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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 17. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 7

One first offender pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Thabet Suby, 31, clerk, for…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., M. S. Love, S.M., and Dr. John Harris.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 7

On the application of Sub-inspector Goulder, Licensing Inspector for Newcastle, the license held by John Thomas, of the Marquis of Lorne Hotel, Lambton,…

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Police Burglars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Two London policemen have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for burglary at Chingford, near London…

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Murder of Infants. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 5

Ida Schell, a nursegirl, sixteen years of age living in Munich, has confessed to the cold-blooded murder of six infants…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 11

Two first offenders pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. John Bewick, 29,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, October 21. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment till the rising of the Court; and another offender, who was similarly charged on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 21. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

Four first offenders pleaded guilty to charges of drunkennes, and were fined 5s in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Robert M'Cornish, 24, seaman, for improper…

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Chinese Rioters. Assault the Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 5

Chinese rioters at Modderfontein laid an ambush for the police while the latter were entering a barricaded compound through the kitchens…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 22. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. David Kyle, 63, frame maker, for…

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The Bayswater Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Horace Rayner, the murderer of Mr. William Whiteley, the "Universal Provider," made an unsuccessful attempt to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 23. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 3

Three first offenders, who pleaded guilty to having been drunk, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. William Kelly, 32, labourer,…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

The case in which a groom, aged 18, and a newsvendor, aged 16, who had pleaded guilty in the police court on Monday to having, in company, at Newcastle,…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, October 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

William Collis pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour in Howe-street, and was fined 10s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. James Williams and Arthur Dawson…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

Alfred Roach, of Adamstown, summoned the New Lambton Municipal Council for the sum of £10, value of a horse injured on the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

Five first offenders pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default, detention until the rising of the Court. John Pritchard, 24, omnibus driver, for…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., and Dr. John Harris.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

The application of John Davidson, licensee of the Bellevue Hotel, Hunter-street, for permission to alter premises by extending one room, was granted. The license of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 13

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 6s, in default detention until the rising of the Court…

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Sensation in Berlin. Court Libel Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 5

An action for libel has been brought by General Count Kimo von Moltke against Herr Harden, the editor of the German newspaper "Zukunft," which…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 7

Seven first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s, in default of payment, imprisonment until the rising of the court…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

Eight first offenders, for having been drunk were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the court. Thomas Howard, 46 years, labourer, for using…

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