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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 57

Summons Division. Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

Theresa Hinton v. William Smith. Agnes Stitt v. Theresa Hinton. The parties in these cases are residents of Carrington, and it was…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Ticketless

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

JOSEPH SILVESTER took a run in the train from Murrurundi to Newcastle without obtaining a ticket, but the omission was discovered at…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 20. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Struck Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 3

ALFRED ALLARD was charged that on the 19th December, 1894, at Wallsend, he did, then being a bailee of a horse, convert the same to his own…

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Remarkable Share Transaction. Case in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

AN action to recover damages for breach of contract in connection with certain gold-mining shares was brought by George Pentlam Campbell against John Macpherson in…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 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. He Go, a celestial, was fined 10s, with 2s 6d…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 7

THERESA KERR, widow, arrested by Constable Mulcahy in Scott-street on Thursday night; 5s, or 24 hours. Protection…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 21. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 2

JAMES ADAMS, charged with having been drunk in John-street, Plattsburg, was fined 5s. Walter Emery, also charged with…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 7

Re Frederick Joseph Henry, of Erskineville-road, Newtown, formerly of Newcastle, canvasser, out of employment. No creditors appeared,…

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Police Courts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 8

Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Daniel Markham was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup for drunkenness,…

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Charge of Stealing a Watch. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 5

WALTER MONTAGUE, or Madden. George Shean, or Harris, and Thomas Hare were charged, on remand, with stealing in company a gold watch and chain, a gold medal,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, March 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 6

CHARLES SMITH, seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge, preferred by Constable Hatherly, of using indecent language on the Market wharf, on Thursday night; £2 or 14 days in…

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The Mining Situation. Police Inspection at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 5

INSPECTOR LYNCH visited Minmi yesterday and officially inspected the largo force of police stationed there under Sub-Inspector Saunders. The constables were found to be…

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Burglary at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 5

LATE on Friday night a daring attempt at burglary was made at Mrs. Johnson and Son's butcher's shop, Lambton. It appears that while the shop was being closed after 10…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 7

ISABELLA KERR, charged by Water-police Constable Scott with being drunk in King-street on Friday afternoon was fined 10s, in default 48…

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Bankruptcy Court. Saturday, March 23. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 7

Re John Williams, of Lambton, miner.—The single meeting terminated on Thursday last, and the examination of the bankrupt was…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 8

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

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Murder at New Guinea. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

NEWS has been received of the murder in New Guinea by one of his native carriers of James Hurley, leader of the prospecting party…

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Tragedy in Western Australia. Murder and Suicide. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

PARTICULARS of the tragedy on the Nannine field show that John Sutherland was deliberately murdered by his former mate Henry August Miller, who afterwards…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, March 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.p.) a Surfeit of Liquor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 6

JOHN SAVALOINE, seaman, got overtaken by a visitation of beer, and was found in a very maudlin condition by Constable Grant in Young-street,…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 6

(Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Lochhead, Christie, and Thorn, Js. P.)…

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