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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 55

The Barraba Murder the Police Complimented. Mrs. M'Kay Visits Lee. Tamworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 June 1894 · page 5

ON taking his seat on the Bench yesterday morning, and before commencing the civil list, Judge Innes said he wished to supply an omission made by him in court the day…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 June 1894 · page 6

JAMES MARTIN, seaman, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and Disorderly…

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Attempted Criminal Assault at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 5

ABOUT 7 o'clock last night, while Mrs. Rutley, an aged and highly respectable resident of Waratah, was on the road to Lambton, she was knocked down by a man…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, June 25. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk and Obscene Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 7

MARY KELLY was charged with being drunk and using obscene language on Saturday. The accused admitted being slightly…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 7

THOMAS WILLIAMS, contractor, and Patrick Humphries, seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup; and Charles Doherty,…

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The Victorian Poisoning Case. a Police Report. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 5

A TELEGRAM received by the police from Sergeant Whitney, who is at Adelaide in reference to the exhumation of the body of Mr. Louis Juncken, is as follows:—…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 7

WILLIAM NICK, 44, seaman, Samuel Robinson, 44, seaman, Charles Henry, 35, labourer, Thomas Faljan, 29, Peter Hansen, 45, and Thomas…

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The Barraba Murder. Tamworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 5

THE men Cummings and Lee, condemned to death for the Barraba murder, are incarcerated in Tamworth Gaol, and the executions will probably take place here…

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Summons Court. Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 7

William Porter, alias M'Donald, a young man, pleaded guilty, and was fined £1, with 2s 6d costs and 5s for witness' expenses, for having on the…

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A Mother's Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 3

A STRANGE report of kidnapping was recently brought under the notice of the Melbourne police at Carlton, and on Saturday, as already reported by…

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The Murder of M. Carnot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 4

THE lamentable death of M. SADI CARNOT, President of the French Republic, by the hand of the assassin SANTO, has aroused not only a feeling of indignation against the…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 6

SAMUEL ROBINSON, seaman, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Language…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, June 27. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. T. Jones, J.p.) Trespass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 3

J. C. MAINE summoned W. Wild for trespass by driving a mob of cattle through the Rothbury Estate. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Murder of President Carnot. France Will Mourn for One Month. the Assassin's Statement. Six More Arrests Made. Rioting at Lyons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 4

PARIS, Tuesday.—The funeral of the late President Carnot, who was assassinated at Lyons on Sunday evening last, has been fixed for Sunday next…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 6

JAMES NOGLE, labourer, was fined 10s for having been drunk in Hunter-street, in default 48 hours in the lockup…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, June 28. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Breaches of Municipal Bylaws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 7

HENRY DONKIN was charged by the council clerk of Plattsburg with discharging firearms without lawful excuse in Wentworth-street, on the 9th…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Murder of President Carnot. Italians Quitting France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 4

PARIS, Wednesday.—In consequence of the strong anti-Italian feeling which has been aroused throughout France by the assassination of…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, June 28. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar.) Public Examinations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 3

THE public examinations of the following bankrupts were held and concluded:— Re Henry Edward Shoesmith,…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, June 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.) Billiard Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 3

MANY LOVE, licensed of the Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown, and William Thompson, of the Miners' Exchange Hotel, Hamilton, were granted…

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The Victorian Poisoning Case. Discovery of Arsenic. Mrs. Needle to be Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 5

MR. BLACKETT to-day reported to Superintendent Browne that he had partially completed the analysis of the intestines and stomach of the deceased man, Louis…

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