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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1879

497 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 25

Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 2

AT the Newcastle Police Court yesterday (before Lieutenant.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M. Mr. W. Robson, J.P, and Mr. C. Tally, J.P.), the following business was disposed of:…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 2

A COURT of Requests was held at the Newcastle Court-house yesterday morning before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Messrs. W. Robson and G. Tully J.P.'s. The cases gone…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1879 · page 2

THE adjudicating magistrates at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday morning were Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P. There was only one…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1879 · page 2

YESTERDAY, before the P.M, and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., the following business was disposed of. The twice-remanded ease of Benjamin Kenivard, charged with having stolen a…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 5

THE P.M. (Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell) and Mr. Hutchinson, J.P., presided at the Newcastle Court, yesterday. Charles Williams, for having twice assaulted Henry…

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Suicide in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 8

ON Friday last the Melbourne City Bench sentenced a new arrival named Henrique Lemke to six months' im[?] imprisonment, with hard labour and…

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The Late Fire at Dunedin. Verdict of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 8

THE fire inquiry was resumed at seven p.m., on the 18th September. The Coroner delivered a lengthy summing up. After an absence of three hours…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 2

AT the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., the following cases were heard:—Wm. H. Rodgers, charged with…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1879 · page 2

AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieut.-Col Mannsell, P.M., and Mr. T. O'Sullivan, J.P., the following cases were heard:—Emanuel Tish, for having stolen a shovel,…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 2

LIEUT.-Colon. Maunsell, M.P., and Mr. W. K. Lo[?]hhead, J.P., adjudicated at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday. Joseph Dudley, for illegally removing a load of sand,…

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Alleged Dreadful Murder of a Concubine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1879 · page 4

A MAN named Peter Hughes is in custody in Glasgow on the charge of having murdered Catherine Clark, with whom he cohabited. Hughes and Clark lived…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 9Th, 1879. (Before J. Buchanan. Esq., P.M., and S.S. Vale, Esq., J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1879 · page 2

Henry Hanlon was brought up on warrant, charged with using threats to one Rose Ann Jones, at Lambton, on the 4th inst. Pleaded not guilty. Mr. George Wallace appeared…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 4

The following charges were disposede[?] the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, being Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Mr. W. Lochhead J.P.—Charles Paul Jones, s,…

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Police Court. Friday, October 10Th. (Before J. Buchanan, Esq., P.M., and S.S Bill, Esq., J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 5

Thomas M'Grath was brought up on remand, charged with deserting his wife Mary Ann M'Grath. He was ordered to pay into the hands of Senior-constable Frieze, the sum…

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Police Protection at the Junction. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 8

SIR,—Permit me through the columns of your journal to call the attention of the authorities to the disgraceful doings which are being carried on with impunity by the…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 2

AT the Newcastle Police Court, on Saturday before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Mr. W.K. Lochhead, J.P. George Smith, charged with having deserted his wife Annie, on the…

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Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1879 · page 2

WE would remind all persons interested as witnesses or otherwise, that the sitting of the Maitland Circuit Court will commence on Wednesday next, at 10 a.m. There are a…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 2

THE following business was disposed of at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before the P.M. and Mr. Wm. Robson, J.P.:—C. P. Jones pleaded guilty to having stolen…

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Maitland Circuit Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 2

THE October sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court will commence this (Wednesday) morning, at 10 o'clock. The Attorney-General the Hon. Robert Wisdom, is to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 14Th October, 1879. Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., Mr. W. A. Sparke, J.P., and Captain O'Sullivan, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 2

BREACH OF BY-LAWS.—Two defendants were dealt with for having committed breaches of the municipal by-laws. NUISANCES.—On the information of the…

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