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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 60

Our Melbourne Letter. MELBOURNE, July 24. An Awful Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1889 · page 3

NOT for a very long time past has there been committed in Melbourne such a bloodthirsty and diabolical murder as that perpetrated by the Malay, Philip Castil, upon-the woman,…

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Grants to the Royal Family. "A Splendid Court a Necessity."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons last night Mr. Gladstone eloquently combated the arguments of Mr. Labouchere upon the question of Royal allowances, and…

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Wallsend Police Court. Saturday, July 27Th. (Before Dr. J. B. Nash, J.p.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 3

ROBERT MORGAN was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Kemp-street, Wallsend, on the 26th inst. He was admonished and discharged…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin. Assassination by Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 7

THE murder at Chicago of Dr. Cronin, whose nude body was discovered in a sewer, and whose fate has deeply stirred the citizens of the United States, is likely to lead to the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 28, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 6

THOMAS MANNING, James Hare, Robert Huntley, and Benjamin Cooper were fined the usual 5s, or 24 hours, for drunkenness on Saturday evening…

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Small Debts Court. Alleged Breach of Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 6

George Lindsay, licensee of the Crystal Palace Hotel, Hunter-street, was summoned by Emily Dickenson, to recover the sum of £10 for alleged breach of contract…

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The Murder of Constable Sutherland. the Condemned Man Morrison. His Present Behaviour. SYDNEY, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 5

THE gaol authorities are reported to have said that the man Morrison, under sentence of death for the murder of Constable Sutherland, has exhibited a quiet and resigned…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, July 30Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6

MARY BROWN charged Mary Robinson with an assault, at Tickhole, on the 35th inst. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. A. Gorrick appeared for the…

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Murder at Port Said

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Joyce Dey, an Englishman holding an official position on the Suez Canal, has been murdered at Port Said, the Mediterranean entrance to the Canal…

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Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, July 30Th. (Before Dr. J. B. Nash, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6

ANNIE SMITH, hailing from Sydney, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Monday evening. The language used was anything but polite, and a fine of 10s was…

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Police Protection Wanted. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6

SIR,—I wish, through the columns of your valuable paper, to draw the attention of the public and, perhaps, the proper authorities, to what seems to me to be an injustice to the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 30, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6

JOHN M'DONALD, a miner, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in Scott-street. The fine was paid. Language…

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The Carlton Murder. Costello Committed for Trial. a Terrible Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Night.—The inquest on the body of Annie Thornton, who was murdered at Carlton on the 10th inst., was resumed to-day, when a verdict of wilful…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The trial of the persons who have been arrested for the murder of Dr. Cronin, of Chicago, which is alleged to have been committed at the instigation of the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 31, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 2

JOHN MORRIS and Thomas Cullen were fined 5s each for drunkenness. Those 'Busmen Again. AN UNLICENSED CONDUCTOR…

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The Recent Tragedy in Sydney. Hunter in the Police Court. Committed for Trial. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 5

THE man William Hunter, author of the recent terrible tragedy at the Glebe, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with feloniously wounding Frederick…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday Night. Alleged Murder of a Native

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 5

Andrew Johnson, at Thursday Island, has been committed for trail for the murder of a native at Warrior Island. THE PRINTING TRADE…

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Newcastle Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, July 31. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., Commissioner in Bankruptey.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 2

IN re James Butler, single hearing. Mr. Burnett appeared for the official assignee, Mr. E. M. Stephen. The bankrupt was examined, and stated…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 1, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 2

JAMES REAY and James Fraser were fined 5s or 24 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness Alleged Disorderly Conduct…

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The New Court-house

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 6

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—"I think it will be a mistake if this is erected immediately in front of the end of Bolton-street South. I think it should…

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