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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1880

490 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 25

Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1880 · page 2

AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., Thomas Latimer, drunk and shouting in Scott-street, was fined 5s, with the option of twenty-four hours…

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Assault over Seamen's Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1880 · page 2

WE find by the Daily Telegraph that a jury are to decide upon the charge of assault which arose out of the question of seamen's wages, on the 10th instant, and…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1880 · page 2

A COURT for the revision of the Newcastle Electoral Last is gazetted to be held on Tuesday the 5th October next…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 22Nd Sept. 1880. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1880 · page 3

DRUNKENNESS.—George Robinson, drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s.; in default, twenty-four hours. One drunkard was also fined in a similar…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully J.P., disposed of the following business at the police court yesterday. Isabella M'Gregor, alias Lowe, alias "Scotch…

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The Murder of Mr. Boyd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 3

An inquest was held at Now Ross on the body of Mr. Charles Boyd, who was shot on Sunday last, when his father, brother, and cousin narrowly…

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The Alleged Contempt of Court Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 2

THE proceedings taken against the proprietors of the Evening News by their Honors the Judges of the Supreme Court, which occupied the attention of the Court…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1880 · page 5

AT the Police Pourt, yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., one drunkard was dealt with, and John Harvey fined 5s, in default twenty-four hours, for being drunk…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 September 1880 · page 2

THE charge sheet a the Police Court on Saturday contained the name of one drunkard only, who was dealt with by the P.M…

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Contempt of Court. in the Matter of the "Evening News." the Proprietors Fined £250. Friday, September 24Th. (Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Sir James Martin, Judge Faweett, and Sir William Manning.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 September 1880 · page 3

IN the Supreme Court, this morning, the respondents Messrs. Alfred and Frank Bennett, in the matter of the Evening News for contempt of court, appeared to…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 2

AT the Police Court, yesterday before the Police Magistrate and Mr. G.Tully, J.P., several summons cases were struck out from the sheet for lack of parties…

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Lambton Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 3

At the Police Court on Saturday last, before Messrs. Dr. J. J. Hill and S. S. Vale, J.'sP. John Andrews, one of the men remanded from the previous day on…

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Child Murder at Battersea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 3

EMMA PLEASANCE was indicated for the murder of her two illegitimate children. The prisoner, a dejected-looking young woman, with a dreamy expression…

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The Late Case of Concealment of Birth. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon, the District Coroner, Mr. C. B. Ranclaud, resumed the inquest upon the body of a female infant, supposed to be the daughter of…

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The Supreme Court and the Evening News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 2

EVERY lover of Freedom of the Press will have heard with the greatest regret of the decision given by the Supreme Court Judge in their own case versus…

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Extraordinary Trial for Murder. a Herbalist and His Wife Sentenced to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1880 · page 4

AT the Central Criminal Court, on Aug. 7, the trial took place of Robert Slade Colmer, forty-four, herbalist, and Jane Colmer, forty-two man and…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1880 · page 3

THE following cases were dealt with at the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., William Laughton, for having assaulted John Berry, foreman…

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Murder of an American Missionary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 7, 1880.—A despatch from Constantinople to the Times gives the following full details of the murder of Dr. Parsons, the…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 October 1880 · page 3

THE sheet was a very small one yesterday. Three offenders, were fined in various sums for drunkenness, and one in 20s. and coasts for an assault…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1880 · page 5

AT the Police Court, yesterday, before the P.M. and Dr. Morgan, J.P., one drunkard was discharged, having been looked up for 24 hours. George Taylor, described as an…

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