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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 30. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Profare Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 6

Noah Cartwright pleaded guilty to the charge of making use of profane language in Nelson street on the 18th inst. Constable Brady deposed to the offence. Defendant…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, May 31. Before Messrs. C. N. Payten, L. S. Donaldson, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms. Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 3

John M. Limeburner was granted a renewal of his license of the Centennial Hotel. The renewal of the license of the…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 1. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 3

Annie Brennan was fined 10s, with the alternative of three days' imprisonment, for drunkenness in Bolton-street on Thursday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 2. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 3

Three first-offenders were admonished and discharged. Lewis Lynch, an old offender, was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours'…

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The Westralian Court Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.—The West Australian Court at the Exhibition was opened on Friday in the presence of a brilliant company of…

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Assault with Intent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 5

Harold Clifton Rippon, a lad aged 14, years and 9 months, who resides with his father at Jesmond, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent on Ada Maud…

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Stealing in a Dwelling. a Notorious Man Convicted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 6

Montague Charles Burney, wearing clothes with a striking resemblance to military uniform, was presented on a charge of stealing, in the dwelling house…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 4. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 3

James Grady, Antonio Asardo, William Cowan, John M'Namara, George Gardner, Charles Hatherley, Louis Marie, Joseph Healey, William…

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Newcastle Quarter Sessions. (Continued from Page 6.) the Alleged Conspiracy Case. Accused Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 5

After the Crown Prosecutor had made an address in favour of a conviction, His Honor addressed the jury, commencing at 9.20. The first count was one of…

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A Sydney Letter a Military-push Vendetta.—the Chief Justice on Money-leaders. — That Horrible Grafton Murder.—the Romance of Nathan Young.—an Opium Victim.—the Confidence Man Again.—"the Plague Not Gone Yet."—another Tram Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 3

There is a vendetta here between the military and the larrikins, and it may lead to bloodshed. Already it has resulted in cracked heads, and in two artillery men…

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Alleged Theft of Jewellery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 7

George Squires, a canvasser, who was charged with having, as a servant, stolen, at Newcastle, jewellery to the value of £300, the property of Alexander Macrow…

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The Assault on the Racecourse. a Lenient Fine Imposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 7

Charles Pearson, charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on George O'Brien, at the Wallsend Racecourse, on March 24, pleaded guilty to common assault…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 3

Thomas Nolan, John Bolt, and William Goodyer were each fined 5s, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the court for drunkenness in…

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Newcastle Quarter Sessions. (Continued from Page 7.) the Alleged Theft of Biscuit Tins. Six Months' Imprisonment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1900 · page 5

Joseph Dodds, a boy, stated that he was with the boy Fullford all day, and they never went near the railway trucks. They had been rat catching…

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Theft of Jewellery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 6

George Squires, aged 32, pleaded guilty to the theft of jewellery, the property of Alexander Macrow and Sons, in whose employ he was…

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Stealing in a Dwelling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 6

Montague Charles Burney, wearing clothes with a striking resemblance to military uniform, who was found guilty on a charge of stealing, in the dwelling house…

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Stealing From the Person

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 6

Charles Wilson, who pleaded guilty to stealing money, three £1 notes and at half sovereign from the person of John Walton, at Newcastle on 17th May, was sentenced…

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Sentences. Assault with Intent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 6

Harold Clifton Rippon, a lad aged 14 years and 9 months, who resides with his father at Jesmond, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent on Ada Maud…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 6. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 3

John M. Cameron, who on Tuesday night was found intoxicated in Hunter-street, was fined 5s, with the alternative of imprisonment till the rising…

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International News. The Boxer Rising in China. Murder of a Missionary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A party of Cossacks, who were searching for refugees, had a sharp encounter with the Boxers. An officer and three Cossacks…

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