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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

1,071 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 54

South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Contempt of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

A man named Henry Mark Smith, who was sued by the legal firm of Gordon, Nesbitt, and Bright for £19 for trespass, called Nesbitt a big blackguard at the conclusion of…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, June 15. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 3

J. CROWLEY v. George Taylor, claim £24 11s 11d, including costs of court, for the balance of accounts due for bricks delivered to sub-contractor for…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Railway Trespassing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 7

A SEAMAN named Jeremiah Crawley was charged with having trespassed on the railway line at Newcastle. Constable Hanney said that at…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, June 15. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re Wm. Hincks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 7

BANKRUPT said he had been insolvent nine years previously. He was a bricklayer, and his bankruptcy was due to depression in trade and…

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Minmi. Police Court, 16Th June

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 8

MR. W. E. HENRY, P.M., of Wallsend, and Mr. Robt. Duri[?], J.P., of West Wallsend; attended Mimni Police Station on Wednesday for the purpose of proclaiming by commission…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, June 16. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.) Larceny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

PATRICK M'GLYNN, a youth, was charged on remand with stealing a number of empty bags, the property of Arthur L. Payne, of Lambton…

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Summons Court. Maintenance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 6

Thomas Davies, a young labourer, was summoned by Alice Burgess to show cause why he should not contribute to the support of his illegitimate child born in April 1892…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) No Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 6

THERE were no cases on the police list, the cells in the lockup on the previous evening having been tenantless for the first time for many months…

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"Dawley Court, Uxbridge, England. May 11th, 1893. "Honorable A. Brown, M.L.C., Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 2

"My dear Brown,—I have to thank you for the copy of the Sydney Herald, of 14th March last, which you sent me, giving an account of the disastrous floods with which…

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Darlinghurst Tragedy Appeal to the Full Court. The Reserved Points Argued. The Conviction Sustained. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 8

AT the conclusion of Archer's trial on Saturday last, it will be remembered, Mr. Meagher, for the prisoner, asked Mr. Justice Innes to reserve the following points for the…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, June 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 6

A SEAMAN named Edward Williard was charged with having been drunk and disorderly and with having committed an assault within view of the…

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The Mercantile Bank Case. Sir Matthew Davies at Colombo. Awaiting the Victorian Police. COLOMBO

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 5

THE North German Lloyd steamer Salier arrived to-day from Australia with Sir Matthew Davies on Board. The police boarded the vessel on arrival, and placed…

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Central Criminal Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 8

AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Foster and juries, the following cases were dealt with:— RECEIVING JEWELLERY…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Upfold and O'Mara, Js.P.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 6

A MARRIED woman named Ellen Morgan, and a labourer named Thomas Gaynor, were each fined 10s with the usual alternatives, for…

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The Goulburn Cathedral Dispute. Before the Equity Court. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 5

THE matter of the Church of England Trust Drocese of Goulburn v. Francis Robert Lewis Rossi, came on for hearing before the Chief Judge in Equity to-day. Andrew Faithfull…

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Summons Court. Stealing Old Iron

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

James Gilmore, age 6, and Frank Calder Denny, age 13, were charged by summons with having been found with a quantity of iron in their…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

CHARLES RICHARDSON, 45, blacksmith; Philip M'Donald, 32, seaman; and Patrick Duggan, 40, labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default 24 hours'…

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Murder by an Alleged Somnambulist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

A Daily Chronicle Paris telegram says:—:"A strange trial for attempted murder began recently. A valet named Valroff entered the bedroom of his…

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An Ex-member Charged with Fraud. the Case Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the Mansion House yesterday, Peter Maclagan, formerly the Gladstonian Liberal member of the House of Commons…

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Central Criminal Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 8

AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Foster and juries, Mr. Healy prosecuting, the following eases were dealt with:—…

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