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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

957 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 48

The Raid on Jagersfontein. Treachery at Work. Release of Gaol Inmates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Men and women sympathisers inside assisted the Boers in their recent attack on Jagersfontein, the diamond fields centre in…

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The Court of Appeal. Mr. Justice Smith's Successor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Stirling has succeeded Mr. Justice Smith as Lord of Appeal…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 3

George Fleming and John Byrnes were each fined 2s 6d with the alternative of imprisonment till the rising of the Court for drunkenness is the…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 8

Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M. Alex Wilkinson and C. W. Holmes, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Summons Division. Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

William Johnston prosecuted Henry West, senior, for assault at Fullerton Cove on Saturday. Mr. T. A. Braye appeared for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 25. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

For havin on Wednesday evening been found intoxicated in Porcher-street Edward Bow was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Stockton. the Question of Police Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P. for Newcastle East, has forwarded to the Stockton Council the following letter from Inspector-General Fosbery received by him in response to…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, October 25. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

Verdicts were given as follows:— Garnishee summons case: Angalo Mirabetto v. Frederick Norman, William Watson garnishee, claim 14s 5d…

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Lambton. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 7

Yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., Thomas Cooper was charged on an information laid by Constable Spicer, with having used indecent language at Dudley…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 26. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting-S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 6

John Arnold was fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court, for having, on Thursday afternoon been drunk in…

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Attempted Murder. a Woman Shoots Her Husband. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

A serious shooting affray occurred this afternoon. It appears that William Wright, 62 years, a traveller, residing in Nicholson-street, Carlton,…

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The Outlaw in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1900 · page 5

It is questionable if the little town of Wingham ever had a more exciting time even during the Annual Show or General Election. Crowds came into town to…

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Americans in the Philippines an Assault That Failed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—An American force failed to storm a strong position and retired. Four were killed and nine wounded. The Filipinos lost 150…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 27. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1900 · page 7

Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Cornelius Sullivan was fined 10s, with the option of three days' imprisonment, for…

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Allies' Assistance Obtained. Against the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The "Daily Nesws'" Pekin correspondent states that the Southern Viceroys sought and obtained a, promise from the Allies…

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Murder Defended. and the Result

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—A German named Groenwald has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Tunis for seeking to justify the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 29. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 3

Six first offenders for drunkenness in the city streets on Saturday and Sunday were admonished and discharged…

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Wallsend. Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 8

At the Licensing Court yesterday, before, Mr. Love, S.M., Isaac Rothery applied for a transfer of the license of the Exchange Hotel, Lambton, to Thomas Watson of…

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The Slatterys at Brisbane. Meeting Broken Up. Windows Smashed. Police and Necessary. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

EX-Pr[?] Saturday was announced to deliver a lecture in the Prote[?] Hall, Brisbane, to-night, on the subject. "Why I Left the Roman Cu[?] Pries[?]…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, Ocober 30. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 3

A first offender for drunkenness was admonished and discharged. John Gustave Schelston, an old offender was fined £1, in default a…

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