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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, January 7. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Edward Cambourn, licensce of the Duke of Wellington Hotel, New Lambton, was charged with selling liquor at unlawful hours, on Sunday, the 29th November, Mr…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Edward Sinnott, remanded from the 4th January, for being drunk in Hunter-street West on the 2nd January, was brought before the beach, and was remanded until…

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Newcastle Petty Debts Court. Thursday, January 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Orders for the amounts named were made in the following cases:—D. Mitchell and Co. v. T. D. E. Chapman, for goods sold and delivered, 9s, with 5s…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Thursday, January 7. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, G. F. Scott, and Dr. John Harris, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

The District Licensing Inspector's quarterly report was presented. The following applications for renewal of publicans' licenses were granted:—John…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, January 6. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6

Thomas Muldoon, Edward Richards John Murdoch, William Elliott, and Martin O'Donnell for being drunk were each fined 5s, and ordered to pay 4s 10s costs, in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Intoxication

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

Three first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. James Power, for a similar offence,…

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Victoria Theatre. "Through the Divorce Court."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 5

Another change of programme, was made at the Victoria Theatre last night, when Mr. William Anderson's Dramatic Company staged "Through the Divorce Court,"…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 9. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 3

Two first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s in default detention until the rising of the court, Wm. Shoesmith, an old offender, for a similar offence, was…

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Tragedy by Telephone. Listening to a Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A tragedy is reported from Minneapolis in the United States. It appears that a barkeeper in that city named Garfield,…

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Maitland District Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Earl Solomons was charged with…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

Frederick Allen was charged with being illegally on the premises of William Krempine on the 8th instant. Constable Moon deposed that on Friday evening, the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 11. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

Four first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Improper Language…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

William Marks sued Thomas, Outram, for £16 5s, for goods sold and delivered. A verdict was given for the amount, with 5s costs. William Marks sued H…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Adjourned Sitting. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, G. F. Scott, and Dr. J. Harris, L.Ms.) Conditional License Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

The hearing of the application of Joseph Simmonds, of Adamstown, for a conditional license for premises to be erected at the corner of Brunker street…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

A first offender, for being drunk, was lined 5s, in default detention until the vising of the court. Riotous Behaviour…

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Murder and Suicide. Tragedy at Newtown. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 5

A tragedy was enacted at Newtown shortly before lunch time to-day, resulting in the death of a man named William Bedford Sly and his wife, Nellie Sly, the…

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Summons Division. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.). Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

Charles Saunders, seaman charged Hugh Fletcher, chief officer of the British barque Kelburn, with assault at Newcastle on the 7th January. Hugh Fletcher look out a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 13. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

Three first offenders, for being drunk, were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. James Thompson, for a similar offence, was fined 5s, in default…

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Reference to the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 5

An intimation of the difficulty which has arisen in connection with some of the northern coal mines was received to-day by Mr. Addison, the Registrar to the…

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Maitland District the Weston Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., William Earl Solomons was charged with having,…

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