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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

984 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 50

Plattsburg Police Court. Thursday, November 28. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1901 · page 6

Wm. Griffiths, of the Northumberland Hotel, Lambton, and John Atkinson, of the Duke of, Edinburgh Hotel, New Lambton, applied for booth…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 28 (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1901 · page 7

Ernhardt Gustasson, a seaman, charged with drunkenness was admonished and discharged. For having used indecent language in Bolton-street a…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, November 28. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1901 · page 7

Singer Manufacturing Company V. Hobbs and wife, claiming £5 7s 6d for the hire of a sewing machine. Postponed for a fortnight, to enable the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 29. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 3

William Emerton was charged with drunkenness in Frederick-street, Merewether. Sub-Inspector M'Vane explained…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 30. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 7

One first offender for being drunk was fined 5s. Larceny. John Watson, 59 years, labourer,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 6

Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 2. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness, &c

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

John Devency, a fireman, for drunkenness was fined 5s, [?] default imprisonment until the rising of the court. He was also charged with using indecent…

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A Sydney Letter. a Sydney Man's Answer—why Men Use the Right Arm.—a Religious Controversy.—domestics and Newcastle.—that Crowded Quay.—the Work of the Simultaneous Mission.—dancing Down the Harbour.—inadequate Police Protection. Sydney

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

An editorial in the "Newcastle Herald" discusses most interestingly the fact that most folks use their right hand in preference to their left. It…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 4. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 7

Herbert Banfield, charged with being drunk in Nelson-street, on November 30th, was fined 5s, or 24 hours. Indecent Bahaviour…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 7

Hugh Young v. Theophilus Welsh, rent due. Verdict for 5s, and 5s costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 3. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 7

Two first, offenders were dealt with for drunkenness. Oscar Brady, a labourer, charged with being drunk and disorderly in…

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The Mackay Murder. a Kanaka Hanged. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 6

The execution of Orifan, the Kanaka who murdered Maurice summers at Mackay in August last, took place in the Boggo-road gaol at 8 o'clock this…

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An American Naval Court. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 6

The R.M.S. Ventura, which arrived this morning from San Francisco, via Samoa, brings news that a United States Naval Court sat at Samoa, under…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 7

George Geneskie, an Italian, aged 43, a modeller, was presented on a charge of assaulting a girl under the age of 14 years…

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The Awaba Sensation. Accused Guilty of Common Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 7

George Hollard, labourer, was charged with that he did at Awaba, in September last, mallaiously shoot at William Jones, with intent to do him grievous bodily…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 3

Three first offenders were dealt with for drunkenness Breaking a Window. Frederick Sherwin, a steward, was…

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Common Assault. a Lenient Sentence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 7

Alexander M'Millan, a seaman, who was charged with indecently assaulting a girl in a Carrington omnibus, pleaded guilty to "common assault."…

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Stealing From a Dwelling. Twelve Months' Imprisonment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 7

August Buller, 24 years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing a watch and chain valued at £5. from the dwelling house of Samuel Timmins at Adamstown on 5th October…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Damage to Property

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 7

Annie Davis, 18 years, servant, was charged with maliciously damaging five panes of glass in an omnibus, the property of Arthur Pankhurst…

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The District Court. Cases Listed for Hearing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 3

His Honor Acting Judge Harris announced yesterday that he would go through the undefended District Court cases at 10 a.m. to-day, and then announce when he would…

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