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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

1,095 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 55

Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 3. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 6

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. William Hannan, similarly…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 2

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

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, December 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

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

Alice Slater sued her husband, Edward Slater, of Teralba, for maintenance, and an order by consent was made for the payment of 10s a week and £1 0s 6d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Absent Without Leave…

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Crime in Devonshire. Murder of a Woman. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 5

A shocking tragedy has occurred at Barnstaple, Devonshire. A packer named Ash, who was out of work, stabbed and hacked his…

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Our Sydney Letter. Liberty of Interruption Versus Liberty of Speech.—the Police Responsible for One Trouble.—the 24th December Not to Be a Holiday .—Unfortunate Miss Abigail.— "Mistress and Maid" Suggests "Master and Servant."—the Sensitiveness of Some Aldermen.sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 7

Liberty of speech is one thing, and liberty of interruption another. A prominent politician, in upholding the former and denouncing the second, said that…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 6. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) On Remand

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

Mary Brow, 38, laundress, and Victoria Boyd or Hutchinson, 37, laundress, remanded for sentence on two charges of stealing and one of being it possession…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

Before Messrs. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., and John Lee, J.P., at the bench of the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Michael O'Donnell was charged with…

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Crime in Russia. Police Officer Murdered. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

Eighteen revolutionaries have been arrested at Tamboff, Russia, and a quantity of correspondence and arms seized…

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

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

Frank Stevens v. John Ross, for rent. Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared for the plaintiff. Verdict for £4 6s 6d, costs 7s. Commissioners of Taxation v. Alfred J. Bush,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott and M. S. Love, L.Ms.) Transfer Applications

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

A transfer o[?] the license of the Lake Macquarie Hotel from Thomas O'Malley to Benjamin Bradley was granted. An application for the transfer of the license…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Insufficient Means

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 10

Lena Delarnay, 25, charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, pleaded not guilty. Constable Thomas King deposed to arresting the defendant…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 6

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment to the rising of the Court. Seaman in Trouble…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 7

In the Children's Court a boy 13 years of age was charged with wandering in the streets in no ostensible lawful occupation. The lad was ordered to be sent to…

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(Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 7

Herbert Westcott summoned William C. Ross, master of the barque Indian Empire, on a charge of assault on the high seas. Mr. W. A. Reid appeared for the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 10. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 7

Three first offenders, for having been drunk, were fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court; Frederick Durass, 22 years, fireman, was…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 6

James Davies pleaded guilty to having, on the 17th November, at Broadmeadow, assaulted Thelma Armstrong, aged seven years and nine months. Accused was…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 6

Frederick George Sparke pleaded not guilty to a charge of haying, at Greta, on the 25th October, stolen a steer, the property of James Clarke. Mr. Wailer, with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Thomas Cook, 29, boilermaker, pleaded…

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A Court of Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 4

Apart altogether from the merits of the question, the case involving the rights of States to levy income tax on the salaries of Federal officials has…

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