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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

973 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 49

Theft by a Woman. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Session to-day, Mary M'Grath, a young married woman, who had been convicted on a charge of having stolen a purse from Mrs. M'Cathie's…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 1. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

William Oswald pleaded guilty to having used improper language, and was fined 40, or one month's imprisonment. School-attendance Officer A. H. Felton…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 1. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

Six first offenders, charged with drunkenness, one of whom placed not guilty, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

The trial of Billy Wilson, the aboriginal, charged with the murder of Miss Nallie Duffy at Carpentaria' Downs station, was commenced in the Supreme…

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Murder by an Aboriginal. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

At the criminal sittings of the Rockhampton Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Power, Long George, an aboriginal, was charged with the…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 3. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

George Yates, licensee o the Post-office Hotel, Waratah, was charged with having, on the 15th February, 1909, knowingly supplied one Tobias Miller, an…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

The trial of the aboriginal Billy Wilson, charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Downs Station, was continued in the Supreme-Court…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 3. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court. William Shoesmith was fined…

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The Coalmining Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

Inquiries have been made for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Royal Commission to dent with mining matters at Newcastle is to be continued…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 4. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 3

One first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Seamen's Cases…

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Tragedy at Boolaroo. Attempted Murder and Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

Boolaroo was the scene of a tragedy as about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a married man named Lambert Seers making a murderous attack on…

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Mishap to the Kooyong. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

Judge Murray presided at a Court of Marine Inquiry in the Sydney District Court, this morning, with Captain Bracegirdle and Mr. R. Cromack as assessors…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 3

Verdicts for the amounts claimed were given, with costs, in the following cases:—Hamilton Municipal Council v. Mrs. Frances Printer, of Hamilton, 6s 9d,…

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Maitland Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., has received the following letter from the Department of Justice: ''I have the honour to inform you that the Premier has had under notice the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 5. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7

Catherine Mills, 37, married, was fined 10s in default, seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness, and £5, in default, two months' imprisonment, for using…

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Japanese Court Ladies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

The sacredness in which Imperial personages are held in Japan was curiously demonstrated when it was decided that the Court ladies should, wear European…

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Broken Hill Dispute. Address for the Miners. Court Reserves Judgment. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 4

The hearing of the matter in dispute between the Proprietary Company and its employees was continued to-day in the Federal Arbitration Court in Melbourne…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 6. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1909 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Alleged False Pretonces…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson. P.M., occupied the Bench at the Maitland Police Court yesterday. Jane Knot pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 8. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Bertha Bradley, 50, domestic, was fined 10s, in…

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