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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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The South Melbourne Murder. Execution of Buck. Unconcerned to the Very End. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 5

ARTHUR BUCK, the murderer of Kate Norton at South Melbourne, was hanged in Melbourne Gaol this morning. He remained utterly callous to the last, and death was…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 8

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. d. Moore, J P., Christopher M'Donald was charged with stealing a puggery and £4, 1s 6d belonging to Mr J…

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Contempt of Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. W. T. Stead, the editor of the Review of, Reviews, was to-day fined £100 for commenting in the Review upon the case of Jabez…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow, Moore, Thorn, and Christie, Js.P.) "Tangled."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 2

WILLIAM BEATON, seaman, was the only victim to intemperance, without any accessory imputations, and was asked for 5s…

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The Sydney Diamond Robbery. Accused Before the Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 5

PERCY GILL and Alfred Gill, brothers, were brought up on remand at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with stealing 43 diamond rings and one sapphire ring, valued…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 6

JOHN COZENS put himself outside too many "refreshers" on Tuesday, and paid 5s for the police protection afforded him…

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The Murder of an Abbe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 3

MAXENCE AMELOT, the woman who killed the Abbe de Broglie in Paris, although suspected of not being in her right mind, is sorely puzzling the…

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Greta Appeal Court. Wednesday, July 3. (Before Mr. J. Brooks, P.M., and Dr. A. E. O. Walker and Mr. T. Jones, Js.P.) Municipal Council V. Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 6

THIS was a case in which the Greta Colliery made 34 appeals against the council's assessment for the current year…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 8

Messrs. H. Crothers and J W. Birkenhead, Js.P., occupied the Beach at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday DRUNKENNESS…

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Murder in Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 3

ON the day before Deacon Brodie was hanged on the gallows of his own contriving, he was heard whistling a snatch from "The Beggars' Opera."…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Fishery Regulations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 7

MR. GORDON, Inspector of Fisheries, proceeded against the following persons for breaches of the regulations controlling fishing in this district:—…

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Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, July 3. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Bad Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 7

JAMES ROBERTSON Was charged with using obscene language in a public street, Teralba, on the 1st instant. He street, Teralba, on the 1st instant. He…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

Mr. J. N. Brooks, P M., and Dr. Wright and Mr. R. Scobie, Js P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Wallsend Police Court. Friday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

SYDNEY HANDCOCK and Edward Jones, two boys, were charged with stealing the sum of £1 10s 6d and four cigars, from the dwelling of John Greaves, Mary-street, Plattsburg, on…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Sydney

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

AT the Balmain Police Court to-day, John Wilson, alias Cameron, alias Long, alias Dalrymple, was brought up on remand on a charge of having attempted to murder Edwin…

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The Recent Execution in Melbourne. the Gaol Chaplain

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

THE end of the murderer Arthur Buck, who was hanged in Melbourne last Monday, has received more than usual attention at the hands of religious bodies in the Victorian…

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Licensing Court. Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

The license of the Imperial Hotel, Darbystreet, was transferred from Mark Murphy to David Thomas…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, July 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m) Threatening Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

JOHN RUSHTON was charged with using threatening language to Sarah Shakespeare at Lambton. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Sarah Shakespeare, a married woman,…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, July 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

ELIZABETH MUNRO answered the complaint of Constable Clarke, by admitting she had been tipsy in Hunter-street on Thursday night, adding that she had been absent from…

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Police Court

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

Mr. J. Rourke, J P, ocupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court last Saturday James Bogan was brought up for drunkenness and was discharged. Charles…

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