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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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The Northern Mine. Teralba Incidents. Police Reinforcements Sent

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

YESTERDAY forenoon Inspector Lynch, of the police department, received word that two men employed in the Northern Colliery at Teralba had been assaulted, and that it would…

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The Labour Troubles. the Seamen's Strike. Crew of the Macleay Arrested. Sentenced to Fourteen Days. Sydney

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

THE result of the ballot of seamen on the question of strike or no strike resulted in an overwhelming majority in favour of resisting the reductions by all means, and a strike is…

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The Sinking of the Victoria. Court Martial to Be [?] IMMEDIATELY[?]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday—Sir Ughtred Kay Shuttleworth, Secretary to the Admiralty, has ordered the immediate holding of a naval court martial to…

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Seamen Charged with Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

A seafaring man named Frederick Olsen was remanded until Tuesday next at the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having with others assaulted Henry Sisley…

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Alleged Stealing. Arrest of a Railway Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

FREDERICK WILLIAM KREMPIN, aged 23, night-officer at the Adamstown railway station, was arrested at noon yesterday on a charge of stealing a number of articles the…

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The Position in Sydney. Sixty Men Arrested. Strikers at the Police Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

The Sydney Seamen's Union has issued circulars calling for assistance. One is to the officers on the intercolonial and coastal steamers, another is to the engineers engaged…

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Verdict of Wilful Murder. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

AN inquest was held at Liverpool yesterday on the body of the young man Campbell, who was stabbed during a fight on Monday night with a, man named Joseph Ward, the…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 6

Two seamen named John Ward and Charles M'Kennon were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Cattle and Horse Straying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

AT the instigation of the inspector of nuisances (Mr. S. Macdonald) the following persons were fined for allowing, cattle and horses to stray in the public…

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Alleged Letter Stealing. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

AT the Redfern Police Court to-day, William Whisker, a letter-carrier, was charged with having stolen a letter sent by post, the property of the Postmaster-General. Detective…

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Affairs in Sydney. The Arrested Men. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

There is not much new to report in connection with the maritime strike, except the prevailing public opinion that the arrest and imprisonment of the large number of union…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, July 6. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts

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

W. W. JOHNSON v. James Price, goods; verdict for £9 19s. W. W. Johnson v. Henry Longdon, goods; verdict for £2 19s 7d…

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The Case of Assault. A Sentence of Six Months Passed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

Frederick Olsen, remanded from yesterday, was again charged at the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., with assaulting, in company with seven others, one…

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The Woolloomooloo Murder Archer in Prison. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

THE condemned man Archer, whose execution is fixed for next Tuesday morning, it is stated, has made the request of the gaol department that his wife be allowed in his cell…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, July 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin, Shaw, and Thorn, Js.P.) Robbing the Railway Commissioners

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

A RAILWAY officer named Frederick W. Krempin was charged with stealing from the Adamstown railway station two bottles of Brunswick black,…

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Street Preaching. a Speaker Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

AN interesting case was heard to-day by Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., in the Summons Division at the Central Police Court to-day. Mr. Edward P. Field, who is a well-known…

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More Seamen Arrested in Sydney. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

The police have arrested the crews of the steamers Electra and the Rosedale, numbering 10 and 7 respectively. Both of the steamers belong to the North Coast Company…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, July 7. Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P. Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 2

A SEAMAN named John Godfrey was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and Disorderly…

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The Man Turned Out of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

During the hearing of the maritime cases in the Water Police Court the last few days there has occasionally been necessity to rebuke the crowd at the back for failing to keep…

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The Students' Riot in Paris. a Police Officer Shot. Fifty-thousand Troops in the City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

PARIS, Friday.—The rioting is abating and the city is much quieter, but, although the students who caused all the mischief are now behaving…

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