police Court was crowded when the inquest on Major M. C. C. Seton was resumed. The assused (Lieut. Col. Rutherford) was…

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Major Seton's Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

The court was crowded at the resumed nearing of the inquiry into the death of Major Miles Charles Seton, of the Australian Army Medical Corps…

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Murder of Ex-czar and Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Dally Chronicle" states that Count A. Tolstoi, who was recently in Berlin, confirms Prince. Lyoff's narrative of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 28. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Martha Cornish (43), married, was fined £1, in default 14 days'…

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Arbitration Court. Steel Works Union Application Costs of Increases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

The hearing of the application of the Iron and Steel Industry Employees' Protective Association for the fixing of the rates to govern the employees at Port…

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Murder of the Romanoffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

Count Tolstoi supplies further details of the murder of the ex-Czar and his family. The ex-Czar was living at Ekaterinburg,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 29. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, did not appear, and his bail was forfeited. Another first offender, John Fleming (26), blacksmith, was fined 5s, in…

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District Court Judges. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

Messrs. J. J. Cohen, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and L. Armstrong, barrister-at-law, have been appointed District Court Judges. They will be…

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Arbitration Court. Steel Works Union's Case. Evidence for Increases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

The hearing of the application of the Iron and Steel industry Employees Protective Union for the fixing of rates to govern the employees at the Steel Works…

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