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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1887

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District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before R. P. House and T. Fryar, J.'s.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 3

Thomas Haffey was charged with breaking into a dwelling at Minmi on the 13thor 14th day of July, and stealing a silver hunting lever watch, the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 23Rd August. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Obscene Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 3

FRANK BROWN, a seaman, was charged with using obscene language in Watt-street, at 10 p.m. the previous day. Constable Farrell stated that he…

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The Sydney Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 4

ALL England has been much exercised of late over the case of a young girl named CASS, who was arrested by a policeman named ENDACOTT, taken to…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 24Th August. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 3

ONE offender was dealt with in the customary manner. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR. George Stacey and Denis…

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District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 7

ROBERT JACKSON sued Thos. William Crawford, manager of the Northumberland Coal Mining Company, for the sum of £1 1s, balance of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 25Th August. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. K. Lochhead, J.p.) Inebriety

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 3

THREE persons were fined for drunkenness. BAD LANGUAGE. George Muskett, a seaman, was…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, 25Th August. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., Chairman, and W. K. Lochhead and Dr. C. W. Morgan, Js.P.) No Cigar License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 3

MISS ALICE MARY MONKS was summoned by Constable Dare for selling a cigar without having first obtained a license…

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Newcastle District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 7

THE August sittings of our local District Court will commence on Monday next, before his Honor Judge Dowling. Since the last sittings there have been 110 cases entered…

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A Horrible Crime. Slow Murder of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 10

THE Paris correspondent of the Daily News writes:—A revolting case of child martyrdom has been just tried at the Nancy Assizes, and was only disposed of at the end of three days…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 27. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.p.) a Prohibition Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 8

MRS. BISSON, of Carrington, applied for an order prohibiting publicans from supplying liquor to her husband. She went into the witness-box, and deposed that her husband,…

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District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 3

CHARLES MORGAN was charged with making use of obscene languages, on Saturday, in Nelson-street. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, Mr. Peter Kent, that the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 29Th August. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 2

EIGHT persons, including two females, charged with the above offence, were dealt with in the usual way. INSULTING WORDS…

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Newcastle District Court. Monday, 29Th August. (Before His Honor Judge Dowling.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 6

HIS Honor Mr. District Court Judge Dowling opened the August sessions of the District Court in the local courthouse yesterday morning at 10 o'clock…

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Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, 30Th August. (Before His Honor Judge Dowling.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 7

THE court re-opened shortly after 9 o'clock, when the case of Townsend v. Densley (part heard) was proceeded with…

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A Terrible Sacrifice Chapter Vii. a Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 2

'WHAT is that sound? Is this house haunted, or what?' Georgie Dosnay, starting up in her bed from the soundest sleep in the…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Contempt of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 7

Mr. Justice Higinbotham delivered judgment this morning in the case in which T. E. Dakin, a contractor, had been cited to appear before him for…

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Newcastle District Court. Wednesday, August 31. (Before His Honor Judge Dowling.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 3

THE court re-opened shortly after 9 o'clock. GALTON V. DOUGHERTY AND DOUGHERTY. This was at claim, for £25 by Mr. George Galton from Edward James Dougherty and…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 1St September. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 6

ONLY two offenders appeared to the above offence. ALLEGED DISOBEDIENCE OP LAWFUL COMMANDS…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. James Mair.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 6

THE following transfers were granted, there being no police objection:—Daniel A. Friend, Galatea Hotel, to John J. Robertson ; Edward…

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Metropolitan News. Sydney, Thursday Evening. the Temporary Court-house

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 5

THE Minister for Justice, this morning, visited the old Hyde Park Asylum, which is to be fitted up us a temporary Court-house and legal offices. He appeared to be well pleased…

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