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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

984 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 50

Maitland District Retirement of a Police Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 8

Senior-sergeant Moylan, of Singleton, has retired from the police force of New South Wales on a well-earned pension, after a service of over 36…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 6. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 7

Axel Olsen, James Johnston, Peter Bergen, Arthur Brennan, John Jennings, and Joseph Soppit were each fined 5s, with the option of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 8. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

Margaret Ryan, James Craig, George Grace, Henry Sefton, Stella Parry, John Carlson, and Emerson Dixon were each fined 5s, with the option of…

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A Sydney Letter. Again — the Coningham Case.—the Truth of That Alleged Attempted Assault.—the Show on Good Friday.—the City Council Wants More Revenue.—a Federal Penny Postage.—that Princeship of Australia. —An Extraordinary Horse Jump. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

The statement that Coningham when the verdict was returned in the recent divorce case attempted to assault the co-respondent is untrue. It is also altogether…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 8

Samuel Henry Elwell was charged that he did, at Hexham, on the 10th March, steal one mare, the property of Herbert E. Sternbeck. Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for…

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Alleged Theft. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 5

At the Water Police Court this afternoon James Exton, a clerk, was charged by warrant with having, on January 16 last at Sydney, stolen a…

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The New Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 8

The foundation of the Household of the King and Queen is a subject of much comment. As a Queen Consort has a separate Household, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 9. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

For having, on Monday, been drunk in Market and Laing streets respectively James Craig and William Wilson were each fined 5s, with the…

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A Chinaman in Court. Foreign Devils and Their Laws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

At the Ballaret East (Victoria) Court on Thursday last, the Inspector of Factories (Mr. W. H. Kingsbury) proceeded against Won Loung, a Chinese cabinetmaker, on a…

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Japan and the Convention. the Removal of the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Japan took a leading share in securing the rejection of the Russian Convention, and greatly impressed the Chinese…

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Maitland District Maitland Circuit Court. Tusday, April 9. (Before His Honor Acting Justice Sly.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 8

The Court was re-opened before his Honor Acting Justice Sly at half-past nine o'clock. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ASSAULT…

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Alleged Watch Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 7

In the case of Robert James Walker and Patrick Smith, who were charged with having, in company, at West Maitland, stolen a watch, the property of John Walker, the…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 7

Patrick "Ryan, alias Themas Ford, alias Patrick Flynn, on ball, was changed with having, at West Maitland, on the 18th January, 1901, stolen one Alderney heifer…

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Theft of Bullion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Several bars of bullion, worth £12,000, were stolen from the Kaiser Willem Der Grosse on her passage from New York to…

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Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 8

In the casa of Patrick Ryan, alias Ford, alias Flynn, charged with stealing a heifer calf, the property of Jas. Laybutt, the jury, after about two…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, April 10. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 3

For having, on Tuesday, been found inebriated in the streets of the city, Richard Pearce Mary Roberts, William French, and William Allen, were…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 10. (Before His Honor Acting Justice Sly.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 7

The Court was re-opened before his Honor Acting Justice Sly at half-past nine o'clock…

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Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 7

Daniel Lynch and Michael' Hawthorne, on bail, were charged with having on the 3rd December, 1900, at Dungog, stolen two beifers, the property of John Alexander…

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Alleged Stealing. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Thomas Roberts, of 119 Elizabeth-street, was accused of having stolen certain moneys from female employees. There…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, April 11. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 7

Albert Murphy, charged with being drunk in John-street, Plattsburg, on the 6th instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined 4s, with 4s 10d costs, or three…

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