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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

1,032 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 52

Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 7. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 7

Two first offenders were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Vagrancy…

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A Sydney Letter. an Immigration League Forming.—is Court Martial Repugnant to the Democracy?—technical Education Again.—the Professor and His Daughters.—a Court That Has Been Too Hard Worked.—the Publican's Silent Partner (The State) Must Be Compensated. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 7

We are in for a revival of the leagues. One league which threatens considerable activity exists to ensure the better defence of Australia. Another is being…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 7. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, Chairman, G. F. Scott, L.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Leave of Absence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 7

Jesse Blakemore, of the Lord Cardigan Hotel, Darby-street, applied for six months' leave of absence from September 7th. The case was adjourned for a week…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 8. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 10

A first offender was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Henry Mandelson was fined 5s, in…

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Summons Court. Friday, September 8. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Underweight Fish

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 10

Vincenzo Facchin, Alexander Campbell and Edward Bramble, were each fined 10s, and costs, for consigning underweight fish for sale…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Saturday, September 9. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1905 · page 6

A first offender was fined 6s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Larceny as a Baillic…

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Shooting Sensation. Murder and Attempted Murder. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 5

Quambone, in the Coonamble district, was last night and this morning the scene of murder and attempted murder. It appears that a man named Lorie, who…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M.. and II. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Miriam White, an elderly woman,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.). Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were finned 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. Percy Dalton, Walter Page, and James…

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Murder of Armenians. Unmentionable Barbarity. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 5

Advices from Tiflis report that 4000 armed Kurds from the Persian bank of the Araz, the chief river of America, have joined…

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High Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 5

The High Court to-day delivered its reserved judgment in the appeal of George Crowley against the decision of the Full Court, in refusing to set aside a verdict…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 12. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 3

Gilmour Mattson was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' Imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street West…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 13. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. For a similar offence, Oscar Olsen was…

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Minmi. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., presided at the Police Court on Wednesday. The following cases were disposed of:—William Elliott, for prohibited language, was fined…

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Lambton. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., presided at the Lambton Police Court on Thursday. Sidney Liversage was charged with being drunk and using improper language. He…

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West Wallsend. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., presided at the Police Court on Wednesday, when Michael Wilkinson, of Teralba, and Richard Hill, of Killingworth, were each fined 5s and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 7

Three first offenders charged with drunkenness were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. For the same offence. John Wynn and…

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Solicitors in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 5

At the Redfern Police Court this morning, William Carter Smith, solicitor, was charged with assaulting Phillip H. Sullivan, van, M.P., also a solicitor. On the…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, September 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Undefended Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 7

In the following undefended cases verdicts were given for plaintiffs:— Walter Neve v. A. Barrington, dishonoured cheque, £7 3s 4d, costs 5s…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 14. (Before the Chairman, Mr. M. S. Love, and Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.) Leave of Absence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 7

Jesse Blakemore, licensee of the Lord Cardigan Hotel, Darby-street, applied for leave of absence for six months, nominating his wife as agent. The Bench…

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