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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

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District Court Romanets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 5

HIS Honor Judge Wilkinson presided yesterday at the disposal of two remanets from the recent District Court. The cases left for hearing were as follows:—…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1881 · page 2

DR. MORGAN and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.sP., occupied the Bench yesterday, and disposed of the charge sheet. Seven drunkards were dealt with, and John…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1881 · page 2

MR. W. K. LOCHHEAD, J.P., disposed of the charge sheets at the Police Court yesterday. Thomas Aubrey, arrested by Constable James Thompson for protection,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1881 · page 2

THERE were only two eases for hearing at the Police Court-yesterday; Mr. Buchanan, P.M., with Messrs. Lochhead and Dr. Morgan, J's.P., being the presiding…

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Rumoured Murder of Captain Laurie, of the Schooner Blackhawk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1881 · page 4

The mate of the schooner Leslie also records a rumour from the natives of the murder of Captain Laurie, of the schooner Blackhawk, at Marabo, on…

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Further Massacres at the Solomon Islands. Murder of Captain Schwartz, of the Schooner Leslie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1881 · page 4

BY the arrival of the schooner Leslie on Sunday morning, the following account is given of the murder of the captain and the loss of a boy: Another…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1881 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., disposed of the business at the Police Court yesterday. Two drunkards wore fined; a third, named John Larsen, alias Smith, who…

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The Annual Report of the Inspector General of Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1881 · page 2

To those who are anxious for the steady progress in civilisation of the community to which they belong, the annual report of the Chief Guardian of the…

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Extraordinary Murder in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 3

ON Saturday, remarkable case of murder was placed in the hands of the authorities at Scotland Yard. For some time past an unmarried lady has…

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Sudden Death in a Court of Justice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, in the Superior Court, the case of Victoria Hays v. Emanuel Hays, libel for divorce, was called, with Col. C. J. Harris…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 3

THE following cases were heard at the Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., John Larsen, 28, a Norwegian sailor, was charged with…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

THE cases for disposal at the Police Court yesterday were but few, Mr. Buchanan, P.M., presiding. Two drunkards were mulot in the customary sums, and one…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 22Nd March, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1881 · page 2

OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Charles Durbin, for using obscene language at Tighe's Hill, was fined 20s; in default, fourteen days; for resisting Constable Smith in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., occupied the bench yesterday. Edward Grattan charged with neglecting to pay his faro from Sydney by…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Buchanan, PM., Mr. George Tully, and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J's.P., the following oases were disposed of at the Police Court yesterday morning…

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Suicide of a Gaol Chaplain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 2

A CHESTER correspondent of a London paper telegraphs:—The announcement of the suicide of the Rev. J. Kilner, chaplain of Chester Castle at…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Friday, before the P.M., the following business was disposed of:—Henry Williams, a miner, for drunkness at the Glebe, was fined 5s., in default…

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Shocking Murder and Attempted Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—A shocking murder and attempted suicide in Stanley-street, South Brisbane, occurred this morning. A young woman named…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 2

THERE was only one case for hearing at the Police Court, yesterday. Thomas Matthews, drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, in default…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 29, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS. — Two inebriates were fined in the customary amounts. ILLEGAL OYSTER GETTING.—Joseph Line, of the Bluff, was found guilty of…

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