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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 5

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., disposed of the Court business yesterday. On the charge sheet three inebriates were fined as customary. On the summons side a series…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1881 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Saturday, Elizabeth Grey, a young woman of bad repute, was fined 10s., or 48 hours, for being drunk and disorderly, and for using…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 11Th July, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Several offenders under this head were dealt with. PROFANE LANGUAGE.—Denis O'Sullivan pleaded guilty to having used profane…

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A Row in the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 3

"WILL HONEYCOMB," in the Dubbo Despatch says:—"There has been a tremendsou battle in Bathurst between Jack Teece and David Buchanan…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1881 · page 2

AT the Police Court yesterday, the business disposed of was small. John McDonald, a seaman, for riotous behaviour during a general row in…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, a boy, named Reynolds, was charged with wilfully smashing a number of glass bottles, the property of Howard Smith and Sons…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 14Th July, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 July 1881 · page 3

DURING AND DISORDERLY.—Thomas Kniveton, in custody, was fined 10s and 2s 6d costs, or forty-eight hours, for being drunk and disorderly at the Glebe; for…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1881 · page 5

AT the Police Court, yesterday, the drunkards' list embraced the names of two prisoners only. An assault case, Alice Mary McCullum v. Mary Elizabeth…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1881 · page 5

A DISTRICT Court will be held at Newcastle on Monday, the 29th August next. The last day for issuing plaints is given as Tuesday, the 16th August…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1881 · page 2

ON Saturday, at the police court, two drunkards were dealt with in the usual way. Rowland Thomas, charged with wilful absention from indenture of…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1881 · page 2

HIS Worship the Police Magistrate disposed of the following cases yesterday:—Two Portugese seamen, giving the names of John Days and Henry Brooks, were…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 19Th July, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. J. Creer, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Four offenders, under this heading were dealt with, Rinaldo Romondth, a previous delinquent, was fined 20s., or seven days…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1881 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., presided on the bench yesterday morning. James Riley, charged with vagrancy, was discharged. He had…

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Murder Will Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1881 · page 4

CRISFIELD, Md., May 11, 1881.—The people of Princess Anne, Crisfield and other parts of Somerset county are greatly excited over the reported…

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Attempt to Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1881 · page 2

THE Goulburn Herald reports that Mr. E. Palmer, a brother-in-law of Mr. A. M. Betts, was recently the subject of a treacherous assault, which well nigh had…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 21St July, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—One offender was fined for being drunk on the public wharf. INDECENCY.—Samuel smith, for indecent exposure, was fined 20s, with the…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1881 · page 2

THE only business for the Bench on Saturday morning was the disposal of one drunkard, who was fined in the customary amount…

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Fenian Outrage. Two Young Men Shot Down in the Streets of Dublin—the Penalty of Reporting a Discovery of Concealed Arms to the Police—one of the Assailants Captured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1881 · page 3

DUBLIN, May 1, 1881.—A dreadful Fenian outrage was committed in Dubin to night about half-past nine o'clock at the corner of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 25Th July, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. W. A. Sparke, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Two offenders were dealt with for this offence. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Kate Waters, Mary Higginbotham, Eliza Brown, and…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1881 · page 2

AT the Police Court, yesterday, the following business was disposed of:—John Closh, brought up for protection, was remanded until this morning. Robert…

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