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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 11. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Charges Against Seamen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 7

Patrick Finnegan, 30 years, and William Greenaway, 16 years, seamen, were charged with being absent without leave from the barque Marlborough Hill. The…

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Divorce Court. a Wickham Marriage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 5

In the Divorce Court to-day, before M. Justice G. B. Simpson, a young woman named Odella Maude Burridge, nee Ford, sought a dissolution of her…

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Arbitration Court. Tugboat Employees' Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 5

Judgment was given in the Arbitration Court to-day on the question of the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the dispute between the Sydney and Manly…

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The Peace Congress. Prize Court Agreed To. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 5

It is suggested at the Hague Conference that fifteen Judges should constitute the Bench of an International Prize Court; that the eight great…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 6

Mr. T. H Wilkinson, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. James Curran was fined £3, with 6s…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, September 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 3

Joseph Tranter pleaded guilty to driving without lights after sunset, and was fined 5s, and 6s costs. Robert Logan pleaded guilty to being…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 12. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 7

Seven first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court…

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Monte Carlo Murder. Dramatic Scenes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 5

The man Goold and his wife, the prisoners who are charged with the murder of Madame Levin at Monte Carlo, were yesterday taken to the villa in…

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Arbitration Court. the Stockton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day the dispute between the Shore Drivers' and Firemen's Union, claimants, and Stockton Coal Company, respondents, was mentioned…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 3

Griffths Bros. summoned George Mayors for the recovery of 17s 6d. Verdict for plaintiff for the full amount, with 3s costs, and 2s 6d witness'…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, September 12. (Before the Registrar, Mr. M. S. Love.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 7

Single meeting of creditors in the estate of James. Hercules Easterbrook. miner, of Stockton. Bankrupt assigned extravagance and borrowing as the…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 12. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love and G. F. Scott.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 7

The license of the Merewether Hotel, Merewether, held by Edward Blackburn, was cancelled, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, three convictions…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 13. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 11

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Grace Scowley, for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 14. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 2

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 6

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alfred E. Howard applied for permission to…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 16. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 6

A case of neglecting to pay incidental expenses in connection with the birth of an infant was heard with closed doors, a verdict being returned against the defendant for £10,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 16. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

Seven first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Berne Lorentzen,…

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Monte Carlo Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mrs. Goold, charged at Monte Carlo with her husband with the murder of Mme. Levin, continues to feign illness, and refuses…

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Murder of a Prince

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Revolutionaries at Tiflis shot dead Prince Chavchavadze, a member of the Council of the Empire, while he was driving home to…

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French Anti-militarists. Sentenced to Imprisonment. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

Seven anti-militarists have been sentenced at Paris to terms of imprisonment ranging from fifteen months to three years…

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