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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 50

Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, May 20. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 3

Elizabeth Richards, licenses of the Royal Hotel, was fined 40s, and court costs 6s, for having sold liquor during prohibited hours on April 17 (Good…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 21. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Patrick Murphy, £43, seaman,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, May 21. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

William Ward, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, Hunter and Darby streets, Newcastle, was granted permission to make alterations. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Michael Thompson, 42, seaman,…

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Coalmining Court. President's Resignation. Official Correspondence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 5

The following correspondence, relative to the resignation of Judge Heydon, as President of the Special Coal Mining Court, has been supplied by Mr. Wade, the…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 25. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 6

Patrick Callaghan, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, or two days. John Laing who was similarly charged was fined 10s, or four days. A first offender…

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The Mining Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 4

The committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation has decided to send a deputation to the State Premier to ask him to use his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 7

Ten first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the Court. Elizabeth James, for drunkenness, was fined 20s, or…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, May 26. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 6

Joseph Thomas, John Parkes, and Frederick Parkes were charged, in company, with stealing from the steamship Rose, at Swansea, on the 8th May, one lamp;…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 26. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, for whom Mr. W. A. Reid (Messrs. Reid and Reid) appeared, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…

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Sentenced to Death. Russian Revolutionists. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 5

A court-martial at St. Petersburg has sentenced four Revolutionaries to death for complicity in the murders of General Pavloff, the Military…

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Murder of a Priest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—While Father Lubeley was celebrating mass in the Roman Catholic Church at St. Louis, Missouri, a wealthy member…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, May 27. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 7

Robert Tangney, who pleaded guilty to allowing cattle to stray in Kerr-street, was fined 5s, costs 6s, or 24 hours. Purvis Marshall was charged [?]…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 27. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, Imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Charles Lewin, 40, fireman, was fined 10s,…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 7

In the Bankruptcy Court an examination was held by Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., District Registrar, in the bankrupt estate of John Alward, of Newcastle, Bankrupt…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 28. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 3

Ezekiel Williams, Jun., of Wallsend, was proceeded against on an information charging him with playing at a game of chance, to wit, two-up, at the racecourse…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 28. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 7

Six men, first offenders, were each fined 6s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. Stealing…

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Murder and Suicide. Man Shoots His Wife. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

A domestic tragedy occurred in Charles Blurton's grocery store, at the corner of Lord and Moore streets, Perth, this afternoon. John Odgers, a labourer,…

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Wharf Labourer's Death. Verdict of Wilful Murder. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. S. Murphy, Acting City Coroner, to-day concluded the inquiry into the death of Alexander Brown aged 56, a wharf labourer, who died in the Prince…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 7

Verdicts with costs of court were given for the plaintiffs in the following undefended cases:—William Cann v. William Weston; claim for £1 15s 6d, goods sold:…

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