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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

984 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 50

Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, August 21. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.) Larceny as a Baillie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 6

Edward M'Dade, on bail, was charged with fraudulently appropriating to his own use the sum of £10, the property of Edward Turners of Minmi, on or about the 20th day…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, August 22. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 6

Lewis v. Lewis, claim for £5 2s, board due. Verdict for plaintiff. Coulter v. M'Crae, claim for £1 14s, goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff, with…

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Charlestown Police Court. Friday, August 23. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 8

Thomas William Jenkins, for being drunk and disorderly in Ida-street, Charlestown, on July 22nd, was fined 2s 6d and 4s 10d costs, and for using indecent…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 23. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 3

Four first offenders, for being drunk, were admonished and discharged. Absent Without Leave. Mahomet Saila Murfadi and Thomas…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1901. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.) Summons Division

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 6

Bomming versus Bomming, wife desertion. Defendant by consent agreed to pay £1 2s 6d per week, the first payment to be made on the 21st…

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Trouble on the Oceana. Assault on the High Seas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 4

The crew on board the ocean tramp s.s. Oceana do not appear to be a very happy family. On Thursday three firemen were imprisoned for being absent without…

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Summons Division. Assault on the High Seas.—A Chief Officer Convicted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 3

John Skeet sued James Anderson, chief officer of the steamer Oceana, for assaulting him on board the said vessel while on the high seas…

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Small Debts Court. Garnishee Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 6

J. K. Walker versus Reuben Sidebottom. Claim, £1 15s 11d. Amount paid into court in order to be paid to the judgment creditor…

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Marine Court Inquiries. Richmond River Collision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

In the Marine Court this morning Chas. Jacobsen, master of the steamer Sarah L. Hixson, which was in collision with the Oakland in the Richmond River on July…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1901 · page 3

Three offenders were fined 5s each. Riotous Behaviour. Charles Walkley, 32 years, coal trimmer, and Charles Mitchell, 32 years,…

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The German Murder Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—All the members of the court martial which convicted the soldier Marten of the murder of Captain Krosigk, and which sentenced…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 26. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 8

George Mitchell pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street on the 24th instant, and was fined 5s, or three days' imprisonment…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 26. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 6

Five first offenders were fined 5s, in default the rising of the court, for being drunk; and one who had been admitted to bail was fined 5s, in default…

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The Manly Accident. Marine Court Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 5

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse, and assessors—Captain D. Dakin and C. Taylor and J. Macartney (engineer)—held a fresh…

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Disloyalists Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Two Boor Sympathisers at Middelburge, Cape Colony, have been sentenced each to two months' imprisonment for secretly…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 27. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1901 · page 3

Two first offenders were fined 5s, in default the rising of the court, for being drunk. Mary Vallentine, 22 years, was fined…

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Dealing with Rebels. Two Sentenced to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Two rebels named Ignatius Nel and O. Lategan have been sentenced to be shot for treason and for murderously firing on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 28. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 3

Two first offenders were fined 5s, or the rising of the Court, for being drunk. John Grieve, seaman, was fined 10s, in default three days…

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Greta. Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 7

Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., yesterday, W. Broughton and wife v. A. Broughton, goods sold and delivered £6 3s 5d; on the application of the…

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Russia in Mongolia. the Chinese Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Standard's Shanghai correspondent states that Major Piriera and the Rev. Duncan Smith reached Signamfu on…

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