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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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A. J. C. Races. Queenie's Court and Vanadium

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 3

The race meeting held at Randwick on Saturday was well attended, and the sport provided was all that could be desired. Following are the results:—…

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Children's Court

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

A lad was fined 4s, costs 6s, in default, 24 hours' for using improper language. Judge Pollard, of St. Louis, U.S., is In many ways a remarkable man. At 12…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 28. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. William Shergold, 46, labourer, was fined 10s,…

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Westbourne Grove Murder. Frequent Blackmail. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" asserts that layer, the murderer of Mr. Whiteley, of Westbourne Grove, was acustomed to obtain large sums of money from…

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

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

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. Jessie M'Mullun, 25, married woman, was…

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Murder in London. Committal for Trial. London

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

At the inquest upon the body of The William Whiteley, who was shot by a man named Horace Rayner in one of his shops, in the presence of…

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The Dartford Case. Referred to the Full Court. Sydney

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

This afternoon in Chambers, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson had before him an application in connection with the prohibition order which had been obtained by…

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The London Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The solicitor for George Rayner, the reputed father of Horace Rayner, the murderer of Mr. Whiteley, explains that…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 30. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or Imprisonment until the rising of the court. David Beecher, 21, labourer, was fined 10s, in…

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Murder in Russia. Gaol Director Killed. London

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

M. Gudina, the director of the prison at Derjabia, near St. Petersburg, where most of the political prisoners are interned, has been…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, January 31. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

Mary Jana Stoker proceeded against her husband, Edward John Stoker, for the recovery of the sum of £1 10s, due in accordance with an order made for…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

Thomas Hamilton proceeded against Michael Steel, of Jesmond, as the executor in the estate of the late W. A. Steel, for, the recovery of the sum of £20…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

The Municipality of Newcastle against Edward Scott, rates duo £1 1s is, was adjourned until February 7th. Mir. W. A. Reid appeared for the defendant…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January, 31. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

One first offender was fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. John Maddson, 31, carpenter, was fined…

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Summons Division. Alleged Assault

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

Charles Curtis Johnson charged James Johnson, Robert Johnson, Alexander Johnson, and George Craddock with assault, in company. James Johnson…

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The Papakaio Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 13

Some weeks ago I detailed the circumstances in connection with the mysterious murder of a schoolmaster named Rennie, in his cottage in a…

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, January 29. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 7

Harry Richards summoned for making use of prohibited language, at Spiers' Point on November 12, 1906, failed to appear when called. Constable Leck…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 1. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

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

Olaf Olsen, 50, seaman, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. John Givney, 27, medical practitioner, was fined 40s, in default…

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Russian Terrorism. Murder and Outrage. London

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

A band of Terorists has assassinated M. Gruen, the Chief of the Warsaw Secret Police, while he was driving in a cab. The murderers…

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New York Murder Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Four hundred jurymen have already been summoned in the case in which Harry Thaw is being charged with murder in New…

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