Newcastle Police Court Thursday, August 9. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Seven first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. For having on Wednesday evening been found intoxicated in…
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Courts & crime, 1900
957 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 48
Steyn Seriously Iii. Murder of Two British Scouts
LONDON, Thursday.—Ex-President Steyn is seriously ill The Boers captured and shot two of General Carrington's scouts as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weighing of Coal. the Wallsend Case. the Magistrate's Decision Reversed. Sydney
Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Owen, in the Full Court to-day, the hearing of the appeal in the case of Bates v. Ross was…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Justice Wright has authorised the reduction of the New Zealand Trust Loan's capital to £200,000; and the South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Small Debts Court. Thursday, August 9. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)
Verdicts were given as follow:— Bennett and Wood, Limited, v. W. T. Gibb, jun., claim £1 9s 6d; judgment for plaintiff, with 6s 6d costs of court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Letter the Harbour Collision.—general Baden-powell's Present.—the Sailing of the Salamis.—incidents in the Naval Procession.—a Strange Case of Poisoning.—those Native Names.—another Street Murder. Sydney
The big harbour collision so long expected has occurred at last, though without the expected loss of life, though latter is the result of two things—the cairnness of…
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The trial at Westeras of the man Johan Philipp Nordlund, charged with murdering seven persons and wouoding five others on beard the steamer Prins Carl near Quicksund on the 17th ult. terminated on June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 10. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Richard M’Elhone was admonished and discharged for drunkenness in Perkin-street on Thursday night, it being his offence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 10. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M.) Dudley Cases
Thomas Harvey pleaded guilty, to drunkennes on the 3rd inst., and was fiend 1s. James Mace, charged with being, drunk en the 30th July, pleaded guilty, end…
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The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Judge Backhouse and Captains John Vine Hall and John Mackenzie, assessors, sat to-day for the…
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Mr. Richard Goble, formerly governor of Young Gaol, entered upon his duties as Governor of Maitland Gaol during last week. Mr. Goble comes to Maitland with…
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Konitz, a small town in the province of West Prnisia, situated about 80 miles south-west of Danzig, as recently the scene of a serious anti-Semitic riot. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, August 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness
George Smith, for drunkennss in Scott-street, and James Fox, for having been found intoxicated in Hunter-street, Stockton, on Friday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Attack on Yangtsun. British and Americans Lead the Assault
LONDON, Saturday.—British and American troops led the attack on Yangtsun. The Chinese held seven lines, which were splendidly fortified,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal War The Boer Conspiracy. an Elaborate Plot. Conspirators to Be Court Martialled. Great Public Indignation. Cry for Exemplary Punishment
LONDON, Saturday.—The Boer conspirators intended to commit acts of general incendiarism in the western extremity of Pretoria, hoping, whilst…
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George Henderson Barnes prosecuted William Adamswaite for assault at Merewether on the 3rd instant. Mr. V. A. Reid appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 13. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness
Benjamin White, Henry Hall, August Kanfur, Charles Cain, James Craig, August Slimberg, James Dankey, Frederick Leek; and George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 14. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)
Benjamin Cowper was charged with behaving in an indecent manner in Elder-street, Lambton, on the 13th instant. He pleaded guilty, and stated that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness
John Martin, for drunkenness in Scott-street on Monday morning, was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours' gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. Justice in China. a Criminal Court in Session
Justice, like truth, is a thing unknown. The only quality of the kind you can get is "comparative." British justice is supposed to "compare" as the best obtainable:…
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