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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 50

Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, A.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 6

William Evans, charged with being drunk in Neison-street, pleaded guilty, and was Sited 10s, costs 6s, or three days. Robert Douglas pleaded guilty to being drunk in…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

J. M'Cartney applied for a transfer of his license for the Australian Hotel, Newcastle, to Matthew Lynch. The application was granted…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

Verdicts were given for plaintiffs in the following cases:—Mrs. Jane Edwards v. G. T. Edwards, £1 18s, with 7s costs; J. B. L. Saunders v. F.Stanborough,…

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Theft of a Violin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—It has been discovered that a Stradivarius violin stolen from Mr. Eugene Ysage, the famous Belgian violinist, recently at…

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Trial for Treason. Theft of Documents. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

A number of documents relating to charges against Lieutenant Uilmo, a French officer, accused of tire theft of documents concerning the national…

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Shooting Case. Attempted Murder. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

A remarkable shooting case occurred in the city this morning at a boarding-house in Landrowna-terrace, about 100 yards from the Detective Office…

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Murder in Spain. a Mayor Shot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

Masked men entered the hall at Daimiel, Spain, in which a meeting of the town council was being held, and shot the Mayor dead. The murderers…

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New South Wales Arbitration Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 13

It may perhaps interest your readers to hear what an experienced New Zealander has to say about your Arbitration Court. Mr. Samuel Brown, who has for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 22. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 7

Four first offenders for having been drunk were each fined 5s, or detention until the rising of the Court. John Johnson, 39 years, for drunkenness, was fined…

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Mining Affairs. Meeting of Proprietors. Application to the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the colliery proprietors of the northern district was held yesterday. Mr. E. P. Simpson, legal adviser to the proprietors, stated, in a subsequent…

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Rescues by Water-police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

The residents of that portion of Newcastle known as the Gasworks Flats and Melville-street Swamp, had an experience bordering on the sensational…

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The Mining Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

"We have so many things to take cognisance of that we are beginning to get tied in an inextricable knot." This remark, emanating from Judge…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 24. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 7

One first offender was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court for drunkenness. Olaf Olsen, 60, carpenter, was fined 10s with the…

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Traitor to France. Court Martial's Sentence. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

Lieutenant Ullmo has been found guilty by the French court-martial of the charge of selling naval and military secrets, and sentenced to military…

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The Bauer Murder Revived. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

William Anderson, who was charged at the police court to-day with the attempted murder of Mrs. M'Niven, in Victoriasquare, on Friday, answers to the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 7

A transfer of the license of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel, New Lambton, was granted from the Curator of Intestate Estates to Thomas Griffiths…

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, February 25. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 7

John M'Conochie and Thomas Singleton, pleaded guilty to drunkenness at Cardiff, and were each lined 1s, with 6s costs, in default, 24 hours' hard labour. Andrew…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 7

Lake Macquarie Shire Council obtained verdicts for rates, with coats of court, against Robert Cherry, £1; Samuel Shaw, 8s 4d; William Evans, 11s 8d; Horatio…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 7

Two first offenders pleaded guilty to being drunk, and were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Richard King, 76, an old-age…

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Denials by the Police. Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 5

The Postmaster-General has repeated the charges made by him against the miners, and has again said that he derived his information from a sergeant of…

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