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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, February 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 6

Henry Mount, charged with drunkenness and indecent language at Dudley on the 13th instant, was fined 2s 6d, with 4s 10d costs, in each ease…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 7

Three first offenders charged with drunkenness were fined 5s. in default to be detained until the rising of the court. Discharged…

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Ramsay Bush Murder. Sentence of Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 5

Thomas Moore, an aboriginal, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to day on an indictment charging him with having, on December 23, murdered Jany…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February, 26. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.). Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 6

John Smith and Harold Steel, two lads, on remand from the Lambton Court, were charged with stealing certain articles from the boat sheds at Hexham, the…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 6

Messrs. W. B. Smith, P.M., and Henry Crothers. J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. For drunkenness, William Simpson was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 3

Two first offenders were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. George Marney for being drunk in Scott-street was fined 20s, or seven days'…

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Murder of Rulers. Great Anarchist Plot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The New York police have arrested an anarchist named Frank Hirtzell, who boasts that he was acquainted with Czolgosz, the…

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Marine Court Inquiries. Eurimbla-wakatipu Collision Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

The circumstances attending the collision, which took place between the steamers Eurimbla and Wakatipu in Sydney harbour on the 15th inst., were considered…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

Re Edward Bartley, contractor. The bankrupt attributed his insolvency to loss on contracts and sickness in his family. The liabilities amounted to £150 1s 8d. The…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

The application of Jane Canning for a transfer of her license of the Terminus Hotel to Joseph Murphy, was granted…

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Newcastle District Court. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge). Thursday, February 26. Struck Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

James Dart summoned Andrew Maloney on a ca[?]sa application for professional costs. His Honor said that the plaint showed that 19s 6d was claimed as being…

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The Balkans. Murder of a Consul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In order to create the impression of spontaneity, the Sultan of Turkey has ordered the Austro-Russian reforms to be applied…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday February 27. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 7

Two first offenders, for being drunk, were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. William Skiffington was fined 5s, or 24 hours, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 7

One first offender for being drunk was fined 5s. In default to be detained until the rising of the court. Remands…

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Summons Division. Coal Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 7

Constable Heckenberg summoned Catherine Charles, an elderly woman, on a charge of stealing 50lb coal, the property of the Railway Commissioners. Constable…

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Typhoid in the Brisbane Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 7

During the past few months several cases of typhoid have occurred in the gaol at Beggo-road, and the authorities are at a loss of account for the outbreak…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 2. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 7

Six first offenders, for being drunk, were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. Charles Wheeldom, John Jack, and William Guthrie were…

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Maitland District Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6

The Maitland District Court was opened yesterday morning, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, Mr. A. B. C. Burke, C.P.S., acting as Registrar. Mr. R. Windeyer was…

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Arbitration Court. Questions of Procedure. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day certain matters connected with the industrial dispute between the Collieries' Employees' Federation, Northern District, claimant,…

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Murder by Blacks. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from the sub-inspector in charge of the Derby district stating that Francis Alvis, diver, owner of the…

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