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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 21. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 7

Drunkenness and Improper Language. Four first offenders,' having pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or the rising of the Court…

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Belfast Strike Ending. Trial of Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 5

Now that the main strike at Belfast has ended, the greater part of the troops have been withdrawn from the city…

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Sinking of the Ingeborg. Marine Court Inquiry. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 5

The Marino Board inquiry into the collision between the s.s. Arawatta and the barque Ingeborg, which resulted in the latter being sunk off Port Stephens, was…

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Theft of Mail Bags

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mail bags containing valuables worth £50,000 have been stolen from a train on the Burlington and Quineey Railway, in the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 7

Four first Offenders pleaded guilty to having boon drunk on the previous day, and were each fined 5s, in default the rising of the court…

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Barcelona Police. English Reformer Opposed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 5

King Alfonso of Spain some time since secured the services of Chief Inspector Charles Arrow, of the Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland…

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Mining Disputes. Application to the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 6

In the Arbitration Court to-day an application was made on behalf of the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union, that the industrial, dispute between the…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, August 23. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 7

Single meeting of creditors in the estate of Arthur Norman Kelly. Bankrupt stated that his bankruptcy was caused by sickness in his family. He was unable to…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, August 23. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Dr. John Harris.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 7

A music permit we granted to John Canning, Licensee of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Newcastle. In the matter of an application by…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 23. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 3

Three first offenders pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and were each fined us, or detention until the rising of the Court…

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Case of W. P. Crick. Full Court Judgment. Struck Off the Rolls. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 5

Reserved Judgment was delivered by the Full Court today in the matter of William Patrick Crick, ex-M. P. who had been called upon to show cause…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 7

Five first offenders for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court. John Clark, 43 years carrier, was fined 5s,…

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Monte Carlo Murder. Further Confession. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 5

Goold, the Monte Carlo murderer, has made further admissions. His latest statement is to the effect that he had borrowed 1000 francs from…

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Italian Tragedy. Murder of a Forger. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 5

A crime is reported from Palermo, in Sicily. A cabdriver and three other men conveyed to one of the surburbs, two…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 26. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 3

J. Eade, G. Mackie, and G. Young were each fined 10s and 6s costs, in default 10 days' imprisonment, for being drunk. Johanna Wakeman applied to the Bench…

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West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 6

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Noah Gabriel and Joseph Tooze were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 26. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 7

Four first offenders, having pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default the rising of the Court. Charles Swanson, 55, seaman, for…

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Iron Trades Dispute. Arbitration Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 5

The Arbitration Court delivered judgment to-day in the matter of the Iron Trades award, in which the Clyde Engineering Company had made an…

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Monte Carlo Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The police at Monte Carlo found scattered over the flat occupied by the Goolds twenty-two loose pearls belonging to Madame…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 27. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 7

Three seamen, first offenders, pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 6s, In default detention until the rising of the Court. David Ross…

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