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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 11. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 3

JAMES W. PRYOR pleaded guilty to being drunk and using obscene language on Saturday last, and in view of the fact that it is now two years…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse). Monday, December 11. Martin v. Moore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 6

LENA MARTIN sued Augustus Frederick Moore for the sum of £200 for damages. Plaintiff declared that on the 13th of November defendant broke…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Weir, J.P.) Drunkennes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 3

THOMAS CLEARY, draper, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Wife Desertion…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Tuesday, December 12. Reserved Decisions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 7

HIS HONOR opened the court at a quarter to 1 o'clock and announced his reserved decisions in two cases. In the case Bowtell v. the…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Outrage in the French Chamber. Powers of the Police Extended. Foreign Anarchists to Be Expelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.—In consequence of the alarming outrage in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Casimer Perrier, the new Premier, has introduced urgent…

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Sheep Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 7

Kenneth M'Donald, aged 61, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with having on the 19th of September, at Minimbah, near…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 7

Myles Kelly, a young man, surrondered to his bail, and was arraigned on a charge of having at West Maitland, on the 19th of October, stolen a…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. A Remarkable Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 7

George Mitchell, a selector, surrendered to his bail and pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on the 24th of May, 1890, at Greta, stolen a…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 2

JAMES NAGLE, labourer, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, December 13. (Before Dr. Walker and Alderman Thos. Jones, Js.P.) Neglecting to Register a Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 2

KIRONS AND STEVENS, carrying or trade as undertakers, West Maitland, were summoned by M. J. Sheppard, district registrar of births and deaths,…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. the Supreme Court Judges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 5

The bill which provides that in the case of the death or resignation of one of the three judges of the Supreme Court, the vacancy shall not be filled unless on the resolution of…

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A Betting Prosecution. Appeal to the Supreme Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 4

AN appeal was made to Mr. Justice Stephen in Chambers this morning against a decision by Mr. Addison, S.M., under the Betting Houses Suppression Act…

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Charge Against a Solicitor. Broad Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 5

AT the Central Criminal Court to-day Ernest Broad (a member of the firm of Fergusson and Broad, solicitors, Sydney) was indicted on a charge of misappropriating a cheque for…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Alleged Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 6

HENRY COLLIS, alias Harry Smith, alias Courtney, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Walter Ball, at Stockton,…

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The Case of Ernest Broad. Sentenced to Five Years. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 5

ERNEST BROAD, who was convicted of mis-appropriation at the Central Criminal Court, was this morning brought before the Chief Justice to receive sentence. Broad, it will be…

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The Revolution in Brazil. Suspects Sentenced to Be Shot. Firing Party Reluctant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—News from Brazil regarding the revolution in that country states that President Peixoto had reason to suspect the fidelity of…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, December 14. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Public Examinations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 3

RE John Toward.—Bankrupt said he wished to amend his statement. He owed Edwards and Co., tea dealers, 9s 6d. He was a miner, and his…

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A Mean Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 12

THE Bishop of Marlborough, whilst proceeding from London to Finchley in order to attend the harvest thanksgiving service at St. Mary's Church,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 3

JAMES GUNINGS, a Cabinet-maker, was fined 10s, with an alternative of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. The Stockton Burglary…

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The Victorian Baby Murders. Frances Knorr Sentenced to Death. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 5

SENTENCE was pronounced by Mr. Justice Holroyd on Frances Knorr this afternoon. The woman sobbed loudly, and had to be held up by two warders…

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