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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

985 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 50

Licensing Court Thursday, March [?] (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, J. P. Mears, and Dr. John Harris, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

Renewal of a colonial wine license was granted to Emma Firkin, of Wallsend. Renewals of publicans' licences were granted as follow:—Whitefield Pryor,…

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Greta Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 6

At the Greta Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Thomas Jones and J. Rylatt, Js.P., John M'Mahon, jun., was charged by Constable Williams with being drunk to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

Two first offenders, for drunkenness, were fined 6s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Annie, Williams, for a similar offence, was fined 5s, in…

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Murder of a Hawker. Capture of the Murderer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 5

The body of a hawker named Charles Smith was found yesterday afternoon near Douglas Park, eight miles from Picton, under circumstances which point to…

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Murder of a Woman. Embedded in Cement. Suicide of the Assassin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A man named Crossman, who was living in a flat at Kensal Rise, in London, has committed suicide in the street,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, 26th MARCH. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

Two first offenders, for drunkenness, were fined 5s, default detention until the rising of the court. Remanded…

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Murder of Women. Further Revelations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The detectives are busily following up the clues available as to the dealings with women of the ticket-of-leave man Crossman, who…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

George Lang, for being drunk at West Wallsend on the 27th instant, was fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. William Platt pleaded guilty to…

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Newcastle Police Court. MONDAY, 28th MARCH. (Before Mr. F. P. Mears, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

Two first offenders, for drunkenness, were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Patrick Daley pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Arbitration Court Jurisdiction. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 6

Judgment was given by the High Court of Australia to-day in the case Richard Clancy (appellant) and the Butchers' Shop Employers' Union and others…

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Loss of the Venture. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

The inquiry respecting the foundering of the schooner Venture oil Sydney Heads on the 4th instant was concluded by the Marine Court of inquiry to-day…

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Teralba. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 5

At the Teralba Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., three youths named James Wilson, Mathew Williams, and Robt, Williams were committed to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 29. (Before Mr. F. P. Mears, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

Four first offenders for drunkenness were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. For a similar offence Eliza Jones, an old offender, was fined 20s, in default 24…

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Murder of a Vice-consul

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday,—Herr Fay, the German Vice-Consul at Saltin, in the Argentine, has been murdered. An Italian beggar has been charged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 30. (Before Mr. F. P. Mears. D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 7

One first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s, in default detentions until the rising of the court.. Case Dismissed…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 31. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 6

The following persons were fined is and 5s 6d costs in each case for neglecting to send their children to school the required number of days for the…

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Greta. Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 7

The following municipal appeals against the council's assessment were heard at the Greta Police Court, before E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., on Wednesday:—T. A. Onus, agent…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 31st MARCH. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Appropriation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 3

Patrick M'Farran pleaded guilty to a charge of appropriating to his own use, on the 29th March, a suit of oilskins, the property of Henry Everson. Constable Michael…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, 31st MARCH. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 3

Cornish Bros. v. J. Cunningham, of Hamilton.—Claim for £1 13s 6d, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff, with 6s costs…

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Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 6

The following cases have been set down for trial at the Maitland Circuit Court, which opens at East Maitland on the 6th April:—Mary Ann Wood, Newcastle,…

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