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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 15. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until the rising of the Court, and one of them, William…

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Murder in Italy. a "Black Hand" Gang. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 5

A Mafia gang at Palermo, Sicily, in broad daylight, in a public square, assassinated an American detective named Petrosini, who was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 16. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 7

Edward Sinnott, 70, labourer, was fined £2, in default a month's imprisonment, for drunkenness. An Expensive Drink…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 17. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

Hawkers' licenses were granted to John Thomas Poilo and Palmerston Brown. George Oram, jun., was charged with sending a person under the age of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 17. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Henrick Stedemann, 57, seaman,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 18. (Before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, D.S.M.) Malicious Damage and Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 7

Alice Murphy, or Callaghan, 22, pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging two glass panels of a door of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Newcastle, the property of John…

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Industrial Court. Colliery Officials' Claim. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

In the Industrial Disputes Court to-day before Judge Heyton, the matter of the appointment of a wages board to deal with the South Maitland Colliery officials'…

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Sydney Labour Council. the Marine Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

A meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held in the Trades Hall to-night, Mr. Farrar, vice-president, in the chair, Captain Dakin, representing the Shipping…

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Small Debts Court. Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 7

A verdict for the amount claimed was given, with costs, in the case in which J. A. Leslie proceeded against W. Francis, of Toronto, to recover £1 for goods…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 19. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were a fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Elizabeth Power (40),…

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The London Police. How They Are Organised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 16

"Every London policeman is a gentleman," said a distinguished foreigner, who had had experience of the police of many lands. The report of the Royal…

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Cases of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 7

Just at the present moment the spirit of destruction appears to be hovering over the land, and life and death are walking hand in hand. During the week reports…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 20. (Before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 6

Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and John Rourke, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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An Alleged Assault. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Cohen, and a jury of four, to-day, Charles Scale, wharf labourer, proceeded against James Payne, hotel proprietor, to recover £500 damages for…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 22. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 7

John Nimmo, charged with being drunk in Kemp-street, was fined 2s 6d, and costs 6s, or seven days' imprisonment. A further charge of improper behaviour…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 22. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 7

Ten first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment, Richard Wilson, 56, seaman, was fined 10s, in…

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Industrial Court. Colliery Officials' Board Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 5

The hearing of the adjourned matter of the appointment of a chairman for the Colliery Officials' Wages Board was resumed in the Industrial Disputes Court,…

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(Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Theft and Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 7

William Collins (31), miner, who had been convicted of stealing six pairs of boots, valued at £1 2s 6d, the property of Winn and Co., and pleaded guilty to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 23. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Peter Harvey (45), seaman, was fined 10s, in default seven…

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