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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 8. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 3

A first offender was admonished and discharged. John Taylor, for drunkenness in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, on…

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The Alleged Cattle Stealing Case. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 3

Further evidence was given in the adjourned alleged cattle stealing case, in which by summons, part heard on the 4th inst., Edward Albert Talbot…

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Murder Will Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 6

The arrest of a man in New Zealand for a Coldhester murder of seven years ago recalls (saps the "London Daily Chronicle") some Curious incidents of a kindred sort…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 9. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 3

Two first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Annie Shad, an old offender, was fined 10s, in default three days' imprisonment,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 8

Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Tommy Chong, a Chinese cook, was…

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District News. Minmi. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 7

On Wednesday, January 9, 1901, before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M., John Williams who was charged with having used indecent language, was fined 10s, with 4s 10d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 10. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 6

Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Eliza Jones and Annie Boddy were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, January 10. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 6

Judgments were given as follow:— Lasker Bros. v. Samuel Shaw, claim £1 2s 6d; verdict for plaintiff, with 9s costs…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, January 10. (Before Messrs. L. S. Donaldson, M. S. Love, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms.) Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 6

John Drummond was granted a renewal of his license of the Oriental Hotel, Carrington. Bridget, Annie Kitson's application…

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The Colchester Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

Our London correspondent, writing on December 7, says: The steamer Himalaya. which sailed from Tilbury last Friday. carried among her passengers…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, January 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

Breach of the Medical Practitioners Act. Alfred Murray Keighley, of Charlestown, was charged on an information laid by Constable Shaw that, not being a legally…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 11. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

A first offender was admonished and discharged. For drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Hunter-street on Thursday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 12. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 6

John Hine, Joseph Alexander, and John Norton, for drunkennes on Friday in Newcomen, Hunter, and Brown streets, respectively, were each fined 2s…

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Sensational Elopement Wife Desertion by a Supreme Court Judge. All for Love

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Sunday.—The community here have been greatly startled end scandalised by the sudden disappearance of a Supreme Court Judge of…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 8

Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. The adjourned case in which a Celestial…

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Russian Seaman Sentenced to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 6

Oscar Mattson, a Russian fireman, was sentenced to death at Newcastle-on-Tyne lately for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Maguire, at North Shields. Prisoner was…

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Failure of a Boer Assault. a Gallant Defence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Fourteen hundred Boers at daybreak on the 12th attacked Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein. They were repulsed and driven in an…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 6

John Wearin, Edward Driscoll, John Ryan, and Louis Geary were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court, for drunkenness in the city…

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The Gentle Boer's Methods. Flogging and Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Three agents of The Orange River Colony Peace Committee were taken prisoners to De Wet's leager near Lindley on the 10th…

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The City Council. Proposed Steam Cargo Punt for Stockton. Inadequate Police Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council was held at the council chamber last night. Present: His Worship the Mayor (Alderman D. Miller), Aldermen…

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