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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 57

Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 3

The license of the Changing Station Hotel, Islington, was transferred from William Whitcombe to Robert Cook. Renewal…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 7

Mr. J. N. Brooks, P M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Elizabeth Williams was charged on…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 3

ELIZABETH ECKFORD, widow, was arrested by Constable Larsen in Hunter-street on Thursday afternoon "very fit;" £1 or seven days (the lady's previous experiences in this…

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Burglary at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1895 · page 5

IN the small hours of yesterday morning a particularly audacious burglar got to work in the residence of Mr. Bryson. M'Naughton's Terrace, Lawson-street, Hamilton. It…

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Murder and Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A serious quarrel between a musician and a doctor, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, has resulted fatally. The musician, meeting the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1895 · page 7

CONSTABLES Vincent, M'Kellar, Mulcahy, and Bartlett each turned up with a "dead bird" on the above grounds, Wm. Jones (an alleged…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 8

MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M, and Messrs. H. Crothers and J. R[?]urke, Js P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 8

At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Ewing, J.P., William J. Edwards, who had been remanded for medical treatment as a person exhibiting symptoms…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, May 21. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 7

RALPH, BROWN was charged with unlawfully assaulting Thomas Hughes, at Lambton, on the 14th inst. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Ludlow, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 7

WILLIAM JONES, "Toorey," whose labours are mostly directed towards expansion of his thoracic duct, was unusually successful on Monday, and…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Newcastle Borough Assessment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 7

AT 11 a.m. yesterday the Bench of the Newcastle Police Court "divided," Messrs. Christie and Ludlow, Js.P., adjourning to the Occasional Court, to…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 6

HARRY ZIEMENS, a sea-cook, got ashore "mit some oder ziemens" and played the old programme of getting as drunk as he could under the…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 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. Neil Munro sued Thomas A.Moore to…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a Maitland Assault Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 5

MR. GILLIBS, M.P., has been informed by the Attorney-General that it is the intention of the Crown to proceed against Samuel Joseph Ingram, committee at Maitland a…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) The Old Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 7

JOHN FITZGERALD, seaman, after getting as drunk as he could, fancied himself a talking machine with a mission in the direction of profanity,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 23. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Mr. A. Ross, J.p.) Cruelty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 7

WILLIAM FENWICK was charged with cruelty to animals. Constable Brady deposed that about 4 p.m. on the 14th instant, whilst on…

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Wallsend Appeal Court. Thursday, May 23. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

MR. SPARKE appeared for the council, with the Mayor, council clerk, and valuers, Messrs. Cowcher and Davies. Rees Thomas, weatherboard house,…

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Plattsburg Council Appeal Court. Thursday, May 23. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

THE cases remaining over last week were dealt with as follows:— Harriett Forrester, house and land. In this case Mr. Barr deposed that the…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 7

"THE Queen," gentlemen, said James Callaghan, a tar who ploughs the water, on the birthday of her most Gracious, &c., but he couldn't keep it…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 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…

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