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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 48

Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and J. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 3

JOHN MORGAN, 25, a labourer; Peter Clen, 34, a seaman; John Brennan, 29, a seaman; and Robert Jamieson, 45, no occupation, were each fined 5s,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, September 36Th. (Before his Honor Sir George Innes.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 7

THE Circuit Court commenced at East Maitland yesterday morning, before his Honor Sir George Innes. It was set down to begin on Monday, but owing to the severe…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Thursday, October 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 8

WALLSEND COUNCIL v. James Horn. Mr. Cronin, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the defendant, and applied for a new trial, on the ground that the proper notice had not…

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District Court Revenue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 5

MR. H. W. H. HUNTINGTON, the Newcastle District Court Registrar, reports having paid the sum of £101 as revenue received from District Court fees during the quarter ending…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 1. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., Martin, Shaw, and Thorn, Js.P.) Liquor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 3

EDWARD MAGUIRE, 32, a seaman, for being drunk on the wharf on the 30th ultimo, was ordered to pay 5s, or do 24 hours in the lockup…

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Licensing Court. Breaches of the Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 3

Hugh Cameron, licensee of the Star Inn, in. Hunter street West, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor on Sunday, the 20th ultimo, and keeping…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Second Day. Thursday, October 1. (Before his Honor Sir George Innes.) Sentences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 2

PETER DUHLESTONE, a Swedish sailor, who pleaded guilty on the previous day to having stolen a horse in October last from George Pankhurst,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Asher and Thorn, Js P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 3

JOHN BAIN, aged 45, seaman, and John M'Dougall, aged 61, labourer, were each fined 5s, with the usual option, for drunkenness. Desertion…

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Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 8

AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Manning, Maurice Dalton, 71, was charged with having at Sydney on April 14 last, murdered his wife. Prisoner pleaded…

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Chinese Assault. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and C. Christie, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 6

Seven celestials named Ah Hung, Ah Sin, Tong Goy, George Ah Foon, Mow Young, Ah Hee, and Charlie King, were charged by warrant that…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and C. Christie, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 6

JOHN BAIN, 45, a seaman; Charles Henry, 50, a labourer; Henry William Skeen, 50, a master mariner; John Valentine, 53, a trimmer;…

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Summons Cases. Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1891 · page 6

Clarice Gee sued William England for having assaulted her on the 28th ult., and England had a cross case against her on a similar charge…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, October 6. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. T. Grierson, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1891 · page 8

SEVERAL small debt cases were down for hearing, but some were postponed as not served, and non-appearance was entered in others, while one was withdrawn. Only one…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 7. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., T. Grierson, and T. Fryar, Js.P., Licensing Bench.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 3

THE following publicans' licenses were renewed :—Henry Evans, Lake Macqurie Hotel, Teralba; John Sample, Commercial Hotel, Lambton; James…

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Return of the S S. Bothwell Castle. Murder of One of the Crew by Natives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 3

THE well-known steamer Both well Castle, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Java via Adelaide and Sydney, brings details of some striking…

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The Company Commotions. Messrs. Howe and Miller Before the Court. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 5

JARES MILLER and James Peter Howe, M.P., two of the late directors of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Co., were charged at the Water Police Court to-day,…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 6

William Johnson, licensee of ,the Minors' Exchange Hotel, Stockton; Robert C. Watt, licensee of Watt's Family Hotel, Islington; and Mary…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 8. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 6

(Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.)…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., the District Registrar.) Public Examinations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 6

NEILS BARTHOLM HANSEN, miner, Of the Glebe, was publicly examined. No debts were proved in the estate. The bankrupt attributed his position…

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Shocking Murder of a Paramour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 12

A CRIME, attributable to jealously, has been committed at Roubaix, near Lille, France. The victim was an attractive widow, named Marie…

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