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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,095 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 55

Licensing Court. Tuesday, March 13. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

A booth license was granted to David Thomas, of the Carrington Hotel, Wallsend, for the adjourned picnic sports, to be held at Boolaroo on March 17th…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7

One first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. William Cowan was fined 5s, for drunkenness, and 5s for…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Music Permit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7

A music permit was granted to George Lindsay, Crystal Palace Hotel, for the 16th inst. Booth License…

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Municipal Revision Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Municipality of Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7

There were 71 appeals against assessments by the Municipal Council of Wickham. Of these, 22 were confirmed, one struck out, and 48 reduced by consent. In…

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Royal Hotel Traedy. Quinlan Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Co[?] to-day, the boy Thomas John Quinlan [?] charged with having murdered Mrs. Me[?] Gregory at the Royal Hotel, Sydney, [?] February…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

One first offender, for being intoxicated, was fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. Case Remanded…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7

Lambton Municipal Council v. Catherine Davies, garaishco. This was a case arising out off the failure on the part of the defendant to play into court the sum…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. F. P. D. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7

James Brown, for using language in Lambton, was fined 10s, with 6s costs, in default 48 hours imprisonment, David Ramsdale pleaded guilty to being drunk…

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, March 13, (Before Mr. F. R. D. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunk and Disorderly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

William France was fined 2s 6d, with 6s costs, in default 2[?] hours' imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly at Toronto on February 26th…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

J. Mackie and Company v. Cecil M'Innes.—Claim for £16 15s 9d, goods sold and delivered, and damage to a piano. Verdict for plaintiff, with [?] costs…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Booth License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

Alexander Frew, of the Rhondda Hotel, Rhondda, was granted a booth license for the Wallsend races, to be held on the 21st inst…

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Murder Will Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 12

That is a very curious story told in the current number of "Blackwood's Magazine" under the hard walked title "Murder Will out." The heading was certainly…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 16. (Before Mr. F. P. D. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Three first offenders were fined 5s, for drunkenness, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. Cases Adjourned…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 17. (Before Mr. F. P. D. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 5s, in default Imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. For the some offence, John Muir Lindsay was fined…

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W. N. Willis. Supreme Court Appeal. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. W. N. Willis is appealing to the Supreme Court against the decision of the South African magistrate that the latter has jurisdiction under the…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 7

Ezekiel Williams, jun., pleaded guilty to having boon drunk it Plattsburg on the 14th inst., and was fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Mr. F. P. D. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 7

Six first offenders were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness, and another 10s, in default two days' imprisonment,…

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Arbitration Court. Northern Coal Cases. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day the matters of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District, claimant, and the Australian Agricultural Coy.,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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A Bill to Legalise Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

The bill introduced in Iowa to legalise the killing of patients fatally injured or hopelessly ill has been the subject of a world-wide message, which has, however,…

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