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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1897

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Newcastle District Court. Friday, September 10. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 7

THE business of the District Court, with was commenced on Wednesday morning, was continued yesterday before his Honor Judge Murray…

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Burglary As a Fine Art

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 4

Beyond a doubt the modern Bill Sikes is rapidly turning to profit the advancements of science. We learn that as the result of a raid upon the premises of a convicted felon,…

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Alleged Assault. a Stationmaster Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 5

AT the Central Police Court to-day four men were remanded till Thursday next on a charge of assaulting Frederick Ford. The prosecutor, a railway stationmaster, reached…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 11. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 7

WILLIAM JONES, a well-known offender, was fined 5s for drunkenness. Two seamen, Euncan M'Diamid and John Ryan, for over-indulgence, were also…

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Newcastle District Court. Saturday, September 11. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 7

THE business of the Newcastle District Court was concluded yesterday before his Honor Judge Murray. DAVIS v. SOLARI…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 8

MESSRS. G. F. Scott, P.M., Henry Czothers, and Alex. Wilkinson, occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Alleged Assault and Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 5

AT the Newtown Police Court to-day, Frederick Smyth, labourer, was charged with assaulting Eva Camp, and robbing her of a purse containing a half-sovereign…

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Newcastle Police Court Monday, September 13. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) a Big List

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 6

WILLIAM TUCKER, a seaman, charged with offending against decency in Brown-street, was fined 20s, in default seven days, and for using indecent…

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Maitland District. Assault Case at Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 8

AT the Singleton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., a man named Robert Albert Ramsay, on remand, was charged with being unlawfully intimate with…

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Maitland District Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 8

The September sittings of the Maitland District Court open at East Maitland this morning at 10 o'clock before his Honor Judge Murray. Over 40 cases were set down…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 14. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) The Two Suspects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 7

THOMAS BURNS and Patrick M'Donald, on remand, were charged with being suspected persons fround frequenting Wolfe-street with intent to commit a…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 14. (Before Mr. Payten, S.M.) Claim for Monumental Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 7

THOMAS GAITES proceeded against William Hammond, administrator in the estate of the late Mrs. Fenwick, of Broadmeadow, for the recovery of £13…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 8

MR. HENRY CROTHERS. J.P, occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An inebriate was admonished and discharged…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 15. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) a Solitary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 7

WILLIAM ENGLAND pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined 5s. Stone-throwing. A lad named George Smith, for throwing…

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Inciting to Sedition. the Trial in Bombay. an Editor Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Bombay correspondent telegraphs that the trial of Gangadhar Telak, proprietor of the native paper Kesari, for inciting to…

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Maitland District. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 7

MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Archibald Milne was charged with…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 17. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) a Suspected Thief Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 2

MARK HARRIS, described as a steward, was charged with being a suspected person found frequenting the Newcastle Racecourse with intent to commit a felony…

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A Thames Mystery. Suspected Terrible Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 7

THE London police are at present making inquiries concerning the death of a man unknown, aged about 40 years, whose body was found floating in the Thames, off Carron…

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Unrequited Love and Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 5

THE Seino Assize Court has just sentenced to death a man named Bruyere for one of the most brutal murders committed in France during recent years. The victim was a…

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The Police Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 6

Under the direction of Mr. Inspector W. O. Lynch the police arrangements all through the celebrations were admirably carried out, the officers of the law at all…

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