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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, June 3. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 5

ONE case of drunkenness was heard, and the principal discharged in consideration of his having been confined in the lookup for 24 hours…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Too Much Loyalty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 6

IN my report of the proceedings of the court business on Monday I omitted to mention an important case, in which a loyal subject was sentenced by a loyal magistrate, and called…

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Pyrmont Assault Case. Verdict of Manslaughter. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 5

THE inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man Edward Lennane, who expired in the Sydney Hospital on 29th May, from injuries said to have…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 3. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn and Murray, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 6

BENJAMIN COOPER, 31, a miner; John M'Kay, 34, a labourer; Phillip Horton, 50. a labourer; Thomas Scott, 24, a miner; and John Morris, 62, a printer, were each fined…

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In the Divorce Court. Smith v Smith. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 5

UNDER the presidency of his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer, this morning, the hearing of the evidence in the divorce suit of Smith v Smith was resumed…

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Parliament. Tuesday, June 3. Legislative Assembly. New Guinea. Bluejackets in Darlingharst Gaol. Bathurst Railway Accident. The Life of a Bush Schoolmistress. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. In reply to Mr. BURNS.— Mr. M'MILLAN said that, in view of the…

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Newcastle District Court. Second Day. Tuesday, June 3. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) Holburd v the Burwood Extended Coal Company (part heard.) Verdict for the Plaintiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 7

IN this case, which was part heard on the previous day, the plaintiff, William Holburd, a sinker, of Adamstown, sought to recover from the Burwood Extended Coal-mining…

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Naval Offenders in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 4

THE other day Mr. MELVILLE, M.P., made certain inquiries of the Minister for Justice regarding the number of men belonging to her Majesty's navy…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 4. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.m.) Alleged Selling After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 7

CHARLES PRESSLAND, licensee of the West Wallsend Hotel, was charged with selling liquor at 1.30 a.m. on the 17th May. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 4. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 7

WILLIAM MILLER, 27, a seaman, was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' lockup, for having been drunk in Market-street on the 3rd instant…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Police Wanted on the Wharves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 5

The Mayor and chairman of the Harbour Trust to-day waited on the Commissioner of Police and complained of the insufficiency of police protection in the neighbourhood of…

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In the Divorce Court. Smith v. Smith. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 5

THE divorce suit of Smith v Smith, which has attracted considerable interest in its hearing during the past two days, was again resumed before Mr. Justice Windeyer this morning,…

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Newcastle District Court. Third Day. Wednesday, June 4. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) Weller v. Lamkey. A Jury Cause

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 7

THIS was a jury cause in which Alfred Ernest Weller, of North Waratah, ago 7 years, by his next friend Thomas Weller, butcher, of the same place, sued Peter…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, June 5Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Attendance Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 6

THE following cases from Teralba Public School were dealt with for non-attendance of their children the required number of days provided by the Act:—William Hughes,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 5. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, and W. H.Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 6

PATRICK WALLACE, 40, a printer; Thomas Linders, 30, a labourer; James Murphy, 55, a labourer; Edward Dobourn, 22, a labourer; and Robert Kerr, 26, a labourer, were each…

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Newcastle District Court. Fourth Day. Thursday, June 5. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) M'Kinnon v Rennie.—Part Heard. Verdict for the Plaintiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 7

THIS was a case (part heard on the previous day) in which John M'Kinnon, of Burwood Extended, sought to recover from Wilson Rennie, manager of the Burwood Extended…

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Sentenced for Sedition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Marquis de Morés, who was placed under arrest in connection with the recent Anarchist movement in France, and was subsequently…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 6. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.p.) Summons Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 6

GEORGE FORD was charged with having neglected to support his children, but on the application of Mr. Readett, who appeared for complainant (Mrs. Ford), the case was…

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Newcastle District Court. Fifth Day. Friday, June 6. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) a Supreme Court Issue. Carpenter v. Carpenter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 2

THIS was a Case originally instituted in the Supreme Court, in Sydney, and on application of the defendant it was removed by order of Judge Foster to the Newcastle District Court,…

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Theft of Five Thousand Pounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 8

THREE, men, supposed to be Americans, named Lackrose, Smith, and Robinson, were tried in London for conspiring' to steal a bog of notes and gold amounting to five thousand…

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