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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 50

Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 16. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 7

Five men and one woman, who appeared before the Court for the first time on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 6

Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m., John Rourke, and E. Bowden, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday…

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West Maitland Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 6

Before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., Jon Rourke and E. Bowden, Js.P., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Jonathan Dunn was fined 20s, in default…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 17. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 7

Three first offenders for drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default six hours' imprisonment. William Fulton, for drunkenness, was fined 20s, in default…

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North Queensland Murder Case Before the Court. Georgetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 5

The trial was continued at the police court of Mrs. Fanny Wilson on the charge of the murder of Nellie Duffy, a governess, at the Carpentaria Downs Station on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 7

Three first offenders for having been drunk were each fined 5s, or six hours. Grace Scowley, 44, for using improper language, was fined 10s, or three days…

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A Judge Fired At. Clerk of Court Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 5

A Berlin merchant named Grosse, having been consulted in an action in the High Court at Leipzic, fired ten shots…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 6

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. John M'Donald, a stranger, was fined…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 3

At the West Wallsend Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M., Thomas Brennan, Herbert Kaiser, and Ellas Brennan were charged with be…

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Queensland Tragedy. an Aboriginal Charged. Georgetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 5

At the Police Court to-day Billy Wilson, the aboriginal, who had previously given evidence in the case against Mrs. Wilson, was charged with the wilful murder of…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, November 19. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 7

William Woods, licensee of the Gold Miners' Home Hotel, Lambton, was charged with permitting liquor to be consumed on the premises on Sunday, the 8th…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 19. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default six hours' imprisonment. Peter Brannan, 46 seaman, was fined 10s, in default 24…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 7

Verdicts for the amounts claimed, with costs were given in the following cases:—Howell and Thorpe v. J. Wallace, £1 17s 5d, for goods sold. Mr. H. H…

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Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 13

Brisbane always has had a fair proportion of petty thieves and pickpockets to keen the police force from becoming Idle, but it is a long time since there was…

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Alleged Murder at Sea. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 6

At the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. King, Acting D.S.M., a Hindu fireman, Amar Alli Must, wall charged with murdering Curim Ellai Nowabkhan…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 20. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

One man, who appeared for the first time on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default, to be imprisoned for six hours. Henry Sefton, 55, seaman, for…

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Murder and Suicide. a Squandered Fortune. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 5

William Barnard Davy, a man of 24 years of age, residing at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, came to London in search of his wife, from whom he was…

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Summons Division. Stealing Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 7

John Burke was proceeded against for stealing at Carrington on November 15th, 241lb of coal, valued at threepence, the property of the Railway Commissioners…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 23. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 7

Joseph Parkinson pleaded guilty to being drunk in Council-street, and was fined 10s, or seven days' hard labour. William Harrison applied for a…

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Murder of Miss Duffy. Georgetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 4

Fanny Wilson was brought up at the Police Court, to-day, on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Minas Duffy at Carpentaria Downs…

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