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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

985 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 50

Newcastle Police Court. FRIDAY, 1st JULY. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

Three first offenders for drunkenness were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Ship Desertion…

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Murder by Bulgarians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—An outrage by a band of Bulgarians is reported from Djigorovo Serres. Having murdered a Greek notable,…

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Police Sergeant Convicted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A sergeant of police named Charteris has been convicted in Capetown on a charge of receiving money from the keepers of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, July 2. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Case Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 3

John Clark was presented on a charge of being found in the enclosed yard of John Cowley, at Parry-street, Hamilton, with an unlawful purpose. Formal…

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Alleged Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Frank Firth a blacksmith, was charged with having, at Pelaw Main, on the 25th June broken and…

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Assault on Port Arthur

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

LONDON, Monday.—Two Japanese divisions, composed of 40,000 men, have been successfully engaged for three days assailing the Russian positions…

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Maitland District Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., John M'Cormack, Percy Garland, and Thomas George Youngney were charged with having, in…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 3

An application for the transfer of the license of the New Station Hotel, Honeysuckle Point, from John Thomas Murphy to William Ackroyd was granted…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 4th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 7

Samuel Bennett pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Nelson-street, on the 25th June, and was fined 5s, and ordered to pay 4s 10d coats, in default 24 hours'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 4, 1904. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 3

Three first offenders were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court, for being drunk. Robert Curry was fined 2s 6d, or two hours' detention, for being…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 7

Samuel Bennett, on being examined, stated that he was a miner, residing at Plattsburg. He had previously been bankrupt, about seven years ago, and did not…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

Four first offenders were fined 5s for drunkenness in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court. Found in the Pack Yard…

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Licensing Court. Booth License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

John Davidson Heensee of the Bellevne Hotel, Wickham, was granted permission to hold a booth license on the Union Ground to-day…

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Thibet Campaign. the Assault Beginning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The correspondent of "The Times," who is accompanying Lieutenant-Colonel Young-husband's Mission to Thibet, reports…

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Punishment for Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The General who was in command of the Chinese soldiers who murdered Mr. Lewis Etzel, the Tientsin correspondent of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 6. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 3

A first offender was fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court. Larceny. Alfred Jones and Daniel Regan were charged…

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

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

William Hunt was charged by Constable Webster with making use of improper language and riotous behaviour and using insulting language in the Lambton Park,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the court. Alleged Disobedience. Charles Wright and James Hamilton were…

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Maitland District West Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, H. Crothers, and R. Scobie, L.M.s., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, when applications for…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, July 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 2

Mary Blackie v. Ell Faith, of Stockton, claim for balance for goods sold. £5 16s 1d. Verdict for plaintiff for £5 13s 7d, and 4s costs…

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