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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
108 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6
Considerable sensation was created in Sindburat yesterday afternoon, by a report that a horrible murder had been perpeirated on the Flat opposite View Points, and that the murderer had committed suicide. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of Mary Eliza Robertson, a single meeting. The insolvent and one witness were examined. The meeting was then adjourned to Friday, the 27th instant, at 1 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Margaret Redden, on remand, was charged with drunkenness. Constable Kedwell proved that he head apprehended the prisoner, and that to the best of his belief she had no legal meas of support. Prisoner had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To any one well acquainted with the practical working and detail of Police Office Business in country districts, the Progress Report of the Police Committee presents palpable evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of Richard Wright Goodall, a first meeting. The insolvent who resident in Maitland did not attend. No creditors appearing and nothing was done. In the estate of Gollan, Mackenzie, and Co., a second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The 9th proximo is the day fixed for the opening of [?] with several others the particulars of which have not yet been made public, show that the business of the Assizes will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNLAWFULLY HARBOURING A DAUGHTER.—Mary Devency charged Maria Power with the above offence. The complainant deposed that her daughter was 16 years of age, and that the complainant harboured her at her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some circumstances have come to light connected with the mysterious murder of Mr. George Little, late cashier of the Dublin terminus of the Midland Great Western (Ireland) Railway, tending to give an idea of how the crime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ILLEGAL DETENTION OF A BULLOCK.—The hearing of this case in which William Hannan and John Borden were plaintiff and defendant, was postponed until the first Monday in June…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Court was opened on Monday last, at ten o'clock, Mr. Justice Milford presided. The barristers present were Messrs. Pring (Prosecutor for the Crown), Butler, Lutwyche, Faucett, and Wyudeyer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jo[?] Chamberlayne was charged with the illegal detention of a bullock, the property of John Hawkins. The complaint lost the bullock three years ago, at jerry's Plaints, and had not seen it previously to last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Michael Cummins, who on Monday pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery with violence, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The same prisoner, who on Monday pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrick Walsh was indicted for that he did, on the 16th of October, 1856, at Wallangra, feloniously slay one Thomas Reynolds. Mr. Faucett conducted the defence; Mr. O'Meagher,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT AND ATTEMPT TO STEAL.—Dee hee, a China man, was brough before the bench charged with an attempt to steal. King Tor deposed that on Wednesday he was going to Dungog, and passed the prisoner on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ASSAULT.—John Ryan appeared before the bench, on Monday, charged with assembling Mary Darcy. Mr. Minter appeared for the complaint. Both parties were servants of Dr. Douglass. The defendant was fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A little after one o'clock on Saturday morning the jury returned a verdict is favour of the plaintiff, and gave one farthing damage. EVANS. v. LONG…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday and Wednesday this cause occupied the Court. The trial was long and tedious, and interesting only to lawyers and the friends of the parties interested The facts of the plaintiff's case were stated in our las…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was no appearance in the case of Thomas Tynon v. Patrick Welsh (illegal possession of a pig), nor in that of Joseph Nichols v. Mary Nichols, a case of assault. Ann Clifton, charged with having assaulted Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Archbishop of paris had been assassinated after the following disbolical circustances:—It appears that the Archbishop was just entering the vertry when a man rushed said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carroll v. Rev. Mr. Martin—The Roman Catholic elergyman of this district appeared this morning before the court, to answer the complaint of a man named Carroll, for alleged ill treatment of his son whilst…
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