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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Not Straight Yet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

ABOUT 10 o'clock on Thursday night, Constable Moore discovered that E. M Neill had made a mistake, and was keeping up the "Happy New Year" two days late, and the…

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Request for Police Protection. Mr. Reid's Reply. Friendly Advice to Both Sides. Sydney

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

Mr. Reid has addressed a letter to Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, of Hetton Colliery, in response to a request for polio protection. He says he has forwarded Mr. Hutchinson's…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 8

Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday. George Thompson an elderly individual, who had been brought up for drunkenness, was…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, January 5. (Before Messrs. Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Indecency

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

JOHN SULLIVAN, seaman ; John Williams, miner ; and James Wright, miner, answered information by Constables Sells and M'Allister of having…

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Police Protection at Greta. Official Correspondence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

In addition to the correspondence between the Premier and Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, chairman of the Hetton Coal Company, and Mr. James Curley, correspondence between…

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The Hetton Colliery. Question of Police Protection. Views of the Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

Respecting the placing of pickets at the Hetton Colliery and the colliery office in Newcastle, Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, chairman of directors, wrote thus to Mr. G. H. Reid,…

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Maitland District. Police Court

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

MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers, J. Gillies, and J. Windross, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 3

AN CROW was charged with stealing from the residence of Ah Tie, Blue Gum Flat, Wallsend, on the 29th December last, one coat and the sum…

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Alleged Murder in Bathurst Gaol. Quarrel Between Prisoners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 5

SOME sensation was created at Bathurst on Saturday when it became known that one prisoner in the gaol had murdered another. The victim was named James O'Connor, the…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, January 7. (Before Messrs. Martin, Christie, and O'Mara, Js.P.) She oak

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 7

ROBERT MAYS, miner drilled on a tide of beer to a state of oblivion of all surroundings, and subjected to restriction by Constable Harrington;…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, January 8. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 6

MARY WATT, a married woman, was charged with being found in the dwelling-house of James Fletcher at Dudley on the 6th instant for an…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, January 8. (Before Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P.) A[?] Amended Penalty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 5

IN regard to the case of Francis O'Hanlon, seaman, who was on Monday ordered to find sureties that he would keep the peace for six…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, January 9. (Before Messrs. Christie and Martin, Js.P.) An Artistic Spree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 7

A MARINE artist and photographer named William Quinlan fell foul of Constable Fea in Scott-street on Tuesday night. The westerly blow proved…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 8

MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers, M. Murray, and S. S. Moore, Js. P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Wallsend Police Statistics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 8

THE following is a return of business transacted by the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Wallsend and Plattsburg (exclusive of land agency business), and of moneys received by…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Thursday, January 10. Let Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 7

JOHN CARTWRIGHT was charged with having been drunk and using bad language in Wallsend. On account of his previous good behaviour, and…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, January 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 7

ELIZABETH SPENCER, phrenologist, admitted an unusual absorption of stimulants prior to her interview with Constable Fea, in Bolton-street, on…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 8

MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Mr. J. Cunningham, J.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. WITHDRAWN…

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Murder of a Hindoo Prince

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The Mehtar of Chitral, a native state in the Hindoo Khoosh region of Central Asia, has been murdered by his younger brother,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

WILLIAM JONES, labourer, for being drunk on the railway premises, was fined 5s, with 24 hours in the lookup as alternative. Disorder…

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