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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Solitary One

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 3

RICHARD FLYNN, a seaman, was fined 5s or 24 hours for having imbibed too freely on that morning. Yet Another Remand…

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Waratah Police Court. Saturday, June 7. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.m.) Alleged Sunday Selling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 7

JAMES JAMES, licensee of the Red Lion Hotel, Lambton, was charged with selling liquor on Sunday, 1st instant. Mr. J. A. Gorrick defended…

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A Dead Infant Found. Verdict of Wilful Murder. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 5

ON Saturday morning a constable stationed at the Glebe had his attention called to a parcel lying on the footpath opposite Haskall's biscuit factory, Parramatta-road,…

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The Late Friendly Appeal Court, Hamilton. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 7

SIR,—As I happened to be one of the large number of ratepayers who appeared against the heavy and unreasonable assessment of bur property in the above…

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Newcastle District Court. Sixth Day. Saturday, June 7. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) CAUSES. Boggis v. Banfield and others

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 June 1890 · page 6

A BOGGIS obtained verdicts against John Banfield, of Minmi, for £1 9s 8d; William Legan, of Minmi, for £6 19s ; and William Logan, of Minmi, for £1 11s 9d…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 9. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1890 · page 7

PETER M'CREA, 33, a labourer, James Doran, 45, a labourer, Emil Howan, 42, a seaman, Thomas Hewitt, 56, a labourer, and Thomas Brown, 37, a labourer, were fined in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, June 9Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.) W. H. DOWNING V. D. CABMICHAEL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1890 · page 5

MR. GORRICK appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Sparkes for defendant. This was a case of assault, and the dispute arose over some encroachment on land…

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Summons Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1890 · page 7

James Reid, a 'bus-owner, pleaded guilty to a case laid against him by the Hamilton Municipal Council, of permitting an unlicensed omnibus to ply for hire, and was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 10. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1890 · page 7

JOHN WILLIAMS, age 29, a labourer, and Emil Borgal, 43, a French seaman, were each fined 5s or 24 hours for being drunk on the wharf and in Hunter-street respectively…

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Nihilists Stealing Dynamite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Much alarm has been occasioned throughout Russia in consequence of the Nihilists having robbed a contractor at Goryski of a great quantity of dynamite…

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New Zealand. Trial for Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 6

The Maori Mahi Kai, who is alleged to have murdered a setter named Maloney at the Recreation Gr[?]d, New Zealand early last month, has been committed for trial on…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 11. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Shaw, J.P.) Isebriates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 6

BRIDGET BEAR, Jean Jarques, Louis De Bush, George Eather, and Michael Murphy, for over indulgence in strong drink, were each fined in the usual amounts…

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Lambton. the Land Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 5

Our little town has boon very quiet during the past few weeks, with nothing to break that monotony save a circus, an auctioneer, and the picman rending the still air with…

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Newcastle Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, June 11. (Before Mr. J. Mair, District Registrar.) Re Peter Hogg, Miner, Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 6

A SINGLE meeting of creditors in this estate was held. No debts having been proved, the meeting closed. The liabilities amounted to £74 5s 1d, and…

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A London Police Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 4

THE great wave of sentiment in favour of the lawful combination of persons engaged in trade or commerce for the attainment of mutual advantages has been felt perhaps…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 12. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 6

THOMAS CORTIS, age 21, a miner, and August Makester, 25, a Norwegian seaman, were fined the usual 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk on the previous night. They elected…

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Summons Court. a Bad Character

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 6

George Patterson was charged by Constable Duff with using indecent language in Melville-street within the hearing of passes by. The youth has been twice convicted,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, June 13. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Summons Cases. Wages and Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 2

THOMAS KING sued one Samuel, M'Connell for wages to the amount of £1 3s 4d, alleged to have been due for work done. Defendant stated that he owed 15s only…

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Tasmania. Charge of Child Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 2

Mary Beswick, a young married woman, was indicted at the Supreme Court on Thursday charged with the murder of her child at Campbelltown by administering arsenic to it…

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Resigned His Post

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Morning.—It is reported that Mr. James Monro, C.B. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, has resigned owing to the Home Secretary…

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