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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 57

Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 8

MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Thomas Waugh was brought up for drunkenness and discharged. Adam Deaham…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, May 3. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Discharged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 8

JOSHUA MORGAN was charged, on remand, with stealing from the person of William Punton, jewellery, money, &c., to the value of £12, on Sunday last…

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The Ringarooma Court-martial

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

THE result of the Court-martial on Surgeon LEA, of H.M.S. Ringarooma, is of importance to every officer who may be placed in a similar position to…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 7

R. BROOKS, artist, got inartistically "boozed' in Scott-street, and Constable Lewis kindly tended him; 5s, or 24 hours. John Mathicson, seaman, rendered the…

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Another Court-martial. a Charge of Embezzlement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 5

THE second of four naval Court-martials fixed to take place in connection with the fleet now in the harbour was opened on H.M.S. Wallaroo to-day. The…

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Payment of Members. the Equity Suit Dismissed. Appeal to the Full Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 5

THE case of the Attorney-General v. Rennio, in which the validity of the Parliamentary Representatives Allowance Act is called into question, came before Mr. Justice Manning…

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Morpeth. Police Court

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

A Small Debts Court was held at Morpeth on Friday, there being no police charges to be heard. Two cases brought by the Farmers and…

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Murder in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A Guardsman named Wright has been arrested on his own confession on a charge of causing the death of a woman under…

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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, May 4, 1895. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M. Drunkenness

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

ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY, seaman; James Tobell, seaman; and Joseph Grace, miner, evidenced the strength of intoxicants over brain power on…

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Maitland District. Police Court

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

MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bunch at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. DRUNKENNESS…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Influenced by the Spirits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 6

IF Andrew Evans, seaman, had been living on salt fish for a fortnight he could not have wanted more fluid to wash the inside of his neck than he…

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Naval Court Martial. a Paymaster Dismissed the Service. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 5

THE court-martial to hear the charges of embezzlement against J. H. Coulton, an assistant paymaster of H.M.S. Mildura, sat again to-day on H.M.S. Wallaroo. The…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Intemperance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 7

THE undue contact of the spirit(s) with the flesh turned Archibald Montgomery's brain topsy-turvy, and that gay mariner fell into the hands of…

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Maitland District. Police Courts

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

AT the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., John M'Kay, the man who was remanded on the preceding day on a charge of fraudulently…

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Adamstown. Friendly Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 7

THE Friendly Appeal Court, to hear appeals against the rates assessed by the council's valuators, Messrs. Loyden and Lindus, was advertised to be…

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CABLEGRAMS. Jabez Spencer Balfour. at Last Before a British Court. Several Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Jabez Balfour, formerly M.P. for Burley, was brought up at Bow-street to-day, and formally charged with the fraudulent mis-use…

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Parliament. Tuesday, 7Th May. Legislative Assembly. Ringarooma Court-Martial. Cremorne Coal Company. Sydney, Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at 3.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 5

Mr. REID, in reply to Mr. Rose, said that Messrs. Tooth and Co. did not enter a written protest when paying arrears demanded by Customs officers. The money…

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Minmi. Recent Assault Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1895 · page 3

The following is a copy of the reply sent to Mr. Alfred Ayerst, secretary of the Minmi Progress Committee, in answer to a petition signed by 354…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 8. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Dipsomania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1895 · page 7

THE first of the tanglefoot contingent to steady himself by the dock railings and gaze mournfully at the Bench, was Thomas Farrell, who had just…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 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. William M'Leod was fined 5s, with 4s 10d…

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