Singleton District Court
THE following cases are set down for hearing at the District Court here next Saturday before Jadge Wilkinson:- John Frazer and William Brooker v…
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Courts & crime, 1884
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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 13. (Before Messrs. P. Green and A. Vindin, Js.P.)
NEGLECTING TO SEND CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.— Mr. D. Swan, school attendance office, appeared to prosecute George Crofton (two charges), William Ashton, John Dahlen, Henry Hinman, James Cook,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →East Maitland Police Court. Friday March 14. (Before Messrs. V. H. Bartlett, A. G. Cullum, and Dr. Wright J's.P.)
CHARGE OF WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.—Michael Fitzpatrick was charged with destroying a window frame the property of Mrs. Britt. The complainant did not appear. The police stated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Clarence Town. Police Court—wednesday, 12Th Inst. (Before Messrs. Holmes, Carlton, and Croker, J.'sP.)
Police v. Wm Shergold.—Cruelty to Animals.—It appeared from the evidence that defendant had ridden a horse on the 23rd of last month a distance of something over 30 miles, the horse having a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Arizona Court Scene. (Prescott Miner.)
The most disgraceful scene that has ever occurred in Arizona took place to-day in the open court of the Third Judicial District, where Chief Justice French was presiding in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, March 15, 1884. Maitland Quarter Sessions. Friday, March 14, 1884. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. Disturbing a Congregation
John Darling, Edward Meehan, and William Thomas Coleman were indicted for that they, on the 13th January, at Islington, unlawfully and wilfully did disturb a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 17. (Before Messrs. P. Green, R. Scobie, and J. W. Pender, Js. P.)
DRUNKENNESS.âTwo inebriates pleaded guilty to being drunk in High-street the previous day. There were no previous convictions against the defendants, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Monday, March 17, 1884. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) The court re-opened at 10 o'clock. the Case Against John Darling and Others
John Darling, Edward Meehan, and Willian Thomas Coleman, who were charged with disturbing a congregation of members of the Salvation Army, and in whose case the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Saturday, March 15, 1884. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.)
The Court re-opened at 10 o'clock. Mr. Edward L[?]e prosecuted for the Crown. DISTRURBING A CONGREGATION.—Edward Renny was charged that be, at Newcastle, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Saturday, March 15. DRUNKENNESS. (Before Mr. W. Dudding J.P.) John Carey was fined for drunkenness. Monday, March 17. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) an Unlawful, Purpose
John Carey was charged with being on the promises of the Northumberland Hotel for u[?]lawful purposes—viz., with intent to steal…
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At the Maitland Quarter Sessions, on Thursday last, a youth named William Wooten, aged about 16 years, was convicted before His Honor Judge Wilkinson, of having committed an indecent assault…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, March 19, 1884. (Before His Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) The court re-opened at half-past nine o'clook. Common Assault
The case against E. B. Neilson, Henry William Johnson, Alfred Carlsen, William Bowe, Peter Donaldson, and John Anton Anderson, charged with having committed an assault upon Robert Findlay,…
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The sitting of this court has been further adjourned till Monday, the 31st instant, in consequence of the criminal business not being concluded and his Honor having to leave for Singleton to-morrow (Friday.)…
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The business of this court was begun at East Maitland on Tuesday, at ten o'clock, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. In consequence of the sittings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, March 15, 1884. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.)
The Court re-opened at half-past 10 o'clock. Mr. Edward Lee prosecuted for the Crown. COMMOM ASSAULT…
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A MATTER which has of late been engaging the attention of some hon. members is the propriety of commuting a sentence of three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court, Tuesday, March 18. (Before J. P. Luke, Esq. J.P.)
HORSE STEALING.—Henry Osborne, who had been arrested at Mittagong, by virtue of a warrant issued by the Paterson Court, and remanded to out police court, appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court, March 18. (Before A. S. Browne and Thos. Russell, J's.P.)
Denis Condron, charged with being drunk and disorderly, pleaded not guilty. After hearing the evidence of constable T. O'Brien, he was found guilty, and sentenced to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →West Maitland Police Court. Wednesday, March 19. (Before Mr. A. Vindin, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—One inebriate, a woman, was fined 5s, with the alternative of spending six hours in the cells for being drunk in High-street on the previous day…
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NEARLY seven hundred years ago (says the "Antiquarian Magazine and Biographer") Philip H. of France summoned King John of England either to trial or to mortal combat…
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