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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 50

Summons Division. Assault and Malicious Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 7

William Wardie proceeded against Annie Wilkinson on a charge of assaulting him at Stockton on November 20; also on a charge of maliciously damaging four…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 30. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

George Thomas, aged 26, an American, was charged with stealing a sulky and set of harness, the property of Mr. Owens, of Cutaway Hill, near Mittagong…

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Newcastle Police Court. (Monday, November 30. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Sophia Sparks, 23, dressmaker, for whom Mr. C. W. Reade[?]…

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FREEMAN & Wallace Case. Evidence Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 5

Further evidence taken before the Registrar in connection with the Freeman and Wallace bankruptcy case has been made available for publication…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 1. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 7

Four first offenders charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, an hour's imprisonment. Christian Olsen, 66, seaman, was fined 10s, in default, seven…

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High Court Appeal. Right of Way and Light. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 5

The High Court of Australia (Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, and Justices Barton and Isaacs) was engaged to-day in the hearing of the appeal case…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 2. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Remanded to Sydney…

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The American Fleet. Officers Court-martialled. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 4

Intelligence has been received that four of the officers of the American fleet, as the result of their conduct while in Australia, have been tried by court-martial…

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High Court Appeal. Right-of-way and Light. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 4

The High Court of Australia (Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, and Justices Barton and Isaacs) was again engaged to-day in the hearing of the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 6

Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday, Frederick Dotyaner was lined 5s, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment,…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 3. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 7

Elizabeth James, for being drunk in Morehead-street, was fined 20s, and 6s costs. Abraham Gills, for being drunk in Grainger-street, was fined 5s. and 6s…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 3. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 7

Roger Montague, 45, seaman, was fined 10s, in default, seven days' Imprisonment, and Peter Dooley or Donoghue, 20, seaman, 5s, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment, for…

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High Court Appeal. Right-of-way and Light. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 4

The High Court of Australia (Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, and Justices Barton and Isaacs), was again engaged to-day in the hearing of tile…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M., and Dr. John Harris, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 7

A renewal was granted Walter Donnelly of the license of the Toronto Hotel, Toronto, also of the billiard license. The name licensee was granted an additional…

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Unsuccessful Appeal. Case of Sheep-stealing. Sydney

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

In the Banco Court to-day, before Sir Frederick Darley, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly, Arthur Venables appealed against a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 4. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Seaman's Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 7

Otto Fettkoeter, 18, seaman, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, for deserting from the vessel Schiller, at Newcastle, on November 8…

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Turkish Elections. Murder of a Pasha. London

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

A Turkish officer assassinated General Maher Pasha at Constantinople. The murderer is a supposed spy of the old regime…

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High Court Appeal. Right-of-way and Light. Sydney

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

The High Court of Australia (Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, and Justices Barton and Isaacs) was again engaged to-day in the hearing of the…

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Capture by Brigands. Release by Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 December 1908 · page 5

Brigands kidnapped Herr Herrmann Newfeld, a wealthy German resident at Holbstadt, in the Caucasus, and conveyed hint into the village of Perovsk…

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Naval Conference. Prize-court Convention. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 December 1908 · page 5

The Internation Naval Conference has been opened in London. Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who…

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