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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 55

Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 9. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Breaking and Entering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 6

THOMAS M'WILLIAMS and Robert Donn were charged with breaking and entering, and stealing from the Lake quarie Hotel, Teralba of gin and one…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, August 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 3

WILLIAM JOHNSTON, 23, a Danish seaman, for having been drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street West, was ordered to pay 10s, or suffer three…

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Working on Sunday. Sentenced to be Set in the Stocks. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 5

AT the Glebe Police Court to-day Sub-inspector Elliott proceeded by summons against a man named Robert Shannon on an information laid under section 1 of the Act…

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An Old Scandal Revived. Outcome of a Charge of Theft. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 5

IN the course of the trial of two young men named Francis Carrington and Edward Raynor, indicted at the Quarter Sessions to-day for the robbery of certain wearing…

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Summons Court. a Trivial Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 2

James Mason, licensee of the Australian Hotel, Hunter-street, was charged by Charles. Campbell, a wharf labourer, with having, on July 31st, unlawfully assaulted him…

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Burglars Sentenced. Their Defence Criticised. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 5

FRANCIS CARRINGTON GRIFFIN and Edward Raynor, the young men who were yesterday convicted at the Quarter Sessions of house-breaking at Balmain, were this morning…

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Minmi Police Court. Monday, August 6. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 6

ROBERT BARRASS pleaded guilty to being drunk on the Minmi-road, West Wallsend, on the 4th instant, and was cautioned by the Bench and discharged. A second charge was…

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Correspondence. Waratah Police. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of Thursday appears a paragraph under the above heading which is calculated to lead the general public to believe that the Waratah alderman and the…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Old and Infirm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 2

JOHN WHITE, an old man of 65 years of age, who appeared to be deaf and thoroughly infirm, was before the Court for protection. Being destitute, he wished to get into some…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, August 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 3

WILLIAM ANDERSON and Stephen M'Ewan, miners, and James M'Govern, cook, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for…

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Police Protection. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 7

SIR,—I understand, on the most reliable authority, that at the present time at least one-third of the police of Newcastle and suburbs, including…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 7

JAMES RITCHIE HARMANN, G. Schonling, Charles Wright, Michael Cahill, and John O'Neil were each fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for…

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CABLEGRAMS. Anarchism in France. the Great Trial. Acquittal of the Accused. Two Sentenced for Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 4

PARIS, Sunday.—The trial of 30 suspects arrested, on a charge of being leaders of anarchists' conspiracies, was brought to a conclusion to-day. The…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Thief Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

Harry Johnson, convicted of numerous robberies in Gippsland, was to-day sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. THE LATE THOMAS CORRIGAN…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 7

JOHN WILLIAMS was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in More-head-street on the 13th instant, and also with using obscene language at…

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North Sydney Assault Case. The Prosecutor Withdraws. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

THE case in which 10 young men are charged with having assaulted a man named Herbert W. Part, at North Sydney, on the night of Sunday, August 5, was to have been…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Clapin, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 6

WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, 20, a Scotch seaman, and Facque Launse, 19, a Brazilian seaman, were each fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours in the lockup,…

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Summons Court. Breach of the Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 6

Richard J. Mooney, licensee of the All Nations' Hotel, Carrington, pleaded guilty to a charge of having on Sunday afternoon, August 5th,…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, August 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 7

ALFRED EDWARDS, waterman, was ordered to pay 5s, or be locked up for 24 hours, for having been drunk on the public wharf…

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Summons Court. Municipal Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 7

William M'Auliffe, for allowing a horse to stray on the public streets, was fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs. John Thompson, for allowing an…

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