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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 7

A boy, aged 12 years and 4 months, was charged with being an uncontrollable child. He had only attended school 11 days within eight months. The lad was…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 7

Music permits were grunted to C. W. Weiss, Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton: William Houston, Colliery Hotel, Wallsend; William Willis, Volunteer Hotel,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 1. (Before Mr. Stephen Murphy, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 7

One first offender was fined 5s, or five minutes' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Richard Rodden was fined 10s, or four days' light labour, for being drunk and…

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The Millionaire Murder. More Admissions by Mrs. Thaw. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 5

The cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw at The trial of her husband for the murder of Stanford White has ended…

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The Last of the Thugs. Murder Reduced to a Fine Art

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 3

The Thugs, the caste of Indian stranglers (says the "Los Angeles Times") were under vows to Kuli Devi, the black browed consort, of Siva the Destroyer…

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Coal-miners' Federation. Proceedings in the Arbitration Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 4

An application by the Registrar for the cancellation of the registration of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District, New South Wales,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 2. (Before Mr. Stephen Murphy, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 7

Two first offenders were each fined 5s, or five minutes' imprisonment for drunkenness. Ernest Roderickson, 36, seaman, was fined £2 10s for using improper…

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A Sydney Letter. the Man Who Doesn't Like to Refuse.—addressing a Magistrate Standing.—the "Colonies" and the Army Meat Supplies.—the Coupon Question.—chris. Neilsen on Rival Racing Courses.—referring Back to Ned Trickett. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 5

A cabman was before one of the courts to-day on a charge of drunkenness. He was esteemed guilty by the magistrate, and as a consequence fined ten shillings…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 7

An order was made by consent against the defendant in an affiliation case for the payment of five shillings per week, and preliminary expenses £3 10s, with costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 7

Three first offenders were fined 6s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. Alice Franklin, 48, was fined 10s, or seven days. John…

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Arbitration Court. Copper and Gold-miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

Reserved judgment was delivered by the Arbitration Court to-day in the dispute between the Amalgamated Miners' Association, of Wrightville, and the…

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The Case of Juror Brown. Proceedings in the Full Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 5

The case of Andrew Brown, one of the jurors in the recent Crick-Willis-Bath trial, who had been called upon to show cause why he should not be adjudged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 5. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 7

Five first offenders were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court, for drunkenness. James Crighton was fined 20s, or 14 days, for a similar…

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The Murder of Whiteley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 5

LONDON Wednesday.—At Marylebone Police Court yesterday Cecil Rayner was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court for the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 6. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 7

Seven first offenders were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Stephen Earl, 51, miner, was fined 20s, in default…

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Firemen and Deckhands. in the Arbitration Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 5

The taking of evidence at the Arbitration Court in the industrial dispute between the Fireman and Deck Hands' Association and the Sydney Ferries, Ltd.,…

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Our Sydney Letter. "Conscience Money," and Some of Its Phases.—is Umbrella Stealing a Crime?—the Liquor Trade Association in the Field for Fight.—the Involutions of a Special Trade.—advising England on Home Legislation.—no Plague, No Interest in Plague. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 5

The Commissioners continue to receive "conscience money," and in the last case it was accompanied with interest. Just what the interest was doesn't transpire,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Joseph Wilks was fined 10s, or 48…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

Verdicts, with costs, were secured by B., Phillips against Reuben Smith, goods sold, £2; Thomas Henry Clarke against Albert E. H. Videra, goods sold, £4 2s [?]d;…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 7. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Charles Dunleavy, 56, seaman, was fined 20s, in…

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