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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Clapham Murder. Appeal Dismised. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

After a hearing lasting three days the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Stinie Morrison against his conviction for the murder of M. Leon…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 30. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 3

One first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s, in default, imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Emerson Wanloss, James Jamieson, and Charles Boyne were…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 3

R. N. Rasmussen v. A. Smith, claiming £9 16s 2d for newspapers supplied. Verdict for plaintiff for full amount claimed…

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Coal Lands at Cessnock. a Disputed Agreement. Appeal to High Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

The High Court—Sir Samuel Griffith, the Chief Justice, and Justices Isaacs, O'Connor, and Barton—had before it to-day an appeal from the decree of Mr…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and Dr. J. Harris, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 3

David Williams, licenses of the Railway Hotel, Minml, was granted a renewal of his license. A Chinese manuscript lately discovered…

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The Clapham Murder. Appeals to the Lords. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

Mr. E. Abinger, on behalf of Stinie Morrison, has applied for a certificate to enable him to appeal to the House of Lords against his conviction for the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 1. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default Imprisonment for five minutes. Adelaide Lane (45), married, was fined 10s, in…

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Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

The following cases are set down for trial at the Maitland Circuit Court, which opens on Wednesday. Mr. Justice Pring will preside…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 3. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 7

There first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default imprisonment for five minutes. Thomas Bremley (41), seaman, and John Roy (40),…

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Murder in Paris. Assassin Caught in Church. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 5

A tailor named Bochelier maltrated his wife, who left him a fortnight ago. He broke into a room where she…

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Another Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 6

Judge Parry who has been transferred from Manchester County Court to that at Lambeth, is better known to the public as a literary man than as a man of law,…

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Clapham Murder. Action of the Police. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 5

The inquiry into the action of the police at the arrest of Stinle-Morrison, for the murder of M. Leon Beron, on Clapham Common on New Year's…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, April 5. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 3

Joseph Richardson pleaded guilty, to two charges of being found drunk at Plattsburg on 28th March, and was fined 10s, with the alternative of seven days'…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 5Th. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 7

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the court…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Circuit Court, (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Pring.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 6

The April sitting of the Maitland Circuit Court was opened at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning, before His Honor, Mr. Justice Pring. Dr…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 6. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 7

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Pring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 6

The sitting or the Maitland Circuit Court was continued at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning before His Honor. Mr. Justice' Pring. Dr…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 7

Frederick Hawley sued Mrs. Maud Firth, of the Globe, for the recovery of £1 14s alleged to be due, for goods sold. A verdict was given for the amount claimed,…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Licensing Court. Aberdare License Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 6

Messrs. M. H Fitzhardinge, R.P.M., J. Rourke and E. Bowden, L.Ms., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 7. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 7

Four first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, in default, imprisonment for five minutes. Walter Newell, 44, tailor, was fined 10s…

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