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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 55

Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 8

MR. H. GORDON, P.M. occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. WIFE DESERTION. Michael Fitzpatrick, of East Maitland, was…

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District News. Minmi. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 2

IN the Minmi Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., the Broadmeadow Co-operative Society sued John Veal, of West Wallsend, for £2 16s 3d for…

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Wallsend Police Court. Friday, November 30. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Larceny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 3

GEORGE W. RIDLEY, Albert Shoesmith, Joseph Eade, and Ab. Filby, four small boys, were charged with stealing the sum of 5s from the shop of William Henry Drury,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 3

JAMES RILEY followed the old, old practice of the "amphibious" section of the visitors to our port, by sinking his recollections in the waters of Lothe, vulgarly known as rum, and…

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The Recent Shearing Riots. Prisoners Sentenced. Sydney, Friday. the Momba Arson Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 5

HENRY LAWLESS, Andrew O'Neill, Henry Berkeley, and Paul Pahae, who were convicted at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday on a charge of having set fire to an…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1894 · page 8

AT the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday Charles Watson, a robust follow 32 years of age, was charged with having behaved riotously in…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 1. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1894 · page 7

EVAN LUMBY was charged by Constable Newing with having been drunk in Scott-street during the previous evening. Accused himself seemed to…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 8

Mr. H. Gordon, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and G. Buxton, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Stealing Boots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 6

Alfred May was arraigned on a charge of having on September 30th stolen four pairs of boots and a box of laces, the property of the Co-operative…

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Stealing Horns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 6

Silvester Bristol, a nogro, and John Donn, age 18, were charged with having on October 27th, at Blue Gum Flat, near Wallsend, stolen 1000…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, December 3. (Before Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1894 · page 3

PATRICK DONAGHUE was the only person accused of having substituted self-indulgence, in a fluid form, for devotional exercises on the 2nd…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, December 4. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 3

JOSHUA MORGAN was charged, on remand, with having stolen a pair of boots, valued at 10s, the property of Morgan Lane, from the rotunda on…

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Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 8

The exceptional strain on the police department at West Maitland, owing to the removal on special duty of several of the officers, has been considerably reduced during…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 4. (Before Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 6

ELIZA HICKS admitted having sacrificed common sense to thirst, having allayed which she was found in a much-mixed condition on the reserve…

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Quarter Sessions. Second Day Tuesday, December 4. (Before Mr. Acting-Judge Rogers.) MR. F. A. DAWSON prosecuted for the Crown. Stealing in a Dwelling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 7

William Barnett, a seaman, was arraigned on a charge of having, on November 15, stolen in the dwelling of Joseph Hinds, a silver necklace…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1894 · page 7

JOSEPH THOMAS LUDERMANN, seaman, was found by Constable M'Gill at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night offending against decency in Hunter-street…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, December 7. (Before Mr. Gordon, P.m.) Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1894 · page 3

D. CANTEY sued J. Hanley for fraudulently removing furniture from the plaintiff's house so as to avoid payment of rent…

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Dyke Police Box

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1894 · page 4

Some time ago, when the berthing-master's office at the dyke was removed to the new building, it was recommended in the Newcastle Herald that the old offices should be handed over to the…

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A London Mystery Solved. Murder Confessed by a Madman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The police have arrested Reginald Saunderson, a nephew of the late Colonel Saunderson, M.P. for North Armagh, for the…

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Police Court

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

Mr. H. Gordon, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. James Bogan was fined 2s 6d, with the option of…

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