Police Court
At the Police Court on Tuesday morning, Messrs, E. C. Brecht, and W. Clendinning, J's.P., presiding, Wm. Bowden was fined £1, for indecent…
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Courts & crime, 1899
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Merriwa Police Court, Wednesday, November 15. [Before Messrs. J. B. Bettington and J. H. Bettington, J's.P.] Alleged Sheep Stealing
THOMAS J, LAWLESS was summoned by the police on a charge of having in April last stolen two sheep, the propert of R. D. Barton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Singleton Letter. [From Our Representatives.] Small Debts Court.—tuesday. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M. and D. Thorley, J.P.)
Edwin Gladwin v. Frances McCosker. Claim for £15 14s 4d, goods sold. Mr Shaw for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing. Accused Committed for Trial
AT the Cessnock Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs G.F. Scott, P.M, and G. Brown and J. Doyle, J's.P, Ambrose Caban was charged…
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A Chinaman named Louicio Youcey was arrainged at the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered James Brown. Briefly outlined, the cane for the Crown was that on the night of October…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, November 21. (Before Mr G. F. S[?]t, P.M., and Mr D. Th[?]ley, J.P.)
R[?]y Nien, aged 12, was charged with [?] and entering the shop of William J. Lane, with [?] commit a felony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, November 23. (Before Messrs. G.F.Scott, P.M., H. Crothers, and Alex. Wilkinson, Js.P.)
DISOBEYING MAINTENANCE ORDERS.— The remanded cases against Charles Cardow of disobeying maintenance orders for the support of his children, Margaret, Mary, and Robert, were called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, November 21. (Before Messrs G. F. Scott, P.M., and D. Thorley, J.P.)
Edwin Gladwin v. Francis M'Cosker. Claim of £15 14s 4, goods sold and' delivered. Verdict for claim. Ferroz v. Gonllabh (Indians)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wit in the Police Force
For good or evil there is no one—not even an old soldier—so ready witted as a seasoned countable. Most men, for instance, would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Murder in Samoa. Auckiand
The mail steamer Moana which arrived at Auckland today from San Fransisco, via Apia, states that on the 15th inst. all was quiet in the islands, but on the evening of the 12th inst. a horribe…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Court. Tuesday, Nov, 21. (Before Messrs. E. C. Brecht and W. Clendinning J's.P.)
William Bowden was brought up in custody charged with indecent exposure. Fined £[?], or 14 days in Maitland Gaol. Fine paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court—A Local Petition
In the Divorce Court on Tuesday, before His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, Annis Jane Simpson, formerly McGregor, of Murrurandi, petitioned for a dissolution of her…
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MUSIC PERMIT.—An, application by Noah Palmer, of Grata, for a music permit, was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, November 27. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and II. Crothers, J.P.)
MALICIOUS INJURY To PROPERTY.—Goorge Wall, charged with maliciously damaging two windows, the value of £3, the property of Francis Moore, of Bishop's Bridge, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Friday, November 24, 1899. (Before Mr. G. R. Evans, P.M.)
POLICE v. FREDERICK WHITT. N. Defend ant was charged that, on or about 4th Nov., he, being than a drover, was found driving 750 mixed sheep, or thereabouts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder or Suicide. a Strange Case at Penrith. [By Telegraph] Sydney
THE body of a man unknown was found on the mountains near Penrith, fully clothed, and doubled up in a kneeling position, at the bottom of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Conspiracy. a Private Detective and Others Before the Court. Sydney
This morning at the Central Criminal Court, before Justice Owen, Thomas Patrick Dessaix, otherwise known as "Shaddo," Victoria White, and James Irwin were charged that on May lot last they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gaol Breakers
The two prisoners who escaped from the Central Police Station are still at largo, and the prospect of recapturing them is considered very remote…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Tuesday, November 28. (Before Messrs, C. E. Doyle and I. B. Keys, J's.P.)
JAS. BAKER, a stranger, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Market street on the previous day, and was fined as 6d, or to be imprisoned till the rising of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sensational Encounter. Chinaman v. Police. Three Shots Fired. Bombarded with Stones. Senior-Sergeant Forrest and Constable Armstrong Injured
ABOUT ten o'clock on Sunday night last a Chinaman named Judah reported to the local police that a piebald mare of his had been stolen on…
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