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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 15. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1909 · page 7

One first offender, for having been drunk, was fined 5s, or detention for one hour. Richard Wilson, 56, seaman, was fined £1, or 14 days, for improper…

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Newcastle District Court. Saturday, May 15. (Before Acting Judge Edmunds.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1909 · page 7

The Newcastle District Court sat again on Saturday, when the hearing was resumed of the case in which the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company appealed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 17. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 7

Maria Curran, or Edwards, 67, was fined £2, in default a month's imprisonment; Unice Saxon, 43, married £1, in default 11 days' imprisonment, and William May,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 17. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 3

Joseph Eade and James M'Dowall, charged with having been drunk in Nelson-street, pleaded guilty, and were each fined 5s and costs 6s, or four days. For similar…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 18. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 7

Three first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s, in default, one hour's imprisonment. For using improper language, in Victoria-street, Adamstown,…

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Industrial Court. Duration of Awards. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 5

In the Industrial Court to-day, Judge Heydon, the President, made an announcement with respect to persons interested as to the position of existing awards and…

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Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, May 18. (Before Judge Fitzhardinge.) Claim for Goods Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 7

Sorby and Co. proceeded against George William Webb, for the recovery of. £ 44 18s, for goods sold. Mr. H., I. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 19. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 7

Four first offenders for having been drunk, were each lined 5s, or one hour. Sailors' Offences: Ludwig Schmidt, 17, seaman, for…

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Crime in New York. Another Black Hand Murder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 5

Another "Black Hand' murder has been committed in New York. After repeated threats, a man named Puccio, a retired cigarmaker, has been…

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Newcastle District Court. Wednesday, May 19. (Before Judge Fitzhardinge.) Sequel to Cattle Impounding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 7

The hearing was concluded of the action brought by Charles Louis Tango and wife against William John Pearce Phillips and Digby Philip Augustus…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

James Brown, William Morley, and John Bower pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 2s 6d, and 6d costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

Four first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 5s, in default, Imprisonmen for one hour. James Laurie and Frank Kennedy, for behaving in an…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Clarke and Meares, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

The license of the Glanmorgan Hotel, Waratah, was transferred from Annie Golding to George Arthur Wallace, and the license of the New Station Hotel,…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) No Jurisdiction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

Lasker Bros. V. A. J. Dalton, claiming £4 17s 6d, goods supplied. Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs. Reid and Reid) for defendant, who pleaded not indebted. Mr. Reid s.[?]…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 6

Before Mr. R. Waddell. J.P., Registrar in Bankruptcy, at the West Maitland courthouse, yesterday morning, the examination of Edward John Harris, a farmer, of…

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Newcastle District Court. Thursday, May 20. (Before Acting-Judge Edmunds.) Municipal Rating Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 2

The hearing was continued of the appeal by the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company against the assessment by the Wallsend Council of certain land in the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 21. (Before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M.) Fined for Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

Patrick M'Carthy, 27, steward, was charged with assaulting Charles Hunter on May 20. Mr. W. A. Reid (Messrs. Reid and Reid) appeared for the prosecution, and…

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Marrickville Robbery. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 5

At the Newtown Police Court to-day, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., Joseph Kerr, 36 years of age, night officer employed at Marrickville railway station, was…

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A Hotelkeeper's Liability. High Court Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 4

The High Court delivered, judgment to-day in the case in which the applicant was Police Sub-inspector Bear, and the respondent Peter Lynch, licensee of…

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Newcastle District Court. Friday, May 21. (Before Acting-Judge Edmunds.) Municipal Rating Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

Acting-Judge Edmunds gave his decision in the appeal lodged by the Newcastle. Wallsend Coal Company against the valuation by the Wallsend Municipal Council…

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