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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

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Swansea Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Gordon, P.M., and Mr. R. F. Talbot, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 3

ANTHONY HUNTER was charged by Constable Brown with being drunk and disorderly. He was fined 5s, and 4s 10d costs. RIOTOUS…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 November 1894 · page 6

Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday. James P. Curran, a miner residing…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 8

Mr. H. Gordon, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P, occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. A WELCOME…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 12. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 7

PATRICK MURPHY and James Chambers pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Plattsburg on Saturday, and were admonished and discharged…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, November 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P.) More Drink

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 7

"IT has been too hot for you to-day," said Constable Sells to Robert Dunn, on Saturday night, as that 'orny-'anded son of the toil graced the railway…

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Execution in Victoria. Cockroft Hanged. Particulars of the Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 5

ELIJAH COCKROFT, who murdered Fanny Mott, near Horsham, on September 3, was executed in Ballarat Gaol this morning. The condemned man was yesterday examined…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, November 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Straying Horses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 6

THE following persons pleaded guilty to allowing their horses to stray in the public streets of the Borough of New Lambton, when fines were imposed as…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, November 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie, Martin, and Thorn, Js.P) Acquitted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

THOMAS HICKEY, on remand, was charged with larceny as a bailee of a purse and 9s. 3d, the property of James M'Isaac, at Newcastle, on the 9th…

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The Hero of Mount Huxley. Samuel in the Bankruptey Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 5

THE affairs of Philip Percival Samuel, of Barrack-street, Sydney, the hero of the Mount Huxley mining case, were investigated before the Registrar in Bankruptcy…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, November 14. (Before Mr. Gordon, P.M., and Dr. Walker, J.p.) the Adjourned Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1894 · page 7

C. HEDER and J. Connelly, on remand, were charged with having behaved in a riotous manner on the 4th instant, in a public street…

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Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, November 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) a Lively Siren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1894 · page 6

SARAH ANDERSON, a married woman, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Hill-street, Plattsburg, on the evening of the 13th…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 8

MR. H. GORDON, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Otto Wiebie was called upon to answer an information…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, November 15. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Neglect to Obey Order of the Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 6

THOMAS PARSONS was charged with having neglected to obey an order of the Court for not paying towards the support of his illegitimate child…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The National Weakness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 6

CONSTABLE SELLS, While doing Scott-street on Wednesday afternoon, observed that John Murphy, sen., a seaman, was "just anyway" from the…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, November 14. (Before Mr. Henry, P.M., and Mr. R. Durie, J.p.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 8

CHARLES LENNOX was charged by Constable Duffall with having been drunk and disorderly at West Wallsend on the 13th October last. He was fined 5s, and costs…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 6

The application of John Jack, licensee of the Carrington Club Hotel, Carrington, for a renewal of his license for the ensuing year, was…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 7

MR. H. GORDON, P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Soorley, of Largs, and Patrick Reynolds, of East Maitland, were each fined…

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] Brutal Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—James Canham Read, an employee of the Royal Albert Dock Company, has been found guilty of the murder of a young…

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Tragedy in Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A shocking tragedy has been perpetrated in a Court of Justice at Nashville, a town in Tennessee, United States. During…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Disorder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 2

THOMAS WILLIAMS, seaman, amused himself by indulging in a sparring match, in Scott-street, on Thursday night, to which form of diversion Constable Sells took exception; 10s…

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