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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 7

A first offender was fined 58, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court for being drunk. Hyam Henry Mandelson was fined…

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Maitland District. ("Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland.) a Popular Police Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 6

A meeting of citizens interested in a movement having for its object the recognition of Sergeant Robert Brown's worth as a police officer and a citizen was held…

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Assault on the Police. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 5

A disturbance took place at the Southern Cross Hotel, St. Peters, at about eight o'clock to-night. It appears that a man was being assaulted by two others,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 6

Messrs. W. R. N. Dove, P.M., and Heary Grothers, J.P., occupied the beach at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Police Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

The case that was made out by the people of Killingworth for police protection in that growing mining township is one that deserves the attention…

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Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 7

A Court of Municipal Appeal was held before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., when the following assessments made by the Plattsburg Council were dealt…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 27. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 7

Henry Evans pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Kemp-street, Plattsburg, and was fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 27. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 3

Twelve first offeners were fined 5s, in default imprisonment, until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. John Campbell was fined 5s, in…

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Maitland District ("Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland.) Alleged Brutal Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 6

At the west Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. R. N. Dove, P.M., James Farley was charged with having, at Homeville, on the 21st March, assaulted…

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Revision Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 3

A Revision Court for the federal electorate of Newcastle was held, at which 478 names were added, and a number of names of former electors…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 7

M. C. Jones v. Watts, £2 3s 3d, goods sold and delivered; verdict for full amount with costs. Frederick John Healey v. W. W…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 3

Antonio La Rose was charged, on remand, with being drunk and disorderly on board the Italian barque Carlo P. Mr. T. A. Braye (Messrs. Braye…

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Maitland District ("Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland.) Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1905 · page 6

Mr. J. Gillies, M.P. is in receipt of the following letter from the Department of Justice relative to the proposed postponement of the opening of the…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 7

The Appeal Court for the Municipality of Stockton was opened yesterday, but no appellants appeared, and the assessments were sustained…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 29. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 7

A first offender was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Thomas Carrick was fined 5s, in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 6

Messrs. W. R. N. Dove, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Alfred Watson was sentenced to…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 30. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 7

John Londsdale was charged with entering the enclosed land of Jane Royal, at New Lambton. Defendant was fined 5s, and 5s 6s costs of court…

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Women in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 5

As a result of representations by the Discharged Prisoners' Ald Society, the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Wado, has written a minute respecting the practice…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 30. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 7

Four first offenders were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Thomas Dorrigan was fined 5s, in…

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Arbitration Court. the New Appointments. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 5

It has been understood that the Arbitration Court, as at present constituted, would expire on Saturday, when the three years for which Mr. Justice Cohen and the two…

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