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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1880

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., Captain O'Sullivan and Mr. J. Brooks, J.s P., adjuducated, at the Police Court yesterday, and disposed of the cases of three inebriates, who were…

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Supreme Court Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The stealing of document case is not concluded, but stands adjourned till to-morrow; bail refused…

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Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 5

AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., Adolphe Kuhdull, a German, was charged with having stolen half a ton of coal, valued at 5s, the…

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Confession of Murder at Portsmouth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 2

AT the Portsmouth Police-court, recently Eveline Lizzie Lane, alias Wells, 19, was charged on her own confession with being accessory to the…

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Shocking Murder and Mu[?] of the Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 8

A CRIME, which in many [?] resembles the Richmond murder, is being investigated by the detective Following up the discovery of a…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M., on Saturday, Henry Williams, a coloured man was brought up for drunkenness. Being an old offender in this line, he was lined 20s., in default…

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Terrible Murder in Scotland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 3

A TERRIBLE outrage is reported from the village of Glenlnce, ten miles from Stranraer. About two o'clock on Tuesday morning and a alarm was raised…

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Affecting Scene in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 3

AT, the Melbourne Central Criminal Court, on Monday (says the Age), before his Honor Mr. Justice Barry, a youngman of Swedish extraction, named…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide at the Melbourne Opera House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A shocking affair occurred last night at the Opera House, during the performance of the "Huguenots." A man named J. J…

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Correspondence the Court House, the Coroner and the Catastrophe. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 4

SIR,—I would like to point out to the public the anomalous position Mr. Ranclaud may one day be called on to fill, consequent upon the massive…

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The Court House Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

THE massive stone girders that have for so long past been an eye-sore and public nuisance whilst in course of preparation opposite the Newcastle Court House, have…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. G. Tully and Captain O'Sullivan, J.'sP., at the Police Court yesterday, John Friend, described as a labourer, aged 63, was fined 20s., with…

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Greta. Police Court. Saturday, July 24, 1880. (Before Messrs J. N. Brooks, P.M, and W. Farthing, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 3

PUBLICAN'S LICENSE.—Mr. Richard Robson, of Greta, renewed his application for a new license for his premises, to be designated the "Greta Inn," which he…

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Horse Racing at Raymond Terrace. Conduct of the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 3

THE general topic of conversation here at present is the conduct of the head of our local guardians of the peace, in attempting to prohibit horse racing on the…

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The Cause of the Court House Decay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1880 · page 5

A DISCOVERY was made in a left over the Newcastle Court House yesterday morning which readily accounts for the rapid decay and weakness of that building. In…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1880 · page 2

AT the Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., George Williams, charged with vagrancy, was sentenced to one month's…

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Police Promotions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1880 · page 2

ACTING sub-Inspectors, A. B. Walker, Alex, McKay, John Donohoe, and Nicholas Larkins have been gazetted sub-inspectors of police…

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Police Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 2

IN view of the necessity for police protection at the now famous Temora gold rush, it has been decided to dispatch a contingent of the force to that locality at…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1880 · page 2

AT the Police Court, yesterday, the following cases were disposed of before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Dr. Morgan, J.P.: —Henry Church, for making use of filthy…

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The Supreme Court Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The charge of theft of documents from the Supreme Court is further remanded till Thursday…

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