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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

962 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 49

The Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 4

The spirit of the workers of the State is in harmony with the views expressed by those who anticipate satisfactory results from the operation…

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The Treason Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Treason Court at Cradock, Cape Colony, has tried 118 cases of treason. Twenty-six accused were acquitted, and 92…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 31. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Sundry Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk were admonished and discharged. Harry O'Connor and Ruebon Philpott were fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, and one…

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The Cathedral Cemetery a Soldier Magistrate. the First Custom House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 6

Looking over the list of police magistrates who have in the turn officiated at Newcastle, one finds the name of Major Innes, who passed away in the later fifties…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 1. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk were admonished and discharged; Robert M'Donald was fined 5s, in default 24 hours imprisonment…

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Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

Enoch Mason was charged with having, at West Wallsend, on the 5th March, stolen a coat, a vest, and trousers, the property of John Stenhouse. Accused, who…

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Maitland District Death in the Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Buxton, a well-known East Great miner, died rather suddenly in East Maitland Gaol yesterday morning. It appears that he was brought before the West…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 2. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 3

Four first offenders for being drunk were admonished and discharged, and Thomas Thompson and Frederick Parkhurst, or Partridge, were fined 5s…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 2. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6

The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court were opened at the courthouse East Maitland, yesterday, before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 6

Messrs G. F. Scott, P.M., and A. Wilkinson, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Thomas Jones was sentenced to one…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, April 1st. (Before M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 6

Joshua Frost, George Bush, William Rouse, for being drunk and disorderly at Dudley on Sunday, March 9, were fined 5s, and ordered to pay costs, 4s 10d each…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 3. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 7

One first offender for being drunk was admonished and discharged. Annie Moore, an old offender, was fined 10s, or three days; and Charles Fisher was…

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The Executions an Ugly Story. Murder for Money. a Missionary Shot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A correspondent of the "Morning Leader" has supplied that newspaper with what professes to be the story of the execution…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, April 3. (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 6

The court was re-opened at the court-house, East Maitland, this morning at ten o'clock…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court. Thursday, April 3. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 3

Municipality of Newcastle v. E. Dodds, claim for £2 4s, rates due; verdict for plaintiff council, with 5s costs. Oriol Tea Company v. G. T. Miln,…

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A Sydney Letter. General Hutton's Extraordinary Speech.—he Blew Out the Gas!—reflections on the Show Returns.—the Trees, and the Rain They Cause.—a Watch and Its Reward: Also a Burglary.—the Finder's Responsibility. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 3

The country will by this time be ringing with the speech of General Hutton on the sending off of the "Manhattan" contingent. In a way it way it was not a judicious…

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Newcastle Licensing Court Quarterly Meeting. Thursday, April 3. (Before Messrs. Donaldson, Love, and Martin, L.Ms.). Renewals, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 7

The following renewal of publican's license was granted: William Ackroyd, Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley. Andrew Dodd was granted a renewal of a…

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District News. Minmi. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 7

Before Mr. Love, S.M., on Wednesday, the adjourned case of George Lloyd against Mary Lloyd for selling furniture to the value of £8, came up, but there…

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Murder of a Girl. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 5

A girl known as Violet Findlay, whose real name was Violet Amedie, but who had taken the name of her step-father, in whose house she was living in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 4. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

Patrick Culliver was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' Imprisonment, for being drunk, and James Riley was fined 10s, or three days. Emile Romez was…

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