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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 48

Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 28. (Before Messrr. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1891 · page 6

THOMAS GRIFFITHS, 50, a cook, and John M'Kellar, 60, a labourer, were each fined 5s, with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 28. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Selling After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1891 · page 5

WILLIAM MURPHY pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping his hotel, the Scotch Thistle, Wallsend, open during prohibited hours. He pleaded that his child being…

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Waratah Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, October 28. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1891 · page 3

RE James Burgess, miner, Plattsburg. Mr. Cronin appeared on behalf of bankrupt, who attributed his bankruptcy, to strikes, slackness of work,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1891 · page 6

DONALD MACKAY, 42, a labourer, Emily Dizel, 25, and William Anderson, 25, a miner, were each fined 5s, with the usual alternative, for…

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Wallsend-Plattsburg Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Thursday, October 29. D. AND D.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1891 · page 8

JAMES BRIGGS, for being drunk and disorderly in the Victoria Hotel, Devon-street, on the 24th inst., was called upon to pay a fine of 10s, and 5s 6d costs…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re Daniel Kieley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1891 · page 6

BANKRUPT stated that he was a miner by occupation, and had been led into financial difficulties by family sickness, loss of work, and pressure of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 30. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 7

THOMAS Down, 28, a seaman, was charged that he aid at Newcastle, on the 28th instant, steal a pair of trousers and a vest, valued at £2, the property of John Andrecht…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, October 30. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) a Wife-beater Punished

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 6

SOLOMOR HANCOCK was charged on arrest with assaulting his wife at Lambton, on the 29th instant. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 31. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Liquor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 November 1891 · page 7

PETER STODDART, labourer, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for over-indulgence. Language. Charles Hanks, labourer, for using…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a Young Man Shoots a Girl. The Fruits of Jealousy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 November 1891 · page 5

ABOUT half-past 10 o'clock on Saturday night the news rang through the city that a young girl had been murdered by her lover in Lower Church-street. Considerable…

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The Newcastle Court House. Completion of the Building

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 November 1891 · page 5

ON Saturday, at the new Court House, Church-street, Newcastle, the employees who have been engaged on the work met at dinner to show the goodwill and fellowship which…

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Brutal Murder in Ireland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 3

THE Press Association's Dublin correspondent dent has telegraphed details of a murder at Killoo, near Langford, of Mrs. Margaret Heany. Mrs. Heany was married nine years…

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The Alleged Attempted Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 5

THE girl Mary Murohie, who was shot in the left eye by her lover on Saturday evening, still lies in a critical condition at the hospital. The bullet has not yet been found,…

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The Howe-Miller Case. Sentenced to Seven Years. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 5

JAMES PETER HOWE, M.P. for Bourke, and James Miller, who on Saturday were, at the Central Criminal Court, found guilty of conspiracy in connection with what is known as…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 2. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, and C. Christie, Js.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 6

PATRICK HARTLEY, a seaman, was charged with being drunk in Market street on Saturday. He was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours. The…

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Summons Cases. Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 7

An elderly man named Henry Rogers sued one Joseph Weir for assault, but the defendant did not appear and a warrant for his arrest…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, 3Rd November. (Before Mr. R. I Perrott, P.m.) Disobeying Summonses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 6

JOB MASON was charged with disobeying a summons for using indecent language at Catherine Hill Bay, on 29th August, 1890…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Absence without Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 7

THREE seamen named Edwin Smart, William Bruce, and John Ensigns were brought up on a charge of having been absent without leave…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1891 · page 7

CHARLES CAMPBELL, 32, a labourer; William Burke, 40, a labourer; and James Burns, 46, a labourer, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24…

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CABLEGRAMS. Mr. Healy Horsewhipped in Court

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

LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to Mr. Timethy Kealy's recent aspersions upon the character of the late Mr. Parnell at Longford, Mr. MacDermott, nephew of Mr. Parnell, has…

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