Maitland District Court. Friday, March 15. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson)
The court re-opened at ten o'clock. JURY CASE. BROWNLIE V. JONES. This case was tried before a jury of four. It was…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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East Maitland Polica Court. Fridat, March 15. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M., and, Dr. Wright, J.P.)
ILLTREATING A HORSE.—James Capper was charged with having on the 5th March, at Mount Vincent, cruelly illtreated a horse. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £1, with 4s 10d court costs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scone Police Court. Friday, March 15th, 1889. (Before Mr W F, Parker, P.M.)
George Friend Wickens was brought up, in custody, charged with wife desertion. Senior-Sergeant John Coaly deposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton District Court. Tuesday, March 19th. (Before His Honor Mr District Court Judge Wilkinson)
THE Court opened at ten o'clock, and the following cases were dealt with:— James Hutchison v. Robert Freeman. Claim for £18 3s 1d. for goods sold. Mr W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, March 19Th. (Before Messrs J. N. Brooks, P.M., G. T. Loder, and R. H. Matthews, J's.P.) Breach of Public Instruction Act
GUSTAVE BRUKERLIN was sammoned by David Swan, School Attendance Officer with neglecting to send his child Ernest to school the required number of days for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Quarter Sessions. Monday, March 18, 1889. (Before His Honor Mr District Court Judge Wilkinson.)
THE Court opened at 10 o'clock. Mr W. B. Beaver was present as Clerk of the Peace. The only member of the bar in attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 21, 1889
STOCK ASTRAT.—Richard Howerth was fined 5s, and Asher Kimber in a similar amount, with court costs, for suffering stock to stray. ABUSIVE WORDS.—Daniel Henry v. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Friday March 22. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M.)
CHARGE OF LARCENY.—Leslie Cotterill was charged with having at East Maitland, on the 18th instant, stolen a watch and chain, the property of Denis Reid. Mr. Thompson appeared for the defence…
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The hearing of the charge against Captain Jones of the barque Glencoyne, for assault on a seaman named Otto Hermanes, was continued till a late hour on Friday, Jenkyn Jones, the accused, being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 25, 1889. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—A man who had been arrested on Saturday night for this offence, and who had been in the cells since, was discharged, it being his first offence…
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Owen Hutson has been arrested and remanded on a charge of having committed anasault on achild, aged nine years in the Observatory Reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 26Th March. (Before Messrs J. N. Brook", P.M., W. Dudding, St. T. Loder, and B. H. Mathews, J's.P.) Travelling Without a Ticket
JAMES BROWN, a youth about eighteen years of age, was charged by George Thomas Dowling, railway station-master at Singleton with travelling in a railway carriage without…
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Jane Thomas, a married woman, was charged with stealing a child's dress, valued at 4s 11d, from the shop of Messrs. Cook and Co., Newcastle, on the 25th instant. She asserted she bought the dress,…
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Mail news from St. Louis, America, states that at the little town of Bolar, Mercer county, Missouri, the following tragedy has occurred: — Henry Thomas, an old farmer, had four daughters, named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Murder at Swansea
Swansea was early on the morning of February 10 the scene of a dreadful murder. Mr. Frederick George Kent, landlord of the Gloucester Hotel, and Mrs. Kent retired to bed on Saturday night, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horrible Murder at Dundee
William Henry Bury, a native of London, was charged at Dundee on Monday, with the murder of his wife. According to his own version of the affair, as told to the police when he gave himself…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland Circuit Court
There is an exceptionally light calendar to be disposed of at the sitting of the Maitland Circuit Court, which begins at East Maitland, on Monday next, before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court, Saturday. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. Alex. Russell, J.P.)
Richard Rostron was charged with assaulting William Bennie at Greta on 11th March. Mr. Kennedy appeared for complainant and Mr. Young for defendant. William Bennie, on oath stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 28, 1889. (Before Messrs Broaks, P.M., and A. S. Browne, J.P.)
SHOOTING WITH INTENT.—Kie Ipp, a Chinese, was charged, on remand, with having, at West Maitland, shot at one John Grace, the younger, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Thompson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court
Yesterday the sitting of the Maitland Circuit Court was begun before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer. Mr. G. E. Rich was Acting Clerk of Arraigns. Mr. W. S. Harrison, J.P., represented…
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