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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

962 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 49

Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunk and Disorderly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

Cornelius Donovan for being drunk and disorderly was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Absent Without Leave…

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Newcastle Licensing Court Thursday, May 8. (Before Messrs. Donaldson and Love, L.Ms.). Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

Charles Price applied for a renewal of his license of Tattersall's Hotel, Plattsburg. The application was granted. Transfer Granted…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court. Thursday, May 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

Young Dow v.—Smith, claim for £1 16s 6d, goods sold; verdict for plaintiff, with 5s costs. Mrs. Roach v. J. Evans, senr., claim…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Registrar.) Re Henry T. Cole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

Single Meeting and Public Examination:—Mr. T. A. Braye for the official assignee. Bankrupt's statement showed:—Liabilities, unsecured creditors, £393,…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, May 9. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 6

Sergeant Salter proceeded against George King, licensee of the Lambton Arms', for keeping his premises open after hours on Friday night, the 2nd…

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The Chinese Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 11

A correspondent of "The Times" writing from Shanghai gives a singular picture of the journey of the Chinese Court from Cheng-tung-fu, the railway terminus, to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 9. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 2

Two first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, an default to be detained until the rising of the court. William Peterson wins fined 40s, or seven days,…

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Wharf Labour Difficulty. Arbitration Court Meets. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 4

Mr. Wilson, the Newcastle delegate addressed a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council last night in regard to the wharf labour difficulty at Newcastle. A sum of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 10. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1902 · page 7

James Smith for being drunk was fined 5s, in default 24 hours. John M'Guigan for using indecent language was fined 10s, or 48 hours…

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More Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1902 · page 7

Another murder has been committed in Queensland. On this occasion the victim is a Chinese cook, and the culprits are, as on many other…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 12. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1902 · page 6

Alfred Smith and Henry Baldwin two boys, were summoned for trespassing in the enclosing lands of the New South Wales Co-operative Colliery on Sunday,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 12. (Before Mr. N. A. Barnett, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1902 · page 3

Three first offenders, for being drunk, were fined 2s 6d, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. William Armstrong was fined 15s, or four days'…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. John Lee, R. F. Graham, W. R. Sullivan, and C. W. Holmes, Js.P., a man named Charles…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 13. (Before Mr. N. A. Barnett, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk were fined 2s 6d, in default six hours' imprisonment; Patrick Traynor was fined 5s, or 48 hours. Charles Turk…

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Arbitration Court. First Sitting in Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 5

In Chambers this morning, Mr. Justice Cohen, President of the Arbitration Court, heard two applications, under section 30 of the Industrial Arbitration Act, for the…

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The Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1902 · page 4

The decision to hold the first sitting of the Arbitration Court in Newcastle gives to this city the prominence of being the one in which a great…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 15. (Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 3

Three first offenders for being drunk were fined 2s 6d, in default to be detained for six hours. John Lee was fined 15s, or three days' imprisonment,…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, May 14. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Dr. Walker, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 3

Roland Wells was summoned by Phillip Smeltzer for assault at Allandale on the 3rd instant. Mr. J. H. Walter appeared for complainant, and…

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District News. Wallsend. Court Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 6

The Wallsend Council is in receipt of a communication through Mr. Estell, M.P., from the Department of the Attorney-Genera; in which it is stated that in reply…

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Loss of the Kingsley. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 5

A Court Of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Judge Backhouse, with Captains J. Vine Hall, and C. Taylor, to-day enquired into the circumstances attending…

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