Murder in a Train
LONDON, Friday.—Meddi, an expert train thief, has been identified as the assailant of Miss Lowe, an English lady, who was robbed and murdered…
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Courts & crime, 1908
986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 50
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 6. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Henry Rugon, 29, a fireman,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →West Australian Murder. Sentences on Accused. Perth
The trial of Harry Goninon Smith, James Potter, and George Bloomer, on a charge, of murdering William John Clinton, at Day Dawn, on January 5, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Warden's Court. Labour Conditions Suspended
In the Mining Warden's Court, East Maitland, yesterday, before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., Warden, John S. Hutchinson, on behalf of the Hotton Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
James P. Bonnar, of the Crystal Palace Hotel, Newcastle, was granted licenses for the sale of liquor in Nos. 1 and 2 grandstand booths at the Newcastle…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Emperor of Germany has sent £1000 for distribution among the detachment of the Cape Mounted Police that was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 7. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Five first offenders pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court, Edward Sinnott, 74, a labourer…
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Alexander Frew, licensee of the Ladysmith Hotel, Rhondda, was granted a booth license for the leger stand on the Newcastle racecourse. Joseph Estell,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court
The single examination in connection with the bankruptcy of Robert Smith Gibson, miner, of Wallsend, was held, in reply to the Deputy Registrar, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 9. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
Alexander Brown was charged with neglecting to comply with an order of the court for the maintenance of his wife, the sum of £5 10s now being due…
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Mr. David Simpson writes to point out that the miners, when asking that the evidence should be heard in open court by the Royal Commission now sitting, say…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 9, 1908. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c
Nine first offenders pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and were each fined 5s, in default, imprisonment till the rising of the court. For being drunk on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of King Carlos. Real Assassins Escaped. London
Investigations into the murder of King Carlos of Portugal by Anarchists at Lisbon show that five or six of the conspirators fired at the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 10. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the Court. William Ellis, 3[?] years, tinsmith, was fined £1, or seven…
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At the Gosford Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Gerin and Burns, Js.P., Leslie Smith, aged 16, was charged with the larceny of the sum of £10 16s 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 11. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Four first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, in default the rising of the Court. David Kyle, 60 years, picture-frame maker, was fined £1, or 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, March 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
John Stazechner was fined 1s, and 6s costs, for neglecting to send his child to school for the required number of days for the half-year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the court. John Glass, charged with vagrancy, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ballarat Murder. William Isles Found. Melbourne
William Isles, the man for whom the police have been searching in quest of information concerning the Ballarat murder, has been found, at Pakenham, 35…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contempt of Court. Arbitrary Jurisdiction. London
At the instance of the Nationalists who sympathies with Mr. Laurence Ginnell, the Nationalist M.P. for N[?] Westmeath (Ireland), the House of…
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