Loss of the Croki. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
A Court of Marine Inquiry was held to-day to deal with the wreck of the steamer Croki, which took place at Seal Rocks on the 13th September, Judge Backhouse…
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Courts & crime, 1903
1,043 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 53
Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 23. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders, for being intoxicated, were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Annie Boddy an old offender, for a similar…
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It is reported to-night that Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Edmund Barton, and Senator O'Connor have accepted the positions of Judges of the Federal High Court. It is…
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The hearing of the Western Collieries dispute was continued in the Arbitration Court, Sydney, to-day, before Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. W. D. Cruickshank, and Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Daniel Ford was charged with having,…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Orlando Dexter, a New York lawyer, has been murdered on his estate in the Adirondack Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)
Michael Short pleaded guilty to indecent behaviour in Kemp-street, Wallsend, on the 23rd instant, and was fined 10s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Patrick Riley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 22nd. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)
Henry Williams, for drunkenness at Dudley on the 5th inst., was fined 5s, with 4s 10d costs, and for using profane language was mulcht in a fine of 5s, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Improper Behaviour
John Woods pleaded guilty to improper behaviour in a public place off Hunter-street, Newcastle, on the 23rd September, and was fined 10s, in default seven days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal High Court. the New Judges. Brisbane
The appointment of Sir Samuel Griffith as Chief Justice of the High Court of the Commonwealth has been received with general approval in this State. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament. the New Ministry. Sir Edmund Barton Resigns High Court Appointments. Melbourne
Sir FREDERICK HOLDER, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-past two o'clock to-day. Mr. DEAKIN, who was received with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 24. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, G. F. Scott, and Dr. John Harris, L.Ms.)
The following renewals of publicans' licenses were granted:—Edwin Casey Lightfoot, Travellers' Rest Hotel, Hexham; Thomas Williams, Miners' Arms…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Sydney Letter. Sir Samuel Griffith and His Australianism. — the Important Part Which Chance Plays,—the Continued Raiding of Small Gamblers.—a Three-card Trick-ster's Wit in Court.—how West Australia Compares with New South Wales.—the Meat of One Man, the Poison of Another. Sydney
Sir Samuel Griffith has been generally spoken of as an Australian. So he is by adoption, training, and instinct, but by birth he is a Welshman, he having been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Friday, September 25. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)
Frank Ellis and Richard Bell, jun., pleaded not guilty to a charge of cutting and taking 10 trees from the Australian Agricultural Company's land, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender for being drunk was fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Misbehaviour…
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In the Petty Debts Court on Thursday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., in the case of Margaret Lindsay v. John Davidson, claiming £1 4s for rent, the verdict was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arbitration Court. Broken Hill Mining Dispute. Sydney
In the Arbitration Court to-day, judgment was delivered in the industrial dispute between the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder in Ceylon
LONDON, Saturday.—In January last a Ceylon planter named Reginald Glanville was murdered on his Strathellie estate. His cook and dressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 26th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Absent Without Leave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Retirement of a Police Officer
Senior-sergeant M'Clelland, who has been in charge of the East Maitland Police Station for several years, has retired on a pension after over thirty years'…
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