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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, May 31. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunk and Language

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

James Murnau, of West Wallsend, charged with being drunk and using indecent language, was fined 5s for drunkenness and 10s for language, or…

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East Greta Accident. Full Court Decision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 5

The case of Bates v. Thomas, which came before the Full Court to-day, in the shape of a special case, arose out of an accident at East Greta Colliery, and…

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Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 2. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

William Fleet, John-Krosa, and John Clark were fined for drunkenness. Indecent Language. John Clark, arrested by Constable…

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Alleged Burglary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 8

At the Wollombi Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Chapman and Dr. Bapty, Js.P., James Munro, on remand from West Maitland Police Court, was charged that he did,…

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Maitland District Alleged Assault

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 8

At the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Henry Crothers, J.P., William Pitch and Thomas O'Loughlin were charged with committing an assault in…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 3. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.m.) Vagrancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 3

Daniel Willis, alias Donovan, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Maitland Gaol, for having no visible lawful means of support, no fixed place of abode,…

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West Maitland Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 8

Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., H. Crothers and J. Rourke, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the Went Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Fitch and Thomas O'Loughlin,…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 5. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 3

George Tarrant, Richard Sherry, William Greenfield, and Stephen Earl were fined for drunkenness. Indecent Behaviour…

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Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, 6th June. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Indecent Behaviour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 3

Timothy Coleman, for indecent behaviour in a passage off Station-street, and adjoining the Town Hall Hotel, on the 29th ult., was fined 5s, and 5s 6d…

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Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 7

Thomas Manly pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing at Newcastle, between January and March, 1899, and between November, 1898, and January, 1899. The…

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Alleged Assault. the Accused Discharged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 7

Margaret, Baukier, a widow, residing in Pacific-street, was arraigned on a charge of assaulting a little boy named David John Sheriff on 5th April, and occasloning…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. the Accused Found "Not Guilty."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 7

Frederick John Bourke and Henry Sidebottom were presented on a charge of stealing one heifer, the property of David Johnson, of Barnsley, near Wallsend. They…

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Serious Riots in Belfast. Mob Charged by Troops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Serious rioting has occurred at Belfast. While a Nationalist procession was passing through the streets it was stoned by…

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Maitland District Police Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 8

The following appointments have been made in the police district of Maitland.—Constable White, of Ellalong, is promoted to Denman; Constable Dwyer, of…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 7. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Straying Horses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 3

Inspector Lloyd, on behalf of the Newcastle Borough Council, prosecuted John Elliott for having allowed two horses to stray on the Recreation Reserve. Defendant was fined…

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Stealing From a Dwelling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 7

Thomas Manly, who pleaded guilty to two charges of staling at Newcastle, between January and March, 1899, and between November, 1898, and January, 1899, was…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, June 8 (Before Mr. Donaldsont, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 3

Solomon Hancock, charged with being drunk in Neilson-street on the 6th last., was fined 10s, or there days in the lockup…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 8. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

John Hawkin was fined for having been drunk in Cowper-street, Carrington. Indecent Behaviour. For having behaved indecently in…

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Small Debts Court. Adjourned Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 3

A Ingram v. William Murphy, goods sold and delivered. There being no appearance of plaintiff, the case case was struck out…

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Newcastle Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, June 8. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, District Registrar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

The public examinations were declared closed in Re William Stoddart, miner, who attributed his failure to illness of self…

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