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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 21. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

Mary Ann Shade pleaded guilty, to having, been drunk and disorderly in Regent-street, New Lambton, on Friday, and to having made no of improper language…

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Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Samuel H. Elwell was fined 2s 6d, in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 23. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

John Barker and Michael Quinn were were charged With wilfully setting fire to certain articles in a shed, the property of William Hogg, of Minmi, on the 21st…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, January 23. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7

Five first offenders were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Eliza Jones and Susan Duncan, for having been…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

Thomas James sued George Pellow for the sun at £10, damage to a horse. Mr. Sparke appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Windeyer for the defendant. Douglas…

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Rising in Russia. Murder of the People. Women and Children Killed. Streets Stained with Blood. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 5

Father Gapon, leader of the strikers in St. Petersburg, and 11 representatives of trade unions forwarded a letter to Prince Sviatopolk Mirski, the…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, January 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

William Wooton proceeded against Edwar Wooton on a charge of having assaulted him in the Waratah Colliery on the 10th January. The defendant pleaded…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 7

Alfred Wilson was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk in Scott-street on Monday evening…

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Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

Prior to the council meeting an open court for the revision of the municipal lists for the ensuing municipal year, was held. The Mayor, Alderman Fryar…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

Alfred Wilson was fined 10s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for having been drunk in Scott-street on Tuesday. Refusing to Pay for Liquor…

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Stockton Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

The Stockton Council held its revision court on Tuesday evening. The municipal list was submitted for inspection, one or two requests for insertion of names were…

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Waratah. Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

A revision court, presided over by Alderman Miller, was held at the Waratah Council Chambers last night. As a result of the revision of the municipal roll the…

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New Lambton. Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 6

An open court of Revision for the purpose of revising the for the municipal lists for the onsuing municipal year was held in the Council Chambers last night. There were…

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Carrington. Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 6

The Carrington Council held a Revision Court on Wednesday evening, the Mayor Alderman Thornton, presiding, The municipal [?] was laid on the table, Three…

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Arbitration Court Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon, the executive officers of the Colliery Employees, Federation, Messrs. Bower and Curley, endeavoured to obtain from the Attorney-General a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Improper Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 7

John Myers, a seaman, was fined 10s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for having behaved improperly in Market-street on Wednesday evening…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, January 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, District Registrar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 7

A single meeting of creditors and public examination were held in the bankrupt debate of Thomas Simpson, carpenter, of Singleton, He attributed his bankruptcy…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, January 26. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, G. F. Scott, and Dr. John Harris, L.Ms.) New Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 7

Robert Brownlee was granted a billiard license for premises at killingworth Charles Feighan applied for a colonial wine license for premises at Warner's Bay…

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Stealing From a Prisoner. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

Charles Edward Hussey, who until lately was a police constable, employed on traffic duty, was to-day charged at the Central Police Court with stealing from…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 27. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Trouble on the Riverdale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 3

James Campbell, Frederick Stumm, Edward Jennings, Joseph Nilhaus, August George Lee, and Thomas Horning, were charged with having, at Newcastle, on 26th…

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