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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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A Sydney Letter. Military Enthusiasm in the Capital.—removing the Abattoirs.—sydney's Destitute Children Remembered.—do We Want Saturday a Holiday?—committing a Tailor to Gaol.—the Talkativeness of General French.—lord Roberts and His Grey Mare.—water or Beer, Which? Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 6

Sydney is atiptoe with excitement over the departure of another contingent, and the military part of it something more. The barracks are like a hive, and if one can…

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The French Conspiracy Trials. M. Deroulede Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The trial of the alleged Royalist, anti-Semite, and Nationalist conspirators, in France is being proceeded with in Paris before…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 22. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 8

Thomas Peacock pleaded guilty to using obscene language at New Lambton on the 20th inst., and was fined 10s, or three days' gaol…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 22. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Without a Ticket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 2

For having travelled from Sydney to Newcastle by the s.s. Newcastle without having paid their fares. Robert Beilische and Charles Cox were each…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 23. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness and Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1899 · page 3

John Ryan was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours' gaol, for drunkenness in Railway-street, Merewether, on the 22nd inst…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, December 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 7

(Before, Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., J. Doyle was charged by Laka, an Indian hawker, with using indecent language to him. The defendant, who was…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 7

Ganga Poren sued Jacob Bush for £1 7s 6d, goods sold. The amount having been paid into court, a verdict was given for 6s costs…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, December 27. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) "Celebrating" the Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1899 · page 3

Wilfrid Joseph Iris Giblin, an old offender, was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' gaol, for drunkenness in Hunter-street. William Denis was…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 28. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 3

Michael Short pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street on the 26th instant, and was let off with the nominal penalty of 5s, or one hour…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 28. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 7

Walter Desterwalt was charged with having made use of indecent language in Hunter-street West on the 27th instant…

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Newcastle Bankruptcy Court Thursday, December 28. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 7

Single meeting and public examination were declared closed in Re Thomas Morgan, miner, who said his bankruptey was caused by an…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, December 28. (Before Messrs. C. N. Payten and L.S. Donaldson, L.Ms.) Booth License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 6

Joseph Alfred Pulbrook, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, was granted a booth license for the ship Star of Bengal, which will be the flagship on the…

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The World in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 12

Capetown prison, South Africa, has representatives of every nation within its walls. There are American miners and sons of the English aristocracy; French,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 29. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Dicharged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

Nellie Dunn was charged by warrant with having at Newcastle on the 28th inst. stolen 18s, a silk handler chief, and a hat, valued at £1 8s 6d, the…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 29. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Furious Driving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 7

Charles Turnbull and George Bush pleaded guilty to a charge of furious driving at New Lambton on the 7th inst., and were each fined £1, and 6s 11d. costs, or 14 days'…

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A Judge of the Court of Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 5

The cables a day or two ago contained an announcement of the death of Lord Ludlow. The late peer was one of the Judges of the Court of Appeal and was better…

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Coal Mines Regulation Act. Action Against the Dudley Manager. Decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate. All Coal to Be Weighed and Paid for by Weight. Defendants Give Notice of Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 6

Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., gave his decision yesterday afternoon, at the Lambton Police Court, in the actions brought by Mr. W. Humble, Government Colliery Inspector,…

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