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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

962 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 49

Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 6

Brooklyn Tobacco Co. v. Dan Coyle, claiming £7 19s 10d, goods supplied. Adjourned till 8th January on the application of the defendant…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, December 18. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 3

Ro William Stockdale.—Bankrupt said he was a labourer, and attributed his bankruptcy to losses in business as a carrier and pressure of creditors, He had…

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Verdict of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The inquest into the death of Maud Eliza Marsh, formerly a barmaid at the Crown Inn, Borough High-street, Southwark, has…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 19. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 7

James Shaw was charged with using indecent language at New Lambton on the 29th November. Mr. Arthur H. James, solicitor, appeared for the defendant, who…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 19. (Before Mr. M. S. Love. S.M.). General Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 7

Four first offenders, fur drunkenness, were discharged. Arthur Parker, for being drunk and disorderly in Perkin-street, was fined 10s, in default three days'…

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Arbitration Court. East Greta Miners. Claimants' Case Concluded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 3

The hearing of the case between the Colliery Employees' Federation (claimants) and the East Greta Mining Company (respondents) was resumed in the…

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Burglary in Hunter-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 5

Shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday morning Mr. Hughes, dentist, of Hunter-street, reported to the police that burglars had entered the premises of Mr. J. H. Smith,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 20. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. Walter Anderson pleaded guilty to…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 6

Mr. W. P. Smith, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Connors, 22, was charged with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 22nd. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.). Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 7

Nine first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court. John Clough and Albert Francis, for being drunk and…

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A District Court Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 5

Judge Backhouse, in the District Court to-day, gave judgment in the somewhat singular case. The plaintiff was William Mahoney, the defendants being the…

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Arbitration Court. an Important Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day judgment was given on the matter of an industrial dispute between the Lithgow Smelters and Workers' Industrial Union of…

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Alleged Perjury. Police Constable Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 3

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. P. Scott, D.S.M., Constable James Turnbull, of the Lake-road Police Station, was charged that on May…

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Murder of an Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Commandant Colliers has been committed for trial at Kroonstad for the murder in January, 1901, of a captured British officer,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 23. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk, were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court; and John Saunders was fined 5s, or 24 hours'…

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Murder of a Child. a Blackfellow Confesses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 5

An attack, which has proved fatal, was committed this morning in Ramsay's Bush, Leichbardt, upon a little girl, ten years of age, name Jane Irene. The girl, who…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M.). Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 3

Three first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. John M'Loughlin and Otto Frey for offending…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 26. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 2

Five first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the court. Edward M'Kenzie, for having been drunk and disorderly, was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 27. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 7

Five first offenders for having been drunk were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. James Summerville, for using obscene…

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Maitland District East Greta Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1902 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. B. Smith, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., a young man, Joseph Nesbit, was charged with having…

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