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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,095 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 55

Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Dr. John Harris, L.M.) Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 7

A renewal of the license of Tattereall's Hotel, Plattsburg, was granted to John Shaw, the annual value being fixed at £65, carrying a license fee of £20…

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Wholesale Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A man named Dietrich, an leather worker, has been arrested at Dresden, Saxony, on charges of murder…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. For a simliar offence, Frank Carlsen and Christian…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Booth Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 7

Booth licenses were granted to Henry J. Denney, of the Premier Hotel Broadmeadow for the grand and Leger stands at the Newcastle races, to be held on…

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Murder by Zulus. a Magistrate Shot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. H. M. Stainbank, District Commissioner and magistrate at Ingwavuma, Zululand, has been murdered by natives while collecting taxes…

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Outbreak in a Gaol. Attempted Escape. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 5

A sensational outbreak occurred yesterday at the municipal gaol at Shanghai. Fifty prisoners all of whom were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 5. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

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

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 7. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 7

Jemima Brown sued her husband, Alexander Brown, for maintenance. Mr. Wood appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Windeyer for the defendant. Jemima Brown deposed…

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West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Reginald Simmons, Norman Robert Bell, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 7

Five first offenders were each fined 5s, for drunkenness in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. For a similar offence, Stephen Fitzgerald was fined 5s,…

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MACINTOSH V. Dun. Supreme Court Upheld. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 5

The High Court this morning delivered its reserved judgment in the cross appeals of Maclntosh and another v. Dun and others…

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A S[?]ney Letter. a New Ar[?]ment in Defence of Federa[?]n.—the Child of Nature At[?] Perouse.—the Police Get I[?]sing Headquarters.—some [?]W Public Buildings That Ai[?]much Wanted.—should We Sho[?]the Japanese Our Defences Hospital Saturday a Huge S[?]ess. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 7

It is sa[?]at there are thousands of people in [?] South Wales who are opposed to [?]ration the result of their brief expe[?]ce of it. If so, then it is…

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Attempted Murder. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5

A case of attempted murder and suicide occurred at Manly to-night. It appears that for some time past William Rootes, aged 26, a labourer, has been living apart…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined is, in default Imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Patrick O'Rourke, charged with having…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 6

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Crothers. J.P., John Thomas Whalan was charged with having taken and used one bay mare, branded [?]…

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Murder of Count Ignatieff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—News has been received that the identity of the Count Ignatieff assassinated at Kieff is…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 9. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Improper Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 7

Madeline Penbrook, charged with having used improper language in King-street, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment…

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Murder and Robbery. Daring of Burglars. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. Charles Speir, a leading member of the Standard Oil Trust, was shot through the heart by a burglar in his home at Staten Island, New…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, May 10. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 7

Thomas Shepherd was fined £1, with 6s costs, for using improper language at New Lambton. Inspector Oldham for the Lambton…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 7

Verdicts for the amount claimed, with cost of summons, were given in the following undefended cases:— Lasker Bros. v. A. Fulton, claim for £3,…

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