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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 57

News From Broken Hill. 14 Furnaces at Work. Police Leaving. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 5

AT Block 14 a third. furnace was blown in to-day It is running capitally and giving every satisfaction. At the Junction mine work is progressing below, and the men are…

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Horse Stealing. Attempted Suicide. NOWRA

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

AT the Police Court to-day Jne. Ryan, alias Crozier, was charged with stealing a horse and saddle belonging to a priest. Prisoner was arrested at Cambewarra yesterday…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, November 16. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Objectionable Carelessness

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

ROBERT ENGLISH was charged with depositing nightsoil nearer to Crebert-street, North Waratah, than was directed by the council of the…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, November 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 November 1892 · page 6

A SEAMAN named Joseph Demaley and a married woman named Emily Dizel were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness…

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The Referee's Court. The Lambton Dispute

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

ON Saturday next Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.P., the Referee, will sit in the courthouse on the Lambton dispute. The miners have appealed to him to settle the question of the height of…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Thursday, November 17. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Ancient Squabblers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 6

MARY HENCHCOCK, a lady about 70 years of age, sued her husband, James Henchcock, for assault and maintenance. From the evidence adduced it…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, November 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 7

THOMAS WILSON, age 43, a seaman, was fined the usual 5s, or, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk in Cooper-street,…

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The Police Quarters. Progress of the Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 5

MR. J. R. RODGERS, to contractor for the alterations and additions to the old police station in Hunter-street, expects to have the work completed by the end of the year…

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Stealing Not Larceny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 11

SOME time ago Gustave A. Tempel, of St. Louis (America), was arrested for stealing electricity, having tapped the wires of an electric light company…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 2

A SEAMAN named John Rose was fined 5s with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Grievous Bodily Harm…

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Return of the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 5

SENIOR-CONSTABLE HICKEY and the 10 constables who were withdrawn from this district to serve in the metropolis during the Broken Hill strike, returned last evening,…

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Scene Outside the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 5

During the whole day the Court was crowded with spectators, among whom were several women. When the police van drove up to remove the prisoners…

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The Referee's Court. To-day's Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 5

MR. J. N. BRUNKER, M.P., the Referee, Will sit to-day in the small room in the court- house, to settle the Lambton dispute. The proceedings will commence at 10 o'clock, and…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, November 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1892 · page 7

WILLIAM LAW and Thomas Travatick, both seamen were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours in the lockup, for being drunk on the previous day…

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The Referee's Court. Adjusting the Lambton Dispute. The Mine to be Inspected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1892 · page 6

THE Lambton dispute with regard to the height of the seam in that colliery, was placed by the miners before Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.P., the Referee, in…

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An Impudent Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 5

DUIRNG yesterday forenoon Mrs. Alexander Lindsay was attending a sale at a business establishment in the city when she felt a slight tug at her pocket. She immediately…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, November 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 6

Two, seamen named Joseph Strachan and Charles Olsen were each fined is, with an option of 24 hours lockup, for drunkenness; and a married woman…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, November 21. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 3

THOMAS CASEY Was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 18th inst., and was fined 5s. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR…

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Police Telephones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1892 · page 4

ONE great difficulty in connection with the efficient working of the police department at Newcastle is the want of telephonic communication with the police stations at the various…

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Anglo-australian Bank. Directors at a Sydney Police Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1892 · page 5

CHARLES RAYMOND STAPLES, late chairman of directors, and John Haroldson, late manager of the Anglo-Australian Bank, Melbourne, appeared on remand at the Water Police…

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