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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,095 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 55

Summons Division. Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 7

Frederick Habedank v. Joseph Ernest Charles M'Lachlan, alleged assault. Mr. A. H. James for complainant, and Mr. W. A. Reid for the defence. Defendant…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 7

At a children's court, field during the morning, a boy of 14, charged with being uncontrollable, was ordered to be sent to a reformatory Institution…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

William Clough pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Kemp-street, Wallsend, and was fined 20s, costs 6s, or 14 days' imprisonment. William Coxen pleaded…

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West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 6

Mr. Stephen Murphy, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Henry W. Tegg, agent for Cornelius…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 7

Seven first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 6s, in default Imprisonment until the rising of the court. For the same offence. Edgar…

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Horrors of Russia. Revolutionary Fury. Freedom or Murder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 5

Later accounts of the bomb explosion at the residence of M. Stolypin, the Russian Premier, in St. Petersburg, on Saturday, state…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Charles Henry Sawyer, charged…

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Confession of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Richard Buckham and Robert T. Buckham, sons of a farmer at Basildon, in England, have confessed to shooting…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Absent Without Leave…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

At a Children's Court, held by Mr. Love, a boy of 14, charged with being uncontrollable, was remanded for a month…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

Albert Veal was charged with disobeying an order of the court, made against him at Newcastle on the 11th of April, 1906. He pleaded not guilty, and the case…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

Verdicts for plaintiffs, with costs, were given in the following undefended cases: —Moase Bros. v. E. A. Pool. £7. 10s 2d, goods sold; some v. James Shepherd, £3…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. John Smith, charged with being drunk and disorderly…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

Music permits for September 1st (Hospital Saturday) were granted to Gill Thomas, Criterion Hotel, and William Milgate. Central Hotel, Newcastle…

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Theft of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Two men broke a window at the office of the Orient Pacific Steamship Company, in Cockspur-street, Charing Cross, and stole…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 10

A Children's Court was held during the morning by Mr. Scott, at which two boys were each fined 1s, with 6s costs, for trespassing on the railway at Wickham…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 31. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 10

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

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Russian Terrorism. Murder and Pillage. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 5

Telegrams from the provinces present a fearful picture of murder, pillage, and incendiarism throughout Russia…

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Police Superannuation Fund. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 6

A deputation, representing the police force of New South Wales, waited upon Mr. Carruthers, the Premier, to-day, with the object of urging that the police…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 1. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 2

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. Alice Murphy, charged with behaving…

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