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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 28. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 7

Edward Sinnott, 70, labourer, was fined £2, in default, a month's imprisonment, and Charles Reid, 44, labourer, £1, in default, 14 days' imprisonment for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 29. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 7

Annie Wilkinson (40), domestic, was fined £2, in default a month's imprisonment, for drunkenness. John Gilmour (25), boarding-house runner and Martin…

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Charges of Bribery. Against Chicago Police. Astounding Evidence. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 5

A trial is proceeding at Chicago, in consequence of discoveries that have been made by the authorities that certain members of the police force…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 7

Verdicts for the amounts claimed were given, with costs, in the following cases:—Robert Reid and Co. v. T. J. Charnock of Newcastle, £8 17s 1d, for goods…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 30. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 2

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Daniel Smith (38), labourer, was fined £2, in default a month's…

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Shot in Court. Petitioner in Divorce. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 5

Mr. Parker Willis, a well-known politician of Arkansas, in the United States, recently obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of her…

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The Political Murder. "The Times" Censured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 5

In the House of Commons last evening, Sir William Robson, the Attorney-General, severely criticised "The Times" for publishing the letter from…

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The Chinchilla Murder. Arrest of an Aboriginal. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1909 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police has received a report from Normanton that an aboriginal called Dick Normanton has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 2. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were Catch find 5s, in default an hour's imprisonment. Erick Eckland (77), labourer, was fined £2. in default…

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Indian Gaol Mutiny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 2

An exciting prison mutiny in an upcountry village in Burma, and a sensational hunt for escaped prisoners, is described in the "Wide World Magazine." It…

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Twice Charged by a Tiger

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

In sport, as in most of the interests of mankind, it is the unexpected thing, says a writer in the "Field," that supplies the salt of Ile[?]and it was solety owing to…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, August 3. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 6

Victor Mideson, charged with drunkenness at Charlestown, was fined 5s, and for using improper language at the same time was fined 49s. William Wilson for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 3. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Dora Smith (41), who had been…

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Alleged Stealing and Receiving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 7

Joseph Dunstan, Charles Short, and Thomas Hughes were charged with stealing at Hamilton, on April 2, 16 caddies and 206lb of tobacco and 20,000…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 4. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 3

One first offender, for having been drunk, was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court. Alleged Embezzlement…

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Horse Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 7

George Watson pleaded not guilty to stealing, at Marrickville, on May 28, a mare, the property of Francis John Noble. There was a second count of receiving. The…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 5. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 3

Four first offenders, who pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, were each lined 5s, or one hour's light labour. Matthew Bennett was charged with…

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West Maitland Court

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

Messrs. F. G. Adrian, P.M., John Rourke and Ellas Bowden, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland police Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 5. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 7

Two first offenders for drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court. For a like offence on the Newcastle railway…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. Clarke, T. H. Wilkinson, and Dr. Harris, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 7

Thomas Atkinson, Pacific Hotel. Newcastle and John Owen Thomas, Argenton Hotel, Argenton, were granted renewals of their licenses. The application of…

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