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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

1,060 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 53

Murder of a Police Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—M. Maximowsky, the Chief Comptroller of Prisons in St. Petersburg, has been assassinated in his study by a woman…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 29. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 7

Eight first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Christian Peterson, 28, charged…

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Enmore Murder. Execution of Nicholas Baxter Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

The execution took place in Darlinghurst Gaol, to-day, of Nicholas Baxter, for the murder of Mary M'Namara, at [?]more, on July 8th. Representatives…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 7

Temple West proceeded against Captain William Kenel, for the recovery of £2 10s, for goods delivered. Mr. C. W. Readett appeared for plaintiff, and Mr…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 7

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. William M'Donald, 40, labourer,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, October 31. (Before Mr. M.S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

A first offender for being drunk, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s. Isaac Ford, remanded from New Lambton, on a charge of improper…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 31. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

Niels Nielson, 45, seaman, charged with drunkenness, was fined 20s, in default 14 days' imprisonment. Seamen's Cases…

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The Black Hand. Murder in New York. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

The body of an Italian youth named Grimaldi was found in the outskirts of Brooklyn, New York. The body was pierced with nine…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. G. F. Scott.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

Single meeting of creditors in the estate of Henry John Chard, ice manufacturer, of Wickham. Bankrupt stated that he carried on business at…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

The license of the Crystal Palace Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, was transferred from George Perkin Adkins to James Pillians Bonner…

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Murder in Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The woman who assassinated M. Maximowsky, the Chief of the St. Petersburg Prisons Department, has been hanged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 1. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 11

Two first offenders, charged with drunkennes, were each lined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Thomas Clark, 34, seaman, for improper…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, October 29. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Appeals Against Shire Assessments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 11

A number of appeals against the assessment of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council were heard. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared for the council…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 2. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Absent Without Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 3

Timothy Henneny, 38, charged with having been absent without leave from the American barque James Drummond, was ordered to be placed on board his ship…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 6

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Joseph Leonard was charged with…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 7

Charles Fenwick was charged by Constable Brady with improper conduct at New Lambton on the 25th October. There was a second charge for a similar offence…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 7

Ten first offenders, charged with drunkonness, were each fined 5s. in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Stephen Earl, 51, miner, charged…

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Wreck of the Trilby. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

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

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, who had Captains J. V. Hall and J: Mackenzie with him as assessors—held an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s, in default, detention until the rising the court. James Printer, 26,…

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Murder in Durham. an Arrest Effected. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 5

Joseph Nobb, a blacksmith, has been arrested on charges of murder and attempted burglary at Gateshead, in Durham…

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