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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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The Murder of Servant Girls in Austria. Remarkable Scenes at the Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 7

A REMARKABLE trial commenced on January 25 in Vienna. Frank Schneider and his wife, Rosalie, were indicted for the murder of several…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.). Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

HERMAN JOBSON, 26, Swedish seaman, was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk in Hunter-street on the…

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New Zealand. the Tauranga Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

Munro, the Tauranga murderer, has been found not guilty on the ground of insanity, and has been ordered to be detained in an asylum during her…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Thursday, March 10. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 7

DR. ALBERT EDWARD PERKINS, of Teralba, had a long list of cases from Teralba, against a number of the residents for medical attendance…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Adj[?]urned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

The application of Thomas Williams, of Carrington, for the confirmation of a conditional license for his premises was adjourned for a…

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Summons Cases. Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

A young man named Thomas Maxwell was charged with having, on the 7th inst., assaulted James Anderson. Mr. Beadett appeared for the complainant,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 11. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

WILLIAM CARTER, 18, no occupation, and Michael Divine, 40, a labourer, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness, and the latter received a…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Mair and Martin, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

An application for the transfer of the license of the Centennial Hotel (with billiard license) from Walter Sidney to Jona M. Limeburner was granted…

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Morland Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Maitland Francis Morland, an unofficial tutor at Oxford, who was a few days ago convicted on charges of blackmailing, was this morning brought before the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 7

JOHN M'CAN, 60, a painter, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lock-up, for drunkenness. Alleged Wife Desertion…

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The Windsor Murder. a New Development. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

NEW developments have come to light in connection with the Windsor murder. Everyone from the first said that there was another woman in the case, and now another woman…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Charge of Assault Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

The charge of assault, brought by an inmate of the Blind Asylum, against a warder, has been dismissed. CHINBESE GAMBLERS…

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The Larrikin Element. a Magistrate's Opinion. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

MR. GILES, D. S. M., in dealing with a prisoner at the Central today on a charge of assault, said that he meant to trample the larrikin element out as well as the law as it…

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The Windsor Murder. The London Cablegram. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

NOTHING new in connection with the Windsor murder has appeared, beyond the cable message from the London correspondent in the daily papers, from which it…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 14. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 3

PATRICK M'GRATH, 36, a fireman, was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Language…

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Lambton Police Court Tuesday, March 15. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Bad Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

HARRY SALT pleaded guilty to using indecent language at Charlestown on the 5th instant, and was fined 10s and costs…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 15. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin J.P.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 7

JAMES M'CORMACK, 31, a seaman, was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Language…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M. Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 3

JOSEPH HOSSATT, 50, a labourer, was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' lookup for drunkenness. No Ticket…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Bacon Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 5

AT the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. Giles, D.S.M, two young women, Sarah M'Farland and Louisa Eckford, were charged with having stolen a piece of bacon,…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 16. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 7

MR. BERNARD, school attendance officer, prosecuted several parents for neglecting to send their children to school, fines being inflicted as…

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