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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, October 8. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Obscene Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 2

JOHN CAMPBELL pleaded guilty to using obscene language at New Lambton, and was fined 10s, with 5s 6d costs…

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The Dean Case. Solution of the Mystery. Mr. Meagher Confesses Statement in Parliament. Mr. Crick Exonerated. Resignation of Mr. Meagher. Dean Re-arrested. Further Charged with Perjury. Sydney

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

IN the Assembly this afternoon, as soon as the Speaker took the chair, the most affecting scene and most distressing speech ever made in a Parliament was delivered by…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 8

Dr. Wright and Mr. J. Windross, Js. P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. George Stokes, the young man who had been under medical…

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Dean in the Police Court. The Charge of Perjury. Remanded Until To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

The scene at the Water Police Court this morning when George Dean was brought up was remarkable. The Court usually opens at 10 o'clock, but an hour before that time a…

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The Elizabeth-street Murder. Case Before the Criminal Court. Remanded to the Next Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

THOMAS MEREDITH SHEBIDAN, against whom the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder in connection with the tragedy of which the unfortunate girl Jessie Nicholls…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, October 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Breaches of Bylaws

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

THE Inspector of Nuisances for Merewether proceeded against David Lloyd, James M'Lellan, W. S. Powell, and John Braize for breaches of the…

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The Walcha Murder. Sentence of Death Passed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

AT the Armidale Circuit Court to-day Bernard Sweeney was charged with murdering his wife at Walcha in April. He was found guilty this afternoon and sentenced to death…

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The Death of the Moree Magistrate. Coroner's Jury Unable to Agree. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

UNUSUAL results attended the inquest touching the death of D. E. Troughton, Police Magistrate of Mores, who was found dead in his office on Saturday evening…

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The Dean Case. All Doubt Set at Rest. Confession by Dean. Guilty of Perjury. He Admits Purchasing Poison. Mr. Meagher Blamed. Dean in the Police Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

THERE was farther intense excitement in Parliament House this afternoon at about a quarter-past 4 o'clock, when it was rumoured that the Government had in its possession a…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, October 9. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 3

JOHN RYAN , SEN., for drunkenness on Sunday, was fined 5s, with 5s 6d costs. Frank Chambers, for being drunk…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Breach of the Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 6

DANIEL COYLE, licensee of the billiard room in Bolton-street, pleaded guilty to the charge of having his licensed premises open after hours, and was…

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Murder at Strasbourg. a Wool Manufacturer the Victim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday —News has been received of the murder of Herr Schwartz, at Strasbourg, by a workman. He was the head of the firm of…

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The Dean Case. Police Court Proceedings. the Conspiracy Charges. Postponement Granted. Dean up for Perjury. The Chemist in the Witness Box. Hearing Adjourned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

THERE was intense excitement at the Water Police Court this morning, in consequence of the appearance of the accused in the Dean conspiracy cases Fully 3000 people…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 6

The following renewals of publicans' licenses were granted without opposition from the police :—To W. Johnston, Miners' Arms Hotel, Stockton;…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 6

AT the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J Ewing and W. F. Robertson, Js.P., Charles M'Ginlay was charged with having suffered two animals to…

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The Diamond Robberies. Weeks and Gill Sentenced. Mr. Crick's Position. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 5

PERCY GILL, convicted of having received a quantity of jewellery, the property of Stewart Dawson and Company, and Frederick Weeks, convicted of being an accessory after the…

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

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

EDWARD WARREN, for drunkenness at Carrington, was fined 5s or 24 hours. Annie Solick, for drunkenness in Brown-street, was fined 5s or 24 hours. Ellen Elliott, who got…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 3

GEORGE GOURLEY, arrested by Constable Bowland, was fined 5s or 24 hours' for indulging too freely; and Joseph Rowland, arrested by…

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Charge of Murder. a Verdict of Manslaughter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 5

JAMES M'LEAN pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to a charge of having on September 25, at Sydney, feloniously and maliciously murdered Harry Coulson, a…

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Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 8

Messrs. H. Crotners, J. D Prentice, and Dr. Haynes, Js P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. CHARGE CASES…

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