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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Remanded to Tasmania. a Question for the Supreme Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

AN application was made to the Chief Justice, Sir George Innes, and Mr. Justice Simpson, in Banco to-day, by Mr. Wise, for the release of one William Harris, who had…

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District Court. Second Day. Friday, March 8. (Before Mr. Acting-Judge Rogers, Q.C.) Beazer v. Buxton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 7

IN this action Edward Beazer, of Kenrick-street, Hamilton, obtained a verdict by consent against Edward Buxton, of Stockton, for the sum of £5 10s, money lent in 1891, with…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 7

EDWARD MALONEY, seaman, got "just that way" on Friday night, and was seen by Constable Newing; 5s or 24 hours…

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District Court. Third Day. Saturday, March 9. (Before Mr. Acting-Judge Rogers, Q.C.) Keightley v. Rodgers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 7

IN this case Stewart Keightley, general manager of the Newcastle Coal Company sued James S. Rodgers, trading as J. S. Rodgers and Sons,…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 8

Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. WITHDRAWN…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 7

JOHN MOLLIN , seaman, was found drunk in Scott-street by Constable Sells on Sunday evening; 10s, or 48 hours…

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(Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The Tram-Car Assault Case. Case Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 7

Thomas Vipon, Albert Manefield, Hewett Banfield, and Thomas King, on remand from the 8th instant, were charged with assaulting, in company,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, March 11. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Messrs. T. Fryar and T. Croudace, Js.P

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 3

BREACH OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ACT. MRS. E. A. TYRELL appeared in response to a warrant and pleaded guilty to the charge that her boy had…

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Military Court-martial. The Inquiry Closed. No Decision Announced. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 5

THE court-martial on Captain Close was concluded at the Victoria Barracks to-day. The Judge-Advocate, in summing up, said before the Court could find the prisoner…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 8

Messrs. H. Crothers and J. Enright, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Frank Moore and Frank Crane were brought up for…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 8

Following almost immediately on the recovery of the horse which was alleged to have been stolen at Oakhampton on the 6th instant, the police have made an arrest. George…

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Police Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 8

At the meeting of the committee of the West Maitland School of Arts last evening, Mr. Curnow drew attention to a disturbance which had been occasioned by larrikins during…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, March 12. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

ABRAHAM BUTTERWORTH pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness at New Lambton on Sunday last, and was fined 5s…

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Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, March 12. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Fence "Shaking."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

THOMAS HOPKINS was called upon by summons to show how he became possessed of a quantity of posts and rails…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 7

JAMES SMITH, labourer, drunk in Hunter-street at 6.50 p.m. on the 11th, arrested by Constable M'Gill; 5s, or 24 hours…

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Correspondence. the Police at Minmi. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

SIR,—I, as well as others, have been waiting to hear of some of our members of Parliament move the adjournment of the House or take some other…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 8

MR. J. ROURKE, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. George Cridland was brought up on a charge of stealing a horse, the property of Percy…

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The Greta Police Court. a Colliery Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 2

AT the Greta Police Court yesterday Alfred Page, manager of the New Anvil Creek Colliery, was charged at the instance of John M'Kenzie,…

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Sentenced for Forgery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 5

SENTENCE was passed at the Quarter Sessions to-day upon the Italian, Robert F. Sali, convicted of forgery and uttering. It was shown that the prisoner had previously served a…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 6

EDWARD MALONEY, seaman, circum-scribed rum and other exhilarating compounds until his head performed 250 revolutions a minute on Tuesday…

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