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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1887

522 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 27

Newcastle Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 6

A LICENSING COURT was held at the court house yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, licensing magistrates…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 11. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.p.) Drunkenness and Obscenity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 3

EMIL HENDERSON, a seaman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Carrington and making use of obscene language. Fined 20s. or…

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Murder by Lot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1887 · page 6

THE Lucknow papers report an awful tragedy which has taken place in the Leicestershire Regiment. Some privates in a detachment stationed at…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 12. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.p.) Obscene Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1887 · page 7

GEO. TODD, for having made use of obscene language at Stockton, was ordered to contribute 40s towards the revenue, with the option of…

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Wallsend. Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 3

DAVID HERD, charged with being drunk in Mary-street on the 12th instant, was admonished and discharged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 14. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. D. Ludlow and G. C. Martin, J.'sP.) Drunkenness, Etc

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 6

HILF-A-DOZEN offenders were fined for drunkenness. James Ward was fined 10s for being drunk, and 40s, or 14 days, for being…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 15. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., W. Shaw, D. Ludlow, and G.C. Martin, J.'s.P.) Bacchus Worshippers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1887 · page 3

ONE lady, not quite sober, and a gentleman, not quite recovered, were each fined £1, with the option of seven days' imprisonment. Four…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 16. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.p.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 7

THREE offenders were fined for excessive drinking RODBERY. George Stevenson and Patrick…

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Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 5

The Sportsman and Evening News make reference to an assault said to have been committed in a Sydney hotel on Barnes, the English cricketer,…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 17. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 7

Samuel Thompson, charged with indecent behaviour in Kemp-street, Wallsend, on the 11th inst., was fined 20s, or seven days in Maitland gaol…

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Murder Prevented by a Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 3

A FARMER living at Castelnaudary, in the Department of the Aude, has had, owing to the prompt fidelity of his dog, a narrow escape from being…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 17. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. K. Lochhead, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 6

FIVE offenders for having imbibed rather freely were ordered to pay the usual amounts. Three of the worshippers of Bacchus were women…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 18. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and J. Thorn, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 2

A TRIO of offenders were mulcted in the usual sums. YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. Two boys named William Thomas and…

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Newcastle District Court. This Day. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.) Causes for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 5

Harvey v. Stevans, Cox and others v. Buchanan. SEVERAL CA. SA. MOTIONS…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1887 · page 7

On Saturday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., Elizabeth Lloyd, charged with stealing certain articles of wearing apparel, pleaded not guilty…

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Deputation. Newcastle District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1887 · page 5

TOWARDS the close of the sittings of our local District Court last Saturday, Mr. H. J. Brown was deputed by the solicitors of this city to call Judge Wilkinson's attention to…

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Newcastle District Court. Saturday, March 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1887 · page 7

THE adjourned cases in connection with the Newcastle District Court were heard before his Honor Judge Wilkinson on Saturday…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 19. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Dr. Morgan, and Mr. G. C. Martin, J's.P.) Only One

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1887 · page 3

A SOLITARY offender for having imbibed rather excessively was ordered to pay the usual sum. AN OLD THIEF…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 21. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., Mr. D. Ludlow and Mr. J. Thorn, Js. P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 7

SEVEN persons, for having imbibed to excess, were fined in the usual amount. VAGRANCY. Henry Savage, a man of about 30…

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Newcastle Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1887 · page 3

FOUR inebriates were charged, and disposed of with the usual fine. TRAVELLING WITHOUT TICKETS. William Connors, John Lawler,…

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