Newcastle Circuit Court
The following letter has been addressed by the Mayor, Alderman W. Cann, to the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General, Sydney, in regard to the establishment of…
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Courts & crime, 1903
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Harbour Collision. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney
A Marine Court, consisting of Judge Gibson, with Captains H. Witherspoon and F. Bracegirdle, as nautical assessors, commenced an inquiry to-day into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.)
Herbert Ernest Day applied for a transfer of the license of the Westminster Hotel to William Bernard M'Coll. The application was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft. a Constable Charged. Sydney
A remarkable incident occurred to-day when a police constable appeared at the Central Police Court charged with theft. The accused, Constable John Meenaghan,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Victorine Girant, the surviving, companion of Eugenie Fougere, a rich Parisian adventuress, who, with her maid, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Charge of Theft. Sydney
At the Water Police Court to-day, Harry Lewis, 34, clerk, was charged with stealing one typewriting machine, valued at £24, the property of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 21. (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. Absent Without Leave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault. Ship Officers Charged. Sydney
The hearing was commenced at the Water Police Court to-day of a charge against Duncan Peers, 25, Frederick A. Ashe, 22, and John Robinson, 25, of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District Maitland Police Court
Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Henry Crothers and A. Wilkinson, JsP., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London Mystery. Not a Murder
LONDON, Thursday.—It is stated that Miss. Sophia Frances Hickman, the lady doctor, Who mysteriously disappeared from the Royal Free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Improper Behaviour
Joseph Jones pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent behaviour in Hunter-street on the 21st October, and was fined 10s, in default seven days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gambling Evil. Police Evidence. Sydney
The Select Parliamentary Committee appointed to inquire into the prevalence of gambling sat again at Parliament House to-day, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, October 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
The public examination in bankruptcy and the single meeting of creditors in the estate of John Joseph King, miner, of Adamstown, was held and declared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Petty Debts Court. Thursday, October 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
Orders for the amounts claimed were made in the following cases:—Co-operative Coupon Co. Ltd., v. A. Duncan, for coupons sold and delivered, 16s. with 6s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hebburn. Petty Theft
The men who are employed in putting up the telegraph line between Kurri Kurri and Hebburn have lost all their tools. These are branded, and it is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French Murder
LONDON, Friday.—A man named Caesar Luderman, who was implicated in the murder of Mme. Fougere, who was assassinated at Aix-les-Bains, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discontent in the Police Ranks
Ever since the Chief Secretary promulgated his new regulations, which, among other things raised by some five years the age of retirement and promotion, there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 23. Summons Division. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Loaded Firearm
Matthew Craig pleaded guilty to taking a loaded revolver into a carriage, the property of the Railway Commissioners, employed upon the tramway between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 24th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders for being drunk, were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Michael Moran, an old age pensioner, and an old offender, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 26. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc
Three first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Maria Edwards and Nellie Bungell for a similar offence…
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