Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, April 23
The court re-opened shortly after ten o'clock. APPLICATION. On his Honor taking his seat Mr. Heydon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1880
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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, April 26. The Court re-opened a few minutes after ten. SENTENCE
Thomas Stanley and Albert Smith, who had pleaded guilty to larceny at the Murrurundi Railway Station, were called up for sentence. They had nothing to say why sentence should not be passed…
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THE new gaol for Tamworth is almost completed, and will in a few days be ready to hand over to the proper authorities. By the courteousness of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Police Court. Friday, April 23, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) Drine and Obscenity
George Fonqo was again charged at this court by Constable Hayden for being drunk and disorderly, and using language of a most fil[?]hy character in John-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Police Court. Saturday, 17Th April, 1880. (Before Mr. T. B. Boyoe, and Dr. Knowles, J.P.'s.) Drunk and Disorderly
Theodore M'Dougall was brought up in custody, on remand, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Prisoner pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Annual Licensing Meeting in Sydney. Forty-two Magistrates Voting. Police Objections to the Cafes. Refusal of Several Licenses
THE Central Police Court was this morning thronged to its atmost capacity, the occasion being the annual Licensing Meeting. It had become known that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Morpeth Police Court. Wednesday, April 28, 1880. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. C. E. Jaques, J.P.)
RIOTOUS CONDUCT.—A youth named Peter Searles was charged with having behaved in a riotous manner at Hinton. Constable Murphy explained that the defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before Messrs. W. Eckford and A. G. Cullum, J's P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Ann Brown was brought before the bench on a charge of being drunk in High-street, West Maitland, the previous day. She was admonished and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Police Court.—tuesday, 27Th April, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
TOWNS POLICE ACT.—Thomas Dunn was convicted of a breach of this Act, by having a dray without the owner's name and place of abode painted thereon, and fined 2s. 6d. with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, April 26
The Court re-opened a few minutes after ten. CIVIL SIDE. The business on the civil side of the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April 29, 1880. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. R. Hyndes, J. Pearse E. C. Close, and W. H. Mullen, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—William Hannan and William H. Thompson were charged with drunkenness. They pleaded guilty, and their conduct being quiet, they were cautioned and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Muswellbrook. Police Office, Tuesday, April 27Th. (Before Messrs. F. W. Thrum and W. J. Fitzgerald, J's. P.)
HORSE STRAYING.—Police v. F. Dunn; for allowing two horses to stray; pleaded guilty. Fined 5s, and 2s 6d costs. RIOTOUS CONDUCT.—William Cassin, Chas…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Singleton Court of Requests, Friday, April 30, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) Sawkins V. PENDLETON
E. B. Sawkins sued George Pendleton, of Darlington, for £6 11s. 3d, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday May 3, 1880. (Before Messrs. A. Vindin, and Jas. Wolstenholme, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.âWilliam Mantle was charged with having been drunk at Campbell's Hill, on Friday. He pleaded guilty, and it being his first offence he was admonished and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →D[?] [?]S. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Greta. Police Office, May 1St, 1880. (Before Messrs. Brooks, P.M., and Wm. Farthing, J.P.)
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.—Canty v. McDonald.—Complainant is a miner, and defendant the wife of a miner, residing at Anvil Creek. Complaint's evidence in effect was, that on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court Amenities in Sydney. (From the Herald.)
DURING the progress of the case against the liconsc of the United Service Hotel, Castlereagh-street, heard at the Water Police Court yesterday, an unseemly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, May 4, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) Insufficient Control
Charles Dines, who was charged with driving a dray drawn by one horse, and being at such a distance from the dray in his charge as not to have direction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dunedin Murder
The trial of Robert Butler for the murder of James M. Dewar, one of the victims of the Canterbury-street murders at Dunedin, was concluded on the 17th April, shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Saturday, May 1, 1880. (Before Dr. W. Spink, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.âJas. Harrison was fined 5s., or 24 hours in gaol, for drunkenness. MONDAY, MAY 3, 1880. (Before Dr. W. Spink, J. P.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 4Th May, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
TOWNS POLICE ACT.—Charles Dines pleaded guilty to a breach of this Act by driving a dray drawn by one horse without sufficient control over the horse, and was…
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