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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

973 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 49

Lambton Police Court. Thursday, August 26. (Before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

Inspector Oldham, for the Municipality of Lambton, proceeded against George H. Kay for neglecting to pay the sum of 20 sanitary fees, being portion of an amount…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 26. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined as, in default an hour's imprisonment, and one, of them, John Magill (32), miner, was…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Clarke and Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

Transfers were granted of the following publicans' licenses:—Joseph Hill to Peter Donohue, Queen's Head Hotel, Plattsburg; John Owen Thomas to…

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Attempted Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 3

Sometime after midnight on Thursday an attempt was made to break into the premises of Mr. George Lewis, storekeeper, of Metcalfe-street, Wallsend. When…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 27. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.) Wife Maintenance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 7

Christopher Creighton (29), miner, charged with leaving his wife, Catherine May Creighton, without means of support, at New Lambton, since January 16,…

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Exiled to Siberia. Ex-chief of Police. His Wife Accompanies Him. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1909 · page 5

A St. Petersburg telegram reports that Lopukhin, the ex-Chief of police, who in June last was convicted of the Offence of having belonged to a criminal…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 6

Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. William Thomas and Michael Gallagher…

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Reasonable Suspicion. Magistrate's Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 5

Walter Jarvis, 20, labourer, was again before the Peddington Police Court to-day, charged with having a lady's diamond and turquoise ring in his…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 30. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 7

Sydney James Horns was charged with having used improper language in Nelson-street. Defendant did not appear, and the case was heard ex parte. A fine…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 30. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 7

Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Mary Kelly (49), married,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 7

A transfer was granted of the license of the Northumberland Hotel. Wallsend, from John Kirk to Thomas Richards. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Brave and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 31. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 7

Annie Wilkinson (40), married, and Emma O'Neill (40), housekeeper, were each fined £2, in default a month's imprisonment, and John Cameron (35), labourer, was fined…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 1. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 3

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Joseph William Corbett (37), labourer, was fined…

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Police Salaries. Statement by Mr. Garvin. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

Mr. Garvin, the Inspector-General of Police, in an interview to-day, furnished some interesting comparisons between the payments made to members of the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Competition and Adulteration.—a Very Difficult Question.—non-smokers Versus Smokers.—promotion in the Police Force.—moving the Crowd On.—a Cripple's Offence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 4

The President of the N.S.W. Chamber of Manufactures spoke truly enough when he said that, no controlling law to the contrary existing, manufactures were…

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Fortune-telling. a Magistrate's Opinion. Sydney

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

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, Ethel Reip, or Madame Pier, who was convicted on Tuesday on a charge of having pretended to tell a fortune, was…

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

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

Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Arthur Anderson, alias Frank Wilden, alias Paul C. Stanley, on remand,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 3. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Alleged Vagrancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

Chappori Deminico (28) was remanded until to-day on a charge of vagrancy…

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Bankruptcy Court. Father Curran's Estate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

In the Bankruptcy Court to-day an application was made by Fanny Emile Morton, spinster, of Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, for an order to set aside an order…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 4. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1909 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness was fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Michael Murphy (30), fireman, was fined…

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