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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1876

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 23Rd, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1876 · page 2

Two drunkards were dealt with. DAMAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. Joseph Turner previously convicted of drunkenness, was charged with wilfully…

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Waratah. Police Court. Wednesday, June 21. Before A. A. P. Tighe, P.M. ROBBERY

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1876 · page 3

Thomas Saunders was brought up in custody, charged with breaking and entering the Co-operative Store, at Wallsend, on the night of the 18th, or morning of the 19th of June last, and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 24Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1876 · page 2

Thomas Saunders, described as a minor, aged 45, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, a blanket, and a single barrelled gun, at Newcastle, on the…

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Insolvency Court

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 5

IN the Insolvency Court, Sydney, on Thursday, before the chief commissioner, an adjourned examination meeting was held in the matter of Barnard Heydon. The Herald has the following…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 26Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 2

Four persons were brought up and fined. BREACH OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT…

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Supreme Court Judgments

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 5

WE give the judgment of the Supreme Court in three cases which originated in Newcastle, as it appeared in the S. M. Herald of Friday. It will bs remembered that it was one of these…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 24Th, 1876. Before Mr. Scott, P.M. DRUNKENNESS. Two offenders were dealt with

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 5

LARCENY. Thomas Saunders, charged with having on April 18th, stolon a single-barrel gun, a blanket, and quantity of wearing apparel, belonging to…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, June 26, 1876. Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.p.) Proctor V. PRARER

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 5

A claim for £3 6s 6d, for work and labour.—Verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed. P. WITHERSPOOM v. JAMES DENISON. Plaintiff claimed £7 12s 11 for goods supplied…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 27Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1876 · page 2

Three persons were dealt with. THREATENING LANGUAGE. Mary Mulkay, in custody, was charged with using threatening language towards…

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Hamilton Appeal Court. Tuesday, June 27Th, 1876. Before Messrs. Scott, P.M., and H. A. Smith, J.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1876 · page 3

A SPECIAL court for hearing the appeal of the A. A. Company against the rate imposed upon their property by the Hamilton Municipal Council was held…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 28Th, 1876. (Before A. A. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and R. W. Moody, Esq., J.p.) Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 3

William Lord was charged with stealing eight sheets of bark, the property of Peter William Young at Teralba. Peter William Young deposed: I rent an…

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The Colliery Townships. Waratah. Police Court. Wednesday, June 28Th, 1876. Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P. M., and R. W. Moody, Esq., J.P, STEALING

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 5

William Lord, was charged with stealing eight sheets of bark, the property of Peter Wi Young, of Teralba. At the close of the prosecutor's evidence, he…

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Escape of a Prisoner from Orange Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 4

ON the 21st instant (reports the WESTERN EXAMINER), the people of Orange were somewhat startled on hearing that one of the prisoners named William Greenwood,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 27Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 2

Two persons were fined for the offence of drunkenness. PROFANE AND INDECENT LANGUAGE. One offender was fined 5s. for using…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 27Th, 1876. Before Mr. Scott, P.M. DRUNKENNESS

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 5

Three persons were dealt with for this offence. THREATENING LANGUAGE. Mary Mulkay, was charged with using threatening language towards Catherine Palmer,…

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Newcastle Court-House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 3

STEPS are at last being taken to provide better accommodation for conducting the business of the Newcastle Police and District Courts, and we have before long to see a building for…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Tuesday, June 27, 1876. Before Messrs. H. Scott. P.M., and H. A. Smith, J.P. THE A. A. COMPANY V. Hamilton Borough Council

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 June 1876 · page 3

The Company appealed against the recent assessment made by the Borough Council of Hamilton on a portion of the Company's estate within the borough boundary, and containing 1014 acres…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 30Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 2

Two persons were dealt with. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Thomas Baker was charged with disorderly conduct on board the British…

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Wickham Municipal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 4

A COURT for hearing appeals against rates imposed by the Wicekham Municipal Council was held yesterday at the Newcastle Court House, before Messrs…

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Terrible Murder of a Priest in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 5

ON the 20th April, a Spaniard named Segondo, a gardener, confessed to having mu dered the venerable Abbe Blanque, the provost of the Catholic College at…

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