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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

1,060 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 53

Chinese Rebels. Assault on a Town. London

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

Rebels armed with modern weapons and led by emigrants returning from the Straits Settlements and Annam, had an obstinate fight with the troops…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 17. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 7

Five 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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Arbitration Court. the Stockton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 4

The State Arbitration Court was engaged this afternoon hearing the dispute between the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union and the Stockton Coal Company,…

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Children's Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 7

George Hawkins, 40, miner, was charged with having improperly assaulted a child, 8 years of age, at Smedmore, on September 15th. Mr. T. A. Braye (Messrs…

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Kurri. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 6

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court yesterday before Messrs. J. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and A. S. Browne, J.P., Sidney M. Cusack was charged with hawking from a waggon at…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 18. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Daniel Kelly, 68, an old-age pensioner,…

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Arbitration Court. the Stockton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 5

The hearing of the industrial dispute between the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union and the Stockton Coal Company, Limited, was continued in the Arbitration…

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Accident or Murder?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—During the army manoeuvres at Karlowitz, Hungary, two corporals were killed with ball cartridges…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 19. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

Adam Menzies, licensee of the Grapes Inn, Plattsburg, was charged with that he did on election day, 10th inst., keep his licensed premises open for the sale of…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, September 17. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 7

John Johnson and Henry Williams were each fined 20s, costs 6s, for being drunk at Charlestown. Emmerson Wanless, for a similar offence at Charlestown,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 19. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 7

Two first offenders pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court…

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Arbitration Court. the Stockton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 4

The hearing was continued in the Arbitration Court to-day of evidence in the dispute between the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union v. the Stockton Coal…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 19. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Dr. J. Harris.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 7

An application for the transfer of the billiard license of the Merewether Hotel, Merewether, from Edward Blackburn to John Vincent Cogan, was granted. A…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 10

Grace Scowley, 43, pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and was fined 20s, in default, 14 days' imprisonment. One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was…

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Newcastle Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 5

The Newcastle Circuit Court will commence its sittings at the courthouse on Tuesday morning. Mr. Justice Cohen will preside, and Mr. R. Cowan will act as…

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Monte Carlo Murder. Another Confession. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 5

After a witness had testified that the Goolds had invited Madame Levin to tea, Goold retracted his former story, and confessed that his wife held…

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Arbitration Court. the Stockton Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 4

The hearing was continued in the Arbitration Court to-day of evidence in the dispute between the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union v. the Stockton Coal…

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Murder in Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A Lodz spinner, named Sulberstein, has been murdered by his employees for refusing to pray them their wages for a fortnight…

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Monte Carlo Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Vere Goold, the Monte Carlo murderer, has made, admissions further implicating his wife in the crime for which they are both…

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Charge of Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 4

A provisional warrant has been issued in Melbourne for the arrest of Arthur Jullus. Kruger, alias Bracey, alias Muller, on a charge of murdering Alfred…

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