The Coolgardie Murder. Perth
Pletro Robustelli, who was arrested for the murder of Giovanni Forsatll at Coolgardle, admitted that he killed the deceased in self-defence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1909
973 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 49
Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 25. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Seven first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s, or 24 hours. Thomas Hymmann (37), fireman, for being drunk, was fined 10s, or three days,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burglary at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
A burglary occurred last night, when Wertham's Machine and Plane Depot in Argent-street, was entered, and the safe and contests carried bodily away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, October 26. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, D.S.M.)
Harry Billy, for being drunk at Dudley, was fined 2s 6d, costs 6s. The same defendant, for being found on the licensed premises of the Royal Crown Hotel, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 26. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Annie Robinson, 58, housekeeper, and Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ex-civil Servant's Claim. Full Court Judgment. Sydney
Judgment was delivered by the State Full Court to-day in the case of Haines Thomas Giddy against James' Leslie Williams, nominal defendant for the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 27. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian., D.S.M.)
Alfred Macartney and Thomas Bottomley pleaded guilty to not sending children to school the required number of days, and each was fined 10s, costs 6s, or seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court
The Waratah Council, represented by Mr. Hann, town clerk, obtained verdicts, with costs, in the following cases:—Council v. David Williams, rates £1 14s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 27. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. James Easton, 53, miner, was fined 5s, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder of Prince Ito. Officials Wounded. a Korean Plot. London
Prince Ito, Japanese Resident-General in Korea, was assassinated yesterday morning at Harbin, in Manchuria, by a Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Police Court
Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Waiter Brackley, Leslie Thompson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 28. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) To Leave the District
Conrad Pruner (61), described as a butcher, pleaded not guilty to a charge of vagrancy. The defendant, who was minus his right hand, had been in Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder of Prince Ito. Regrets in Europe. King Edward's Sympathy. London
The foreign and English newspapers contain sympathetic notices of Prince Ito, and speak of him as the maker of modern Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, Deputy Registrar.)
Re James Black, of Dudley, miner, Bankrupt did not appear, his wife stating that he was ill. The single meeting of creditors lapsed, and the public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.)
Verdicts for the amounts claimed were given, with costs, in the following cases:—Kwong Lee and Co. v. J. Lee, of Stockton, £6 13s 11d, for goods sold: T. J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. F. Adrian and J. M'Kensey, L.Ms.)
Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted as follows:—Benjamin Bradley, Lake Macquarie Hotel, Teralba; Walgrave Garth, Post Office Hotel, Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 29. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Committed for Trial
Edgar Collingwood, 19, labourer, was charged with stealing from the vessel Kate Tatham, at Newcastle, on or about October 26th, 18 brass hinges, two brass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, October 22. Murder of a Servant Girl
Another dastardly murder has been perpetrated within the past few weeks, the victim being a young and good-looking domestic servant named Alice Newman…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 30. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, and one of them, Archibald Munroe (41), seaman, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 1. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.)
Michael Horan, on remand, was charged with that he did, on the 19th day of June, 1909, at Plattsburg, in the State, of New South Wales, unlawfully, assault…
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