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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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

Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Disobedience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 6

JOHN HALLEY, seaman, was charged with having disobeyed lawful commands on the B.R. ship Abercarne. Constable Mundy deposed to having…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 23. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1893 · page 3

THOMAS GREY, seaman, Peter Tart, cook, and William Thompson, miner, were each fined 5s, or 2-1 hours in the lockup, for being drunk on the…

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Lambton Police Court. Saturday, December 23. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) a Night Prowler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1893 · page 3

ALBERT HALLETT was charged with being upon the premises of William France, at Now Lambon, for an unlawful purpose…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The Cheering Cup

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 7

ROBERT M'INTOSH, seaman, was brought up for having been drunk and disorderly, with having used indecent language, and with having broken a…

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Telegrams New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Nineteen Charges of Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 5

AT the Balmain Police Court to-day a man named Prosper Collison was committed for trial upon two charges of burglary at Woolwich. Upon 17 similar charges he was…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, December 27. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Magnanimous Chinese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 7

THE four boys charged with damaging vines to the extent of £2 in the garden of Sam Sing, Waratah, on the 13th inst., were again brought up on…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, December 27. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 7

BENJAMIN LEWIS and William Smith, minors, were each fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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Murder of a Bohemian Spy. Two Men Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 4

PRAGUE, Wednesday. —Further developments have taken place in connection with the murder of Rudolf Meva, because he was believed to be…

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Socialist Riots at Amsterdam. the Police Use Their Sabres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1893 · page 4

AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.—Severe Socialist riots have taken place here. The police had great difficulty in restoring order, and had to draw their…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 28. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) a Dog in Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1893 · page 3

THOMAS HEPPLEWHITE, Jun., v. John Hepplewhite.—This was a dispute about a dog. As the parties were brothers the Police Magistrate…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and O'Mara, Js.P.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1893 · page 6

JAMES GREIG, labourer, and Jack Richardson, aboriginal, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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Strikers' Riot in South Wales. Free Labourers Attacked. the Police Compelled to Retire. Regular Troops Called Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The men employed at Pontymister Steel Works, South Wales, who are out on strike, have offered violent resistance to the…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 3

PETER PETERSON, seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Andrew Pengast, on board the B.R. ship Gulf of Venice. Accused was fine 20s, with an option of 21…

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