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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 52

A Queensland Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Warwick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 5

A terrible tragedy occurred on Glengallan Estate, near Freestone, on Friday night. The parties to the tragedy were William Hallman, 19 years of age, and…

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Attempted Murder. and Subsequent Suicide. a Victorian Contractor. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 5

At the inquest upon J. Kaiser, who committed suicide at Bloombury, after attempting to shoot his wife, it was found that deceased, who was an…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 25. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 7

A case of disobeying a maintenance order in respect of Which £18 10s was due, preferred against Martin Gallagher, was adjourned for a fortnight…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 25. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 7

Nine first offenders, for drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court. James Forsyth was fined 10s, in default seven…

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Bookbinders' Award. the Court's Interpretation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 6

His Honor Judge Heydon in the industrial Court to-day delivered judgment in the case of Thornton v. Harringtons, Limited, in which it was…

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Employee or Partner. Industrial Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 6

In the Industrial Court to-day. His Honor Judge Heydon his reserved Judgment in the matter of Heawood v. Holmes…

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Russian Prosecution. English Lad Sentenced. Police Manufacture Evidence. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

The trial has concluded at Moscow of a number of Russian revolutionists. Ten were acquitted and seventeen found guilty. One named Watson, a…

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Beatty Will Case. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 6

Sarah Jane Beatty, 145, James Priestly, 29, farmer, John Heslop, 50, leather merchant, and Frederick Manley Ashe, 145, managing clerk, were again before the…

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Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, April 26. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 6

Peter Sneddon proceeded against George Robertson for assault at Cardiff. Mr. H. M. Cohen (Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared for defendant, who…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 26. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 7

William Martin (32), labourer, for having been drunk, was fined 40s, or seven days' imprisonment; and for using bad language £1 10s, or three weeks…

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Reedy Creek Murder. Accused Found Not Guilty. Armidale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

At the Armidale Circuit Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury, Thomas Donaldson, on ball, was charged with feloniously and maliciously murdering his…

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American High Court. New Judge Appointed. the Balance of Power. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, the Governor of the State of New York, has succeeded Mr. Justce Brewer in the Supreme Court, after qualifying for the position…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 27. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Thomas M'Afferty (49), labourer,…

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A Soldier's Quarrel. Sergeant Shot Dead. Private Sentenced to Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 5

James Coghlan, private in the company of the Royal Irish Fuslliers, stationed at Firozpur, in the Panjab, in India, has been convicted of the…

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Auctioneers' Liability. Erroneous Catalogue. High Court Action. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 5

A law suit was concluded yesterday in the King's Bench division of the High Court, in which the executors of the late Mr. J. C. Dickins sought to…

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Egyptian Unrest. Nationalists Condemned. Charged with Murder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

A Blue Book has been issued dealing with Egyptian affair in 1909. In this document Sir Elden Gorst, the British Consul-General and Minister…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, April 28. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 7

In the charge division a first offender, who pleaded guilty to drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' imprisonment…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 28. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court George Massey (39), carpenter, was fined…

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New York Murder. Trial of Dr. Hyde. Evidence by Chemists. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

The trial of Dr. Hyde, who is charged with the murder of Colonel Swope, whose medical adviser he was, by the use of poison, was continued…

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Claim to an Annuity. Equity Court Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, the Chief Judge in Equity, delivered has reserved decision to-day in the suit of [?]ay versus O'Brien and others, trustees of…

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