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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 55

Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 7

The license of the Reserve Hotel, Bolton-street, was transferred from Samuel M'Intyre to Mrs. Mary Ann Besley, a widow, 63 years…

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The English Divorce Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 12

A PARLIAMENTARY paper has been issued giving a return of the number of suits instituted from 1888 to 1893 inclusive for judicial separation and…

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Hudson Brothers v. Greta Collieries Company. Case Again in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 5

THE hearing of the petition on behalf of Hudson Bros. for the winding up of the Greta Collieries Company, Limited, was again before Jadge Manning sitting in…

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Burglary at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 5

ON Thursday night or early on Friday morning the shop of Mrs. Grisdale, a widow, at New Lambton, was entered and a quantity of sugar stolen. The police were…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, June 8. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Municipal Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 7

SYDNEY HARRIS was charged with being the driver of a cart and plying for hire within the borough of New Lambton without a license…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, June 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Weir, J.P., Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 6

F. WOOD, E. Norton, G. Brown, and P. Ward were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…

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The Strikes in the United States. the Situation at Cripple Creek. a Gatling Gun Used by the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Saturday. — Serious fighting has taken place at Cripple Creek, Colorado, between the police and coalminers on strike. The police…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 7

PATRICK DALY, 50, labourer; George Sharp, 32, miner; George Gardiner, 34, bootmaker; Griffiths Owen, 37, a seaman; John Murphy, 27, miner;…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 6

NEIL BARR was charged with being drunk in Mary-street, Plattsburg, on 9th inst. This being his first offence he was dismissed with a caution. For…

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Alleged Murder. Charge Against a Boy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

SAMUEL GEORGE, youth, was placed upon his trail at the Central Criminal Court to-day before Mr. Justice Innes, on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously wounded…

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The North Melbourne Murder. Death Sentences Commuted. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Cabinet was held this afternoon to consider the case of the men Watson and Douglas, sentenced to death for the murder of Eugene Possett at…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a Station Manager Attacked. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

WHAT would to have been an attempt to murder Mr. Wyatt De Little, manager of the Temora Station, nearly three miles from Temora, was made by a Chinaman on…

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Water Board v. Scottish-australian Mining Co. Case in No. 1 Jury Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

THE case of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against the Scottish-Australian Coal-mining Company was commenced before the Chief Justice and a jury…

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Lambton Police Court. Serious Charges Against an Old Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 7

IN the Lambton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., Robert Urquhart, aged 66, an old gold-miner and a resident of…

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A Racing Pony Dispute. Settled in the Police Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

A DISPUTE regarding the ownership of the racing pony Mona was decided at the Redfern Police Court to-day. A case arising out of the dispute was held last week, when…

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Summons Court. Not Served

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 6

On the case being called on it was stated that the summons was not served in which Thomas Walton was charged by the Newcastle Gas and…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 6

THOMAS JONES, miner, and Frederick Watson, labourer, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours in the lockup, for having been drunk on the previous…

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The Collieries' Water Supply Cases. In No.1 July Court. Sydney, Tuesday the Scottish Australian Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

THE suit of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. the Scottish-Australian Coal Mining Company, Limited, was continued to-day before the Chief Justice…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Larceny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 7

THOMAS MURRAY, a rough-looking swagsman, was charged with stealing a blanket, the property of Mr. Joshua Nichols, at Waratah, on Tuesday last…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Bennett, Js.P.). Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 6

JAMES BROWN, 38, labourer, Joseph Sarrander, 60, a Spanish seaman, Thomas Nelson, 40, a Swedish seaman, and John Morgan, 42, an Irish…

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