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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Assault on a Ship Captain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Bertram V. Williams, a sailor on the ship Port Jackson, which left Sydney on January 10 for London, has been sentenced…

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Assault on a Ship Captain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Bertram V. Williams, a sailor on the ship Port Jackson, which left Sydney on January 10 for London, has been sentenced…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 30. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 7

One first offender, for being drunk, was fined is or imprisonment until the rising of the court; George Humphries, 48, labourer, for a similar offence, was fined 5s…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 30. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 7

One first offender, for being drunk, was fined 5s or imprisonment until the rising of the court; George Humphries, 48, labourer, for a similar offence, was fined 5s…

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Arbitration Court. Stockton Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

In the State Arbitration Court to-day the question of jurisdiction was argued in a case in which the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union is the claimant and the…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Shipping Conditions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

Mr. Justice O'Connor at Darlinghurst Courthouse to-day continued the hearing of the application by the Merchants' Service Guild of Australasia to have the…

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Arbitration Court. Stockton Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

In the State Arbitration Court to-day the question of jurisdiction was argued in a case in which the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union is the claimant and the…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Shipping Conditions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

Mr. Justice O'Connor at Darlinghurst Courthouse to-day continued the hearing of the application by the Merchants' Service Guild of Australasia to have the…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, April 30. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 7

James Hughes, for drunkenness at Dudley, on March 29, was fined 5s and 6s costs, and for a similar offence on a subsequent date, the same defendant was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 1. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 7

Three first offenders, for being drunk, were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Withdrawn…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 6

Before Messrs. R. Waddell and G. M[?]er, Js.P., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Benedict Joseph Burke was charged that he, not being a member…

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Stranding of the Easby. Marine Court Inquiry. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 4

An inquiry was held to-day by the Marine Court into the stranding of the steamer Easby off Gabo, and the complaints against William Wallace, the…

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Summons Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Licensing Act Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 7

George Palsor pleaded guilty to being unlawfully on licensed premises, known as the Sydney Junction Hotel Hamilton on Good Friday last. Fined 10s, with 6s…

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Our Sydney Letter. Diver Hughes Is Undergoing Hero-worship.—the Skill of the Professional Fish Locator.—that Usually Late Northern Train.—objecting to a Magistrate on a Peculiar Ground.—a Scotch Baronet in Sydney.—a Law for the Hirers of Pleasure Boats. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 5

If Driver Hughes meets with much more of his present treatment he will need to be rescued himself. In fact, he confesses to so much, but then if he will be a hero…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 2. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 6

The adjourned case against Henry Hughes for neglecting to send his child to school the prescribed number of days was called. Mrs. Hughes appeared, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 2. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

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

Two first offenders, for being drunk, were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court George Palser, 50 carpenter, for drunkenness in the…

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State Arbitration Court. Shop Assistants' Claim. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 6

The hearing of the dispute between the Shop Assistants' Union of New South Wales (claimants) and Mark Foy, of Oxford-street, Sydney, and the Master…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

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

Caroline Shaw v. George May, Carrington, claim for £3 0s 7d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount, with 6s costs. J. H. Kitson v. Thomas Drousfield,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Scott, Murphy, and Harris, L.Ms.) Wine License Refused

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

Selina Squirrell applied for a colonial wine license for premises situate in Hunter-street West. Mr. H. V. Harris appeared in support of the application,…

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Summons Court. Alleged Assault

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

Ellen Lister v. Lena Morgan, alleged assault. This case was further adjourned until the 8th instant, owing to the illness of necessary witnesses. Mr. C. W…

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