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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1883

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Shocking Murder by Blacks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1883 · page 2

PERTH, Saturday.—Mr. Shepperd, in the employ of Mr. Crawford, on the Upper Murchison, was murdered by the natives yesterday. They first speared…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

THE following business was disposed of at the Police Court yesterday, by the P.M. and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P.:—John Andrews, a young labourer, for having used…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1883 · page 2

THE P.M. disposed of the business-sheets at the Police Court yesterday. Edward Meehan, fireman, an athletic looking young fellow, was charged with riotous behaviour…

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Horrible Murder Near Warrnambool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1883 · page 4

THE following is a more detailed account of the shocking murder near Warrnambool, (Vic.):—A diabolical murder and a supposed outrage have been committed near Panmure,…

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The Panmure Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1883 · page 2

GREAT excitement still prevails in the western district of Victoria regarding the recent shocking murder near Panmure. Black trackers have been brought down from…

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A Terrible Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 3

FRANK MAGURIE, aged 22, arrested in Pitt-street, Sydney, by warrant, was charged at Newtown, on Saturday last, with having committed a serious assault on Thomas Smith, in Church-street,…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 2

THE Police Magistrate, with Messrs. S. Chapman and David Ludlow, J's.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday; the cases being heard in the smaller court. A…

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Newcastle District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 2

THE November sittings of the District Court commenced yesterday before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. The barristers present were Messrs…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 2

MR MAIR, P.M., with Messrs. David Ludlow and J. Creer, J.'sP., presided at the Police Court yesterday. A quintette of inebriates having been disposed of, Alick…

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The Panmure Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 4

NOTHING further is to hand reference to the Panmure murder. The prisoner, Henry Morgan, has been informed of the knife being found. He simply…

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Insolvency Court. Sydney, Tuesday. New Insolvents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 2

John Howe, of Tighe's Hill, miner. Liabilities, £46; assets, £1 10s. James Gibson, of Newcastle, ironmoulder. Liabilities, £22; assets, £2…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

AT the Police Court, on Saturday, Edmond Maigne and Henri Tangui, deserters from the French barque Pey Berland, on the 29th instant, were sentenced to three…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 3, 1883. (Before the P.M., Messrs. S. Chapman, David Ludlow, and J. Creer, J's.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

DRUNKESNNESS,—An unusually large batch of inebriates were dealt with. A "SKELETON ARMYIST" IN TROUBLE.—William J. Coleman, alias "Cockney Jack,"…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 3

MR. MAIR, P.M, with Messrs, Chapman, Creer, and Ludlow, J's.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Elizabeth Foram, a girl of ill-fame, was sentenced to three…

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Suspected Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 4

THE Burrowa News states that on Tuesday last a report was current that the remains of a man who had been murdered was found near Murrumburrah. After making…

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The Panmure Murder. Morgan Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1883 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The man Morgan has been committed for trial for the murder and outrage on the young girl, Margaret Nolan, at Panmure…

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Newcastle Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

THE P.M., Mr. George Donald, J.P., and later on Dr. Morgan, J.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. The business sheets were comparatively light. Charles Joseph Campbell was ordered to enter…

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Committed for Murder by Poisoning at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

THE Maitland. Mercury of yesterday contains a voluminous six or seven columns report of a very suspicions case, investigated by the Coroner, Mr. A. Vindin. The result of it was the committal for trial…

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Assault on a Governess

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1883 · page 2

COPELAND, Tuesday.—The case of—Phillips, charged with assaulting Miss Doluran, a governness, was heard at the police court here to-day. Mr. William…

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Waratah Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1883 · page 2

ON Tuesday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., Hugh Cameron was charged with stealing at quantity of carpenters' tools, value £1 11s 6d, the property of Hugh Shedden and others, at Waratah, on the 7th…

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