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Courts & crime, 1883

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East Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 29, 1[?]83. (Before Messrs. F. H. Bartlett and A G. Cull[?], J's.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1883 · page 6

LUNACY.—Janet Galloway was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. After medical evidence was taken, defe[?]dant was ordered to be sent to Gladesville…

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East Maitland Police Court. Friday, February 2, 1883. (Before Dr. Spink and A. G. Culi[?]m, J. P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1883 · page 6

LUNACY.—Emma Moore was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. She was remanded for seven days for medical treatment and observation. DRUNKENNESS.—Charles Tippett was charged with…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, February 5. (Before Messrs. P. Green, R. Scobie, and Alfred Vi[?]din, J.s[?].)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 4

OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Ogle appeared before the Court charged with having made use of obscene language within the hearing of persons passing in Hunter-street, West…

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Morpeth Police Court. Wednesday, February 7,1882. (Before Mr. P. K. Haydon, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1883 · page 4

SURETIES OF THE PEACE.—Mary Cox charged Michael Maddigan with having used threatening language towards her on the 18th January, and prayed that the defendant…

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East Maitland Police Court. Tuesdan, February 6, 1883. (Before Messrs. Cullum, Bartlett, and Dr. Spink, J's.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1883 · page 4

CRUELLY ILLTREATING A HORSE.—Havelock Cooper was charged with having cruelly illtreated a horse on the 29th ultimo. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, with 14s…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, February 8, 1883. (Before Messrs. J. B. R. Robertson, A. Vindin, and John Pearse, J's.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 5

LARCENY.—Thomas Bogan was charged with having stolen two emu eggs, the property of John Hynds, at West Maitland, on the 6th instant. Alfred Osborne was charged…

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Brookfield Police Protection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

SIR,—I see by your issue of the 6th Instant that I am again attacked, by one who miscalls himself "Justice"—one who calls me all sorts of names, says my statements are untrue, and that I have not a spark of humanity in me. Why does be thus…

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Poor Brookfield and Police Protection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 1

SIR,—In reference to the Brookfield police protection correspondence which has lately appeared in the columns of your valuable paper, I am glad to see that "Justice" has…

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East Maitland Police Court. Friday February 9, 1883. (Before Messrs. F. H. Bartlett, and A, G. Cullum[?] [?].P

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 4

LUNACY.—Emma Moore was brought [?] on remand, on suspicion of being of unsould mind. Dr. Spink deposed that the defendan[?] had been under his care in gaol for seven…

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Morpeth Police Court. Monday, February.12, 1883. (Before Mr. D. Campbell, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 4

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Cornelius Kent Charles John Po[?]att, and William Hodgkinson, were charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Swan-street, on Sunday…

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East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, February 13,1883. (Before Mr. F. H. Bartlett, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 6

DRUNKENNESS.—Lawrence Moran was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours' imprisonment for having been drunk on the Government Road, West Maitland, on Monday evening…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thuesday, February 15, 1883. (Before Messrs. P. Green, A. Vindin, ana J. J. [?]il[?]y, J.'sP.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 3

DRUNKENNESS.—James Goldspink was fined 5s, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in High-street.—Mary Bridekirk, a very old offender, pleaded guilty to a similar…

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West Maitland Police Court. Saturday, February 17, 1883. (Before Mr. A. Vindin, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1883 · page 4

DRUNKENNESS.—Patrick Ryan was convicted of having been drunk in John-street, on Friday evening, and was sentenced to pay a fine of 10s, or to be imprisoned for three…

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Morpeth Police Court. Monday, February 19, 1883. (Before Mr. D. Sim, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 4

APPRENTICE CASE.—Tobias Wynne was charged with having unlawfully absented himself from his indentured apprenticeship with James M'Laughlin. Defendant was…

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East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, February 20,1888. (Before Mr. F. H. Bartlett, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 4

LUNACY.—William Minor, on remand, was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. Dr. Spink deposed that since last Friday the defendant had not shown any…

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The Maitland Mercuty. Thursday, February 22, 1883. the Police Force

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 4

THE report of the Inspector-General of Police for 1882 gives evidence that our prosperity, if inflated, as Mr. McElhone says, is yet an existing fact. If a bladder, it is not a bladder…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, February 22, 1883. (Before Messrs. P. Green and A. Vindin, [?]P)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 2

LARCENY.—Arthur Watson, in custody, was charged with having stolen a lady's reticule, of the value of 8s; a bottle containing whisky, of the value of 3s; and two…

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