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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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Horse-stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 5

AT the Greta Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., J. Osbourne, and Thos. Jones, Js P., Geo. Mitchell, of Mountview, Wollombi district, was charged…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, November 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Juvenile Wanderers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 6

JOHN JACKSON and George Roberts were charged on remand, under the Industrial Schools Act, with having been found wandering the streets in no…

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Parliament. Wednesday, November 29. Legislative Assembly. Mr. W. M. M. Arnold's Pension. The Police and the Totalisators. The Second Ballot. Legal Work of the Railways Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. BAVISTER, said that he had not yet finally decided what…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, November 30. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Maintenance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 2

MAY ROBINSON sued Reuben Smith for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. It will be remembered that a few years ago Reuben Smith, who…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, November 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.p.) a Wages Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 3

THE only business was a wages case, in which Emelina Garside, a single girl, sought to recover from Mrs. J. Ellis the sum of £7 3s 6d alleged to…

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Anarchy in France. the Infernal Machine Scare. Activity of the Police. Discovery at Marseilles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 4

PARIS, Thursday.—Owing to the increased activity now being displayed by the anarchists, and especially in consequence of the infernal machines…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, November 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., the District Registrar.) Public Examinations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 6

Frederick Styman, bankrupt, for whom Mr. Harris appeared, was publicly examined. Only one debt was proved in this estate—namely, by the…

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Alleged Inciting to Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. H. H. Asquith, Home Secretary, replying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, said he was…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 1. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Bad Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 7

MICHAEL HUNT was charged by Constable Kinnane with using obscene language at New Lambton on the 25th ult., and on pleading guilty was fined 5s and costs, in…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 1. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Riotons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 7

CHARLES LYNN, seaman, was fined 40s, with an option of 14 days' gaol for having behaved riotously in Scott-street…

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The Victorian Baby Murders. a Verdict of Wilful Murder. Other Charges Postponed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 5

THE first charge of infanticide against Frances Knorr was concluded to-day. The jury, after a retirement of an hour and a half, found her guilty of the wilful murder of…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1893 · page 6

JAMES NAGLE, labourer, was fined 10s, with an alternative of 48 hours' lookup, for drunkenness. Assault…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1893 · page 6

CHARLES SMITH, seaman, and Robert Reay, miner, were fined 5s and 10s respectively, with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness; and the latter…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 4. (Before, Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Disorderly House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1893 · page 7

MRS. T. GIBSON, a poor cripple, was charged with keeping a house of ill-fame. The court was crowded. Mr. William Fletcher; on behalf of…

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Sentenced for Burglary. Ten Years' Penal Servitude. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 5

WILLIAM IRWIN, was brought up at the Central Criminal Court this morning for sentence. He yesterday pleaded guilty to charge of having on October 30, at…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 3

MICHAEL M'GREGOR, labourer, and Dennis Duggan, seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, December 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) No Appearance

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

FOR the second time Jane Jeffreys failed to answer to a charge of using obscene language at Dudley, when a warrant was issued for her arrest…

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Manslaughter by a Seaman. Costa Sentenced to Three Years. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 5

LOUIS COSTA, a seaman, was brought up at the Central Criminal Court to-day for sentence, having pleaded guilty to the man-slaughter of John Ellis, a shipmate, on the…

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Stealing from a Dwelling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1893 · page 6

Henry Williams, alias Shaw, age 26, pleaded guilty to a charge of having on August 22nd last, stolen from the dwelling-house of James Dean,…

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Alleged Attempted Theft. Elliott Found Guilty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1893 · page 6

Robin James Elliott and Kate Smith were charged with having on the 2nd instant broken and entered the warehouse of John O'Grady, with…

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