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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

984 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 50

Greta. Police Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 8

Police-constable A. Williams, who served with the Australian Horse in the South African War, and was invalided to London, where he remained four months, returning…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 8

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. G. F. Scott, R. Scobie, and E. E. Wright, L.M.s. Patrick O'Donnell applied for a provisional license…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 11. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 7

Thomas M'Williams, William Punton, Matthew Bloomfield, Samuel Brown, were brought up on remand charged with breaking and entering and stealing bottles of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

James O'Shen, Annie Clark, James M'Intyre, George Sherrin, Edward King, James Stewart, Edward Cullen, Ole Hamerson, and Edward Finner, who on Saturday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 12. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 6

For having in Hunter-street, on Monday night, been found inebriated, Frederick Woods was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours' gaol…

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Unregistered Dentists. Police Action Contemplated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 5

The police of this district have received instructions to enforce the Dentists' Act which was assented to on 5th November last. Unregistered persons must not assume the name…

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Greta. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 7

On Wednesday James Cruickshank (14), Alfred Hodges (10), were changed, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., with trespass and in[?] The boys, it appears, entered the garden of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 13. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 3

James Thompson was fined 2s 6d with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court, for having, on Tuesday afternoon been found drunk…

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Marine Court Inquiries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 4

Tomorrow the Marine Court will institute inquiries the loss of the steamer Allyn, which foundered off Bird Island on the morning of the 27th January. The loss of the schooner May…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 14. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 6

Mrs. Margaret Lindsay sued Mrs. Elizabeth Pepperill for unlawfully detaining certain articles, of the value of £1 15s 5d. Margaret Lindsay deposed that on the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

For having, on Wednesday morning, been found drunk in Hunter-street, Charles Wilson was fined 2s 6d. with the option of imprisonment till the…

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Baden-powell's Police Force Rush of Applicants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—There are thirty thousand applications in London to join Baden-Powell's constabulary, and 2600 have been accepted…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, February 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

Verdicts were given as follow:— Hunter River Farmers' Co-operative Co. v. John Russell, claim £26 2s 3d; verdict for plaintiff, with 5s Court…

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A Sydney Letter. Tin Half-crowns About.—the Pay of the Next Contingent.—another Demand for Men.—regarding Contempt of Court.—the Donohue Case.—a Column of Trash From America.—the Dealer-thief. — an Old Subject, the Weather. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

There are just now a number of spurious half-crowns about, and your readers want to be particularly careful when handling these coins. As a rule spurious money is…

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Lambton. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 5

Yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., Benjamin Williams pleaded guilty to being drunk in Elder-street on the 9th instant, and was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 15. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

George Barnes was fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court, for having, on Thursday afternoon been found…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 16. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 3

Three first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Riotous Behaviour. Alexander Beeson and John Wilson…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 8

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

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 18. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 3

Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Annie Clark, an old offender, was fined 10s with the option of three…

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Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, February 19. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 7

Mr. D. Owen, inspector, appeared for the Waratah Council in the following cases:— Claim for sanitary [?]fees;…

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