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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

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Superintendent Lynch. Presentation by the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1903 · page 5

The high esteem in which Superintendent Lynch has been held by the officers and men of the Newcastle police force was demonstrated last night. When Mr. Lynch,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1903 · page 7

John Sweeney sued Joseph Potter for the su[?]u of £1 14s, goods sold, Verdict for amount, with 5s costs. Mrs. George Wilson summoned Hugh…

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Murder in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The German Admiralty has demanded a revision of the sentence passed upon Lieutenant Huess[?]ner, a naval officer, for killing an artilleryman…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 14. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 3

Two first offenders for being drunk were lined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court, and Jack Kitchi[?], a [?] cook, for being drunk in…

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Maitland District West Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 6

The West Maitland Licensing Court re-opened at 10 a.m. yesterday. Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Robert Scob[?], and Henry Crothers, L.Ms., presided. The…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, July 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 6

Richard M'Lane, Edwin Jones, William Quest, William Davies, John Cunningham. Harry Johnson, Robert Barrie, and William Wilson. Perey Peterson, and Martin…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July, 15. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 7

Five first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court, and Robert Racy, for being drunk in Hunter-street, was fined…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 16. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

A first offender for being drunk was fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Edward Sullivan, an old age pensioner, for being drunk was fined 5s,…

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Imperial Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the meeting of the Council of the British Empire League yesterday, Mr. R. B. Haldane, M.P. (Liberal, Haddingtonshire),…

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Quarterly Licensing Court Thursday, July 16. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love and G. F. Scott, L.Ms.) A Boolaroo Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

The hearing of the application of Morgan Jones for a conditional license for premises to be erected at Boolaroo, to be called the Royal Exchange Hotel, was…

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Maitland District East Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 6

Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. M. A. Light was fined 5s, with 4s 10d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 17. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 7

Two first offenders for being drunk were fined as, in default detention until the rising of the court. Elizabeth Donn for being drunk in Brown-street; Hamilton, was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, July 18. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.). Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1903 · page 7

One first offender for being drunk was fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Michael Higgins, horse trainer, for indecent behaviour, was fined…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

Seven first-offenders for being intoxicated, were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court; and two first offenders, who had been released on…

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District News. Stockton Case of Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 6

On Sunday evening, while the family was at church, the residence of the Mayor Alderman Griffiths, was entered by burglars, who got in through a window and…

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Wallsend. Court Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 6

At the Wallsend Police Court Florence Clough, was charged with making use of indecent language at Jesmond-road, Wallsend on Saturday, the 18th inst., and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 21. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 3

Two first offenders, for being intoxicated. were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Louis Seecomb, for being drunk, was fined 2s 6d, in…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Royal Visit to Ireland, Where the Viceroy Holds His Court—the Vice-regal Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 5

The King's visit to Ireland will be attended with much magnificence. His State entry into Dublin on Tuesday was one of the first of many brilliant pageants. While…

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Newcastle Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 22nd JULY. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 3

Five first offenders for being intexicated were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Jane Squires, an old offender, pleaded…

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The Northcote Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 5

The trial of Charles Glanfield and Henry Harvby for the murder of an infant at Northcote on the 20th June last was continued at the Criminal Court to-day. The…

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