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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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Police Court Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 5

In the Water Police Court this afternoon Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., heard the charge laid against the crew of the s.s. Victorian of combined disobedience of orders on…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, July 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 7

MARTIN GUNDERSON, 35, seaman, and John Filgandson, 29, seaman, were each fined 10s, or, in default, 48 hours, for having been drunk in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 17. (Before Messrs. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Larceny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 3

FRANK THOMPSON was charged with the larceny of a quantity of furniture and effects, to the value of £15, from the Metropolitan Hotel, Plattsburg,…

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Imperial Land, Building, and Deposit Company. The Officers Charged. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 5

In the Water Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., William Percy Smairl, William Graham Cameron, James Green, Evelyn Manning, William Martin,…

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Summons Court. Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 6

George Spruce, a dealer, and Robert Rae, a storeman, two young men, were charged by the firm of Jesse Ireland, with having on July 11th…

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A Civil Servant Charged with Theft. Committed for Trial. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

IN the Water Police Court to-day Hugh Alexander Scott, late accountant to the Department of Public Instruction, was brought up on charges of stealing a cheque for the…

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Men Sent to Gaol in Adelaide. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

The seamen and firemen who refused to work on the steamer Ferret were to-day sentenced at the Port Adelaide Police Court to a fortnight's hard labour…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, July 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 6

There were no cases on the charge-sheet…

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The Sinking of the Victoria. Commencement of the Court Martial. Evidence of Captain Bourke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Naval Court Martial on the officers of the warships Victoria and Camperdown in connection with the loss of the first-named…

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Affairs in Sydney. Welcome to Released Strikers. The Appeal to the Supreme Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

The crew of the A.U.S.N. Co's. steamer Barcoo, 21 in number, were released from Darlinghurst Gaol this morning, and were welcomed by a large body of unionists…

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Police Court Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 5

In the Water Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., the crew of the s.s. Victoria was brought up, and remanded till to-morrow, on the ground that…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 6

EDWARD SMITH, 52, blacksmith, and John Williams, 35, fireman, were each called upon to pay 5s, or suffer 24 hours in the lockup for having…

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Imperial Land, Building, and Deposit Company. the Officers Before the Police Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 8

IN the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, D.S.M., William Percy Smairl, William Graham Cameron, James Green, Evelyn Manning, William…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 19. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Cattle Straying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 3

SYDNEY MACDONALD, inspector of nuisances, appeared to prosecute William M'Mullen for allowing his horse to stray on Turton-road, on the…

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No New Development in Sydney. Release of Imprisoned Men. Cases Remanded at the Police Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 5

Every day appears to bring with it the strengthening of the opinion that the seamen's strike is gradually coming to an end. The ballot of the members of the union upon…

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Summons Court. Breaches of the Bylaws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 6

John Cavanagh, for suffering two cows to stray in the city recreation reserve, was fined 5s, and 2s 6d costs. For a similar offence Simpson Burns…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Tamworth Land Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 5

MR. STEPHEN FREEMAN has been appointed acting-chairman of the Land Appeal Court now sitting at Tamworth, owing to Mr. Alexander Oliver being too indisposed to…

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The Sinking of the Victoria. Court-martial Continued. All Admiral Tryon's Fault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The inquiry into the loss of H.M.S. Victoria was continued before the Naval Court-martial at Malta to-day. The…

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The Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY was a memorable day in the history of the Newcastle Police Court, because for the first time for many years all the charges on the sheet were withdrawn,…

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Police Court Proceedings. Action Against a Captain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

The charge preferred against Captain George Savage, of the steamer Hesketh, of having carried five men to sea without having entered into a proper agreement was…

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