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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 52

Gorse Hill Murder. a Suspect Detained. After Discharge From Gaol. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

Mark Wilde, formerly a soldier, is Retained at Knutsford Prison, in Cheshire, whence he had just been discharged, on suspicion of being…

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Boy Stealing Pirates. Smoked From Their Lair. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

Intelligence has been received that the pirates of Colawan have at length been driven from their caves on that Island by the Portuguese soldiery, but not…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 31. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 7

Five first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention. Annie M'Lelland, alias Hommings (30), domestic, was fined 10s,…

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The London Murder. Crippen Taken Ill. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

Hawley Crippen, after being remanded to Bow-street Police Court, was taken to Brixton Prison, and is now in the infirmary there, suffering…

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Newcastle District Court. Wednesday, August 31. (Before His Honor Acting Judge Hamilton and a jury of four.) an Employee's Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 7

William Eleiberg, a wharf labourer, sued the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, for £200, compensation under common law (1) for…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 3

Davies and Herbert v. Alexr. Paxinos for £2 17s 5d, goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 3

Thomas Dyas, 60, no occupation, was fined 6s, or 24 hours, for having been drunk. George King, 30, fireman, was fined 10s, or three days, for behaving…

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Newcastle District Court, (Before Acting Judge Hamilton.) Thursday, September 1. Concerning a Locomotive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 7

William Dick, James Dick, and Alexander Dick, trading as Dick Bros., engineers, of Hamilton, sued Harry Henrickson and John Lund Knutson, contractors,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 1. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and J. M'Kensey, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 3

John Henry Richardson, of Estellville was granted permission to make alterations to a billiard room. Alexander Frew of the Rhondda Hotel,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 2. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 7

Two first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 2s 6d, or five minutes imprisonment, Anute Wilkinson (40), domestic, and Thomas Prinniville (48),…

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Newcastle District Court. (Before Acting Judge Hamilton.) Friday, September 2. Concerning a Locomotive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 7

The case of Dick Brothers v. Henrickson and Knutson, claim for £15 16s 2d for repairs to a locomotive, was continued. There was a cross-action, in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Riotoss Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 7

Michael Keogh (32), Seaman, was fined 10s in default seven days' imprisonment and John Thorn (35), seaman £2, in default two weeks' imprisonment, for…

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Milliners on Strike. Fight the Paris Police. a Hundred Arrested. London

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

Three hundred milliners in Paris sent on strike and wrecked a shop in the Rue Reaumur. A fierce struggle with the…

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Police Court

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

Mr. H. S. Hawkins. P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Joseph Rowley was fined 5s, in default…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 5. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 3

William Oswald and George Kaye were charged with playing an unlawful game, to wit two up, at Heaton Wallsend on Sunday, the 4th instant. They pleaded…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 5. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 3

Five first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 5s or the rising of the Court, George Tobin (50), labourer, was fined 10s, or two days imprisonment…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 6. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

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

Two men, charged for the first time with having been drunk in a public place were each fined 5s. in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 6

Mr. A. S. Browne, J. P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland police Court yesterday morning. Kenneth M'Gutcheon, for being drunk was fined 2s 6d, in…

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Teralba Police Court. Tuesday, September 6. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 7

Charles Healer, for being drunk at Teralba, was fined 20s and 6s costs. James, Fuller, charged with being found on licensed premises at Teralba during…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 3

Elijah Shakespeare pleaded guilty to being found leaving the premises of the Glanmorgan Hotel, Waratah, on Sunday, 28th August, at 9.80 p.m. with a bottle…

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