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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

Joseph Hindmarsh proceeded against Philip Somers for £10, for damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of a collision between a bicycle and…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

Charles Felghan, Warner's Bay, was granted a renewal of a colonial wine license. The license of the Imperial Hotel, Darby-street, was trandferred from…

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Alleged Assault at Wyong. Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

At the Gesford Police Court to-day, before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M., and three honorary justices, William White, aged 19, appeared to answer a charge of…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 10, 1908. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

Five persons pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and being first offenders, were each lined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Alfred Fox…

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The Mining Court. Cavil at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Owing to the stormy conditions yesterday morning, Judge Heydon, President of the Royal Commission which is now inquiring into the mining disputes in the…

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Charge of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The police in Johannesburg have arrested a strike leader named Sheridan, on a charge of Murder, arising out of the strike that…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 11. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 3

William Suilivan, 27 years, fireman for having been drunk was fined 5 or 24 hours and William Jackson, 60 years labourer, for a similar offence…

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Russian Terrorists. Murder and Robbery. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 5

Russian Terrorists perpetrated another murderous outrage yesterday at the Sokoloff station, on the Vistura railway…

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Wharf Labourers' Strike. Application to the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 5

There are no new developments in connection with the wharf labourers strike. The Newcastle and Hunter River Company is experiencing no difficulty in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 13. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

For falling to comply with the order of the court to pay 6s per week toward the support of his child, John Peel was ordered to pay the amount claimed, viz., £2…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 13. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

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

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Summons Division. Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

John Fox Gimson, second officer of the steamer Aotea, lying to Port Hunter, proceed against William Harris, greaser, for assault. Mr. W. A. Reid (Messrs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 14. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Four persons pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and, being first offenders, were each lined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the Court. Edward…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Darling Harbour Collision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4

The collision between the steamer Euryalus and the tug Warung, which occurred in Darling Harbour on November 9th, was inquired into to-day by the Marine Court…

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Monte Carlo Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The appeal of Vere and Violette Goold against their conviction for the murder of Mme, Levin at Monte Carlo has been…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 7

Inspector Lloyd, of Newcastle municipality, proceded against a boy of twelve for injuring a tree in Centennial Park. A fine of 10s, with 3s 6d costs, was imposed,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 15. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 7

John O'Callaghan, 27, labourer, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' detention, George Alder, 41, labourer, on remand pleaded guilty to a…

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Matter Before the Court. Adjourned Until Friday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 4

The dispute between the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. and the Newcastle Wharf Labourers' Union was mentioned in the Arbitration Court to-day, Dr…

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Our Sydney Letter. O'sullivan Versus Jordan.—mr. Reid, Australia, and the Latter's Defence.—the Wheat Harvest Bad Again.—what the Police Have to Do.—newcastle, and What It Might Be Called Upon For.—the Third Test Match.—again the Capital City. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 5

When all is said and done in re the matter O'Sullivan versus Jordan, the fact remains that the former makes his case as an advocate as surely as does the…

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Children's Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

A girl, aged 14, was before the court as an uncontrollable child. She was ordered to be sent to an institution…

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