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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 7

E. T. Robinson, of Wallsend was proceeded against by the Lake Macquarie Shire Council for the recovery of £3 10s 6d, for timber sold in 1997. Defandant…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 14. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 7

Three first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court, Griffith Itees (24), sailor, was fined 5s, in…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Prosperous Christmas.—a Cousin of the King in Australia.—the Coming Surf-bathing Boom.—that Break of Gauge Difficulty.—good May Come Out of the Chaffinch Slump.—smart Government Advertising.—the Ex-soldier in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1910 · page 4

The city, always more or less gay, unless in wet weather, is assuming its best holiday attire fast. It is apparent that we are going to have a really bright…

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Daylight Robbery. Two Englishmen Sentenced. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 5

Two Englishmen, George and William Martin, charged with robbing a bank collector of £600, have been found guilty, and sentenced to three…

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Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 15. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 3

Thomas Long pleaded guilty to using improper language at New Lambton, and was fined £3, or one month's hard labour. Joseph Fenwick was fined 2s 6d for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 15. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 7

Thomas Prianville, 49, labourer, was fined £2, in default, a month's imprisonment, for drunkenness. Charles Graham was fined 10s, in default, seven days'…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 7

Verdicts were given for the amount claimed, with costs, in the following cases:—Jane Farrar, trading as T. J. Farrar, v. H. Poad, of Lismoro, £1 18s, 9d,…

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Police in Petticoats

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 15

The Grand Duchy of Hosse has of all countries probably the most benign laws for the welfare of the people, yet the administration of these laws does not…

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Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 6

Mr. J. M'Kensoy, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday morning, when the Revision Court of the Tarro Shire Council was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 16. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 2

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness, for one of when Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs. Reid and Reid) pleaded gulity, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours…

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Motor-car in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 15

A curious incident occurred in the United States Supreme Court recently, When a badly battered sixty-horse power motorcar and a wrecked buggy were introduced…

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The Perth Murder. Discovery of the Body. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

The body of Ethel Harris, who has been missing since March 14th, was found in a shooing forge and blacksmith shop at Hoskins' foundry, where Alfred Smart…

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The Adelaide Strike. Police Maintain Order. Statement by the Premier. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

Matters in connection with the drive strike were comparatively quiet to-day due no doubt to a large body of pol[?] who had been called into requisition…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 17. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1910 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were cash fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Arthur Goraid Holmes (25),…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 6

Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Hanlon was fined £2, with 6s…

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The London Burglary. Anarchists V. Police. an Unequal Contest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 5

An examination of the premises in Houndsditch which were the scene of the encounter between police and burglars, led to the discovery of…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 6

Leonard Charles Dodds was charged at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. M'Keusey, P.M., with having, on or about the month of May,…

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West Australian Murder. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 4

Stolo indifference is the only phrase to describe the attitude of Smart, who appeared in custody charged with the wilful murder of Ethol Harris, at the…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 19. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 3

Jane Din applied for a prohibition order against her husband, Walter Henry Dein. Defendant did not appear when called. The plaintill deposed that…

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Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 3

In the Small Debts Court, Jest Weirs-Howser sued George Neilly, to recover the sum of £10, an amount said to have been agreed to be paid by defendant in…

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