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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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The Earl's Court Exhibition. Exhibit of Queensland Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday—The Queensland National Bank has lodged with the Bank of England £21,000 worth of Queensland gold for exhibition at the…

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A Sydney Letter. the Gatton Outrage and Sydney Theorists. Regarding Alleged Colonial Degeneracy. What It Cost Us to Paint Those Fences. the Boot-box Mystery and Missing Relations. Suing for the Return of a Cat. the Morning Papers in Evening Wrappers. the Street Preacher and the Police. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 7

The police having failed to obtain that tangible intangibility, a clue, in the Gatton case every crank and charlatan in the country is offering suggestions, always…

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The Assault in a Railway Carriage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 4

The case heard yesterday at the Singleton Police Court, where John Johnstone M'Intosh appeared to answer to two cases of indecent assault,…

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Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, January 10. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Indecent Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 7

James Brady, for having made use of indecent language on the public wharf on the 9th inst., was fined £2, with the option of a fortnight's imprisonment in Maitland…

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The Dreyfus Scandal. Attack in the Court of Cassation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—M. de Beaurepaire, who yesterday tendered his resignation as one of the Presidents of the Civil Chamber of the Court of…

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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, January 11. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 7

Thomas Nield, seaman, was fined for having been drunk in Scott-street. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY A seaman named James Hay…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, January 11. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

William Wright, for being drunk and disorderly on Boxing Day at Lochinvar, was lined 5s, and 4s 10d costs. On a second count, of indecent…

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The Yarra Murder. Three Arrests. Confession of an Informer. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

Three arrests were made to-night in connection with the murder of the woman whose remains were found in a trunk in the Yarra. The police received information…

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Discord in the Court of Cassation. Alleged Partiality of Judges Colonel Picquart and His Hot Grog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday—M. de Beaurepaire, who recently resigned the position of one, of the Presidents of the Civil Chamber of the Court of…

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M. DRUNKENNESS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 7

John Walton, seaman, was fined for having been drunk in Hunter-street West, and August Maurice for having been found intoxicated in…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m) Obscene Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 6

Thomas Aspinall was charged with making use of obscene language on the evening of the 31st December, in John-street, and pleaded not guilty…

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The Oxley Murder. the Result of the Post Mortem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 4

The post-mortem examination made by Dr. Wray disclosed the fact that the lad Hill had been killed by a shot from either a revolver or a pistol, which must have…

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The Yarra Murder. Confession by Tod. Statement by the Deceased's Mother. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 5

Some further facts relative to the Yarra mystery came out to-day. It appears that the woman Radalyski's real name is Lubermann. Her husband, who has deserted…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 7

Judgments were given in the following cases:— Frederick Ash v. H. Peterson, claim £10 2s 8d; verdict for plaintiff, with…

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Maitland District West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 8

Messrs. Henry Cro[?]ers and R. E. Graham, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning…

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The Yarra Murder. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 5

The excitement in connection with the death of the girl Ambrose found in the Yarra is now subsiding. Mr. Blackett, the Government Analyst, now finds that the…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 13. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 6

Daniel Burke, seaman, was fined for drunkenness in Newcomen-street. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Daniel Burke was further charged…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, January 11. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 6

Borough of Plattsburg v. Thomas Hill, W. B. Pendleton garnishee. Amount of claim £4 10s 3d for rates due; £3 paid into court…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, January 13. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 3

Michael Rourke, charged with being drunk at Dudley on the 11th instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours in the lookup. Thomas Liverick, charged with being…

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The Murder of Twin Children in Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 7

Miss Slesser, of the United Presbyterian Mission at Old Calabar, was a passenger, in the Elder Dempster liner Oron, which left Liverpool recently,…

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