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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1882

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1882 · page 2

MR. MAIR, P.M., disposed of the Police Court business yesterday, which included the fining of several drunkards; male and female…

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Plattsburg Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 2

THE long pending case of the Inspector of Vehicles, Borough of Plattsburg v. W. W. Johnson, was finally disposed of at the Police Court yesterday, the 2nd…

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Legal Intelligence. Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 5

MR. MAIR, P M., with Messrs. George Donald and D. Ludlow, J.'sP., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Francis Dwyer and Arthur Williams,…

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Police and Perjury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A publican was to-day summoned for Sunday selling. Three witnesses swore distinctly against the evidence of the police, and the case was dismissed…

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Daring Gaol Breaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Michael Noonan, who escaped from Albury gaol on September 15th, and was re-captured again, has once more made his escape with another…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 4

MR. MAIR, P.M., and Mr. J. Creer, J.P., presided at the police court yesterday. Michael Cullen, aged 20, a labourer, arrested by Detective Wilmott, was charged with having attempted to rob…

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Extensive Burglary at the Melbourne Post Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 3

A MYSTERIOUS robbery was committed at the General Post Office, Bourke-street, between 11 on Monday night and 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning,…

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A Fearful Murder in Ireland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 4

THE murder of John Leahy in Killarney, although several degrees less atrocious than the wanton destruction of the Joyce family, was a typical agrarian crime. He was a…

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(From Our Sydney Correspondent.) Attempt to Murder the Sultan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 2

LONDON, November 13.—An attempt bas been made, but was frustrated, to assassinate the Sultan. The offender was arrested…

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Atrocious Murder in South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 8

A TELEGRAM from Adelaide, dated Wednesday says:—The quiet town of Hamley Bridge was put into an intense state of excitement on Sunday morning by the rumour…

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Extraordinary Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1882 · page 4

AN extraordinary assault was committed on Thursday last by a publican named Thomas Lune on the road between Sandhurst and Heathcote, on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 20Th November, 1882. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Creer and Ludlow, J.'sP.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1882 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Several inebriates were dealt with. INSULTING WORDS.—Robert B. Wallace, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having…

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The Connemara Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1882 · page 2

LONDON, November 10.—The remainder of the prisoners charged with the murder of the Joyce family at Cou[?]mara have confessed their guilt,…

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Charged with Bigamy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1882 · page 3

AT the Central Criminal Court, Adelaide, on Friday, Henry John Simpson, alias George Hector Gordon, convicted of bigamy, was brought up for sentence. His Honor said that he was…

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Newcastle District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1882 · page 3

THE District Court commenced its sittings yesterday, before His Honor Mr. District Court Judge Dowling; Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Harris were the only representatives of…

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Attempted Murder in Dublin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1882 · page 2

LONDON, November 28.—Another attempted murder has taken place in Dublin. One of the jurymen in the late Hynes' trial was proceeding…

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Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, November 28Th

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1882 · page 2

BOURKE V. MUNICIPALITY OF PLATTSRURG. —Mr. Thompson for defendant; plaintiff did not appear. O'GRADY v. MEADER.—Claim £3 6s 7d,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 4

Mr. MAIR, P.M., presided at the police Court, yesterday. Edward Hanley and John Greenwood, for riotous behaviour, at Hamilton, were fined 5s, and 2s 6d costs…

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Frightful Murder Near Albany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 8

The Freemantle Herald reports that a most horrible murder has been committed near Albany on the King River Road. A man named Garraty…

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(From Our Sydney Correspondent.) The Dublin Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 4

LONDON, November 30.—The two men arrested for the murder of Detective Cox have been committed for trial. They juryman, Mr. Field, still lingers…

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