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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 57

Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 6

Mr. W. F. Rebertson, J.P., Acting-District Registrar in Bankruptey, conducted two bankruptcy examinations at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday forenoon…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, August 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Illegal Carriage of Firearms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 7

GEORGE ALLEN, George Hemmings, William Hemmings, James Hemminge, Fred Shears, James Lindsay, and Archibald Breckin were summoned by Senior-constable Vizzard, of…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Child Murder at Rylstone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

THE body of a fully developed male child was found to-day under the bridge in the water, one mile from Rylstone. The skull was fractured, and a string was tied tightly…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 16Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn, Christie, and Thornton, Js.P.) Summons Division. BURNS v. MAHER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

IN this case the complainant, Margaret Burns, proceeded against John Maher for assault. The complainant did not appear, and Mr. Sparke, who appeared for the…

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The Rev. James Clarke. Another Application to the Full Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

THE Rev. James Clarke appeared before the Full Court to-day, and said he wished to apply for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against an order of July 31 last,…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 8

MESSRS. H. Crothers and J. Rourke, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Nicholas T. Boland was called upon to answer an information…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) She Was Cold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 7

EMMA GEE, alias Emily Lewis, described as a married woman, 45 years of age, in answer to a charge of being drunk in Darby-street on Saturday…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 8

AT the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., Frederick Myers and Frank Kedwell, miners, were brought up on a charge of breaking and…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Ludlow, Js.P.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

THOMAS GRIFFITHS, 25, seaman, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, ,for drunkenness. Disobeying Orders…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 8

Thomas Fl[?]nnagan, the man who had been remanded from Newcastle to the gaol for medical treatment was brought up before Dr. Wright and Mr. J. Windross, Js.P., at the…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, August 21. (Before Mr. Mair., P.M.) Riotous Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 6

MINNIE HARRIS and Annie Clarke gave a pugilistic exhibition at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, and were arrested by Constable Dwan. The…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 8

Messrs. H. Crothers, J. W. Ponder, and A. Cobb, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Frederick Myers and Frank Kedwell,…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 22. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M. DRUNKENNESS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

MILLER JOHNSON, hailing from Teralba, pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly. As Constable Dunshea intimated that Johnson as a rule…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, August 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Travelling Without a Ticket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 6

GEORGE PATON, 64 years of ago, was charged with travelling from Maitland to Newcastle on the Government railways without having previously paid…

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Court of Inquiry at Plattsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 7

In consequence of the numerous complaints received by the Plattsburg Council with reference to the earnings of the men employed in the various…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 6

Martha Hollingshead, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street, was proceeded against by Sub-inspector Saunders for breaches of the…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

Messrs. A. G. Cudum, J. Cunningham, and J. Windross, Js. P., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. DEEMED TO BE INSANE…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1895 · page 3

JAMES WILSON and James Shields were charged with drunkenness, and were fined 5s, or 24 hours. Larceny…

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Remarkable Shooting Affair. a Female Charged. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1895 · page 5

AT the Water Police Court yesterday a woman named Harriet Cleave was charged with shooting at Frederick Dyson with intent to do grievous bodily harm. She…

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The Police Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 8

Mr. J. N. Brooks, Police Magistrate, has advanced so far towards recovery that he will return to West Maitland immediately, and will resume his official duties to-morrow…

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