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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 60

Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 22Nd. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and D. Murray, J's.P.) an Expensive Trip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 6

WILLIAM SHEA was down in Sydney, and, being anxious to come to Newcastle, but having no money, and not caring to walk, he took a trip by the steamer Newcastle, and…

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Mining Referee's Court. South Waratah Case. the Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 5

THE Mining Referee's Court was to have met yesterday in the Newcastle Court-house, but, owing to that building being engaged, it was found necessary to adjourn to the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 23Rd, 1889. (Before the P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1889 · page 2

Wm. Williams, aged 70 years, described as a carpenter, was charged with begging for alms at Newcastle on Friday. Constable Hughes deposed that he arrested…

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Mining Referee's Court. South Waratah Dispute. Full Text of Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1889 · page 6

ON Saturday we published the reasons given by Mr. Alexander Oliver, M.A., the Referee, for his adverse award to the South Waratah miners' reference. To-day we publish the…

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Latest Telegrams. Victoria. Melbourne, Monday Night. Alleged Theft of Moneys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 8

ROBERT M'LAREN, late business manager for Messrs. Fink and Betz, wool merchants, was charged this morning with stealing a cheque for £915, the property of his…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 25Th, 1889. (Before Messrs. Mair, S.M, Ludlow, J.P., and Weir, J.p) Keeping Up the Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 5

John Warren, George Garo, James Fraser, Thomas Crawley, Francis Cooper, Ewald Schmith, were fined 5s each for drunkenness, and William Williams, for a similar offence,…

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A Story of the Sea. "Glencoyne" Assault Case. The Last Chapter. Verdict for the Plaintiff. Captain Jenkyn Jones Fined. Ten Pounds and Costs. A Righteous Judgment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 5

THE case in which Otto Hermeas, a seaman of the barque Glencoyne, charged Kyffin (Jenkyn) Jones, master of the vessel, who assaulted him on February 13th, while on…

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The Personation Cases. More People Charged. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 5

The evening News of last night says:— "It will doubtless cause considerable astonishment in trade union and political circles to learn that two persons of some prominence…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, March 26, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Sent to the Vernon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 3

George Garside, a boy of about 9 years of age, was charged with being in destitute circumstances. Constable Smith, of Tighe's Hill, deposed…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 26Th, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M, and Messrs. Martine Shaw, and Murray, Js.P.) WITHDRAWN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 3

THE charge of wife-desertion preferred by Kate Prior against Harry Prior was withdrawn by the prosecutrix. STEALING MAIZE…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Land Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 6

A COURT of Appeal under the Crown Lands Act of 1884 was held by the Minister for Lands (Mr. J. N. Brunker), on Monday, at the rooms of the Engineering Association of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 27Th, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. Lindus, J.p.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 3

ONE offender was dealt with in the usual way. FURIOUS DRIVING. James Surridge, and Richard M'Auliffe,…

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Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, March 27Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 8

AN application, for the transfer or the license of the Criterion Hotel, Wallsend, from E. J. Percy to D. Thomas, was granted; there being no police objection…

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Inciting to Personate. The Central Cumberland Election. Accused in Court. Hawkins' Evidence. Case Remanded. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 5

AT the Central Police Court this morning Thomas Wade, Peter M'Grath, Robert Mack, David Mason, and J. M'Pherson, on remand, were charged with inciting Walter…

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A Railway Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Herr Geiscudorff, the son of the Swiss Consul at Cannes, has been murdered in a train while, travelling to Geneva…

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Maternal Murder and Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A fearful domestic tragedy has occurred at Tyneside. A mother in a fit of temporary insanity, drowned three of her children and the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday Evening. Charged with Embezzlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

Lost October Ernest Woodward, a clerk in the office of Messrs. Cleverdon and Wesley, solicitors, of Melbourne, absconded, taking with him £71 of the firm's money. Last…

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Terrible Charge Against an English Officer. An Unsuspecting Child. Improper Assault. ADELAIDE, Thursday night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

The English papers bring news of a grave charge against an officer in the English Army. Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Ryan, of the First Battalion of the Manchester…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 28Th, 1889. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., Dr. Morgan, J.P., and Mr. Martin, J.p.) a Solitary Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 7

WILLIAM JOHNSON, who was found in Scott-street, on Wednesday, suffering from the effects of an over-indulgence in alcoholic liquors, was ordered to pay a fine of 5s…

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Murder and Forgery. Romance in Real Life. A Tragedy in France. ADELAIDE, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

The mail sseamer Cuzco arrived-this morning the Bishop of Adelaide, the English Comedy Company Co. engaged by Messrs. Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove, and…

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