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Courts & crime, 1906

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Federal Arbitration Court. Marine Engineers' Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day the hearing was continued of the dispute between the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers and W. Howard Smith…

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Ex-civil Servant's Pension. High Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 6

The High Court delivered its reserved judgment at the Darlinghurst Courthouse to-day in the case in which Henry James Greville appealed from the decision of the…

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Assault on Seamen. Crimping in Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 6

William Callaghan, 23, a labourer, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., with assaulting William Anderson and Daniel…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 22. (Before Mr. Stephen Murphy, D.S.M) Fraudulent Appropriation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 2

William M'Phall, 44, fireman, pleaded guilty to fraudulently appropriating the sum of 19s. Mrs. Montgomery stated that defendant had…

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Our Sydney Letter. Our Perhaps Phenomenal Christmas.—the Visiting List and the Shops.—what Crowds Mean to the Transport Services.—the Boom in Pictorial Christmas Postcards.—the High Court Continues to "Reverse" the Full Court.—a Danger to Small Children. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 5

The most pleasing thing about the present Christmas in this city is the comparative absence of poverty. Mr. Schey, who is an authority on the matter, says…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 3

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Annie Wilkinson, 46, married, charged…

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Murder in Russia. Count Ignatieff Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 5

Count Alexia Ignatieff, a member of the Imperial Council, and a special aide-de-camp to the Czar, has been murdered at Tver, an important…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Alfred Upton, 19, labourer,…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 7

The Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board obtained verdicts with costs against Susannah Kelly, £3 17s 2d; Apple Quinian, £1 15s; William H…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 27. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s or imprisonment till the rising. Harry Jacobson, 23, seaman pleaded guilty to maliciously…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 7

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness wore each fined 5s or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Vagrancy…

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Murder and Suicide. Young Girl Shot. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 5

A man named Viscomvitch, who was recently a waiter in the Railway Hotel dining-rooms at Coolgardle, shot a girl named Campbell, aged 20, in the back…

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Gosford Police Court. Friday, December 28. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 3

William Hull and Bede O'Rourke were charged with being on the licensed promises of the Royal Hotel, Gosford, on Sunday, December 23, when such…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 29. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 3

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Improper Language…

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Terrorism in Russia. Theft at a Railway Station. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1906 · page 5

The Terrorists attacked the station at Miedzyrzen, on the Vistula railway, in Russia, and ordered the employees to stand up…

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