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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 52

Small Debts Court

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

The Lake Macquarie Shire Council proceeded against a large number for payment of rates, a settlement being effected in thirty cases, and verdicts for rates were…

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Small Debts Court

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

Greta Municipal Council v. G. Wells pan fees 9s. 3d; verdict for 15s, including 5s 3s costs. A. E. W. Leaver v. George Wells goods sold and delivered: verdict…

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Greta Police Court. Tuesday, September 6. (Before Mr. H. S. Hawkins, P.m.) Alleged Abduction

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

Arthur Hodges, a young man on remand from West Maitland, August 13, was charged with the abduction of Esther Wiseman, 19 years, of age. Mr. D…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 7. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

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

Three men, charged for the first time with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court. Matthew Byrne (42),…

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Gorse Hall Murder. Evidence Against Wilde. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 5

The trial of Mark Wilde, an ex-soldier, on a charge of the murder of Mr. G. H. Storrs, at Gorse Hall, was commenced at the police court…

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The London Murder. Accused on Trial. Deceased Had Been Poisoned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 5

Hawley Harvey Crippen and Ethel Le Neve were brought up on remand at Bow-street Police Court yesterday, the former charged with the murder…

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Robbery of Gold. Mine Manager Sentenced. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 4

Charles Byrne, formerly mining manager of the Tarcoola Blocks Mines, was at the Adelaide Police Court to-day, charged on remand with having had in…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 7

In the Small Debts Court, the cases Hancock and Wilson, Nelson and Humphries, Jeffries, and Cox, Morris and Ramsay v. J. and A. Brown, claims for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 8. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 7

One first offender, for having been drunk, was fined 5s, or the rising of the Court. Further Remanded…

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Gorse Hall Murder. Wilde Committed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 5

Mark Wilde has been committed for trial on the charge of the murder of George Storr, a contractor, at Gorse Hall, in November last…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 8. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and J. M'Kensey, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 7

The license of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Junction, was transferred from William George Hinds to James Burns Gillan…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 2

The license of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, the Junction, was transferred from William George Hinds to James Gillian, Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs, Reid and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 9. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 2

Two men, charged for the first time with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court, Frederick Roberts…

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The London Murder. Evidence Against Crippen. Purchase of the Poison. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

The hearing of the charges against Hawley Crippen and Ethel Le Neve in connection with the murder of Mrs. Crippen was continued at the…

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Trial of Walter Lovett. the Bond-street Murder. Jury Find Insanity. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which Walter Roydon Lovett is charged with the murder of his wife, Edith Lily Stafford Lovett, was continued to-day…

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Drugging Fatality. Ex-lieutenant Sentenced. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 5

Ex-Lieutenant Jesnitzer has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Berlin for fatally drugging an English milliner, Miss Byass, with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Drunkenness. Saturday, September 10. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s. In default imprisonment until the rising of the Court, Henry M'Quade (40), fireman, was fined 10s, in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 6

Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Course yesterday. John Anthony was fined 5s, in default…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 12. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 7

Albert Hughes, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Kemp-street, was fined 20s, in default, 14 days' imprisonment. William Wooton…

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Willoughby Murder. Phillips on Trial. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1910 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court, to-day, before Mr. Acting Justice Fitzhardinge and a jury, William John Philips was charged with the murder of his daughter…

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