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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 13
DRUNK. &C.—Ellen Hickman pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined 20s; on the testimony of Dr B own she was also found guilty of using obscene language last Wednesday, and was sentenced to a month's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENEMENT ACT.—Mr W. K. Child summoned John Hillman for a breach of the Tenement Act. The defendant did not appear. Mr Child deposed that Hillman occupied the land the lease of which was produced; he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REFUSSING WAGES—John Adams summoned Benjamin Adams for a balances of wages, £4 114. The defendant did not appear, and an order for £1 12s was given, with costs. The complainant was recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this action, which was commenced on Friday week, and which has been continued from day to day ever since, was now drawn to a conclusion. It was an action for trespass upon a squatting sun called Wailals, in the Liverpool Plains district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKARDS.—Elizabeth Button was fined 20s. for being drunk : in default 48 hours imprisonment. Thos. Qualy, who said he didn't know whether he was drunk or not, was also fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENOES.— Alexander Gibson was charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. Christopher Quinn, in the employ of Mr Rourke, saddler, deposed that on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Henry Evans was charged with being drank and disorderly on Thursday night, at the Queen's Theatre. Constable Davis deposed that the defendant was drunk, and dancing on the seats in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING THREEPENCE.—William Jones was brought up by Sergeant Kennedy for stealing. The sergeant deposed that the prisoner was given into his charge by Mr Thomas, innkeeper, of Morpeth, on Sunday, at 10 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Circuit Court will open, at the Court House, Maitland, on Monday, before his Honor and Chief Justice. The following cases are for trial:—James Munro, embezzlement; Singleton Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following evidence, taken before the [?] and a jury on Friday last, at the farm of the husband and father of the hapless pair on whose bodies the inquest was held, will be read with no small degree of interest. The be[?] survivor is a decent, hard working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Sarah Kelley was summoned for using obscene language. Mary A. Cardwell deposed that the defendant without any provocation called her a '[?]-eyed' woman of bad repute; the expression used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT.—Mary Anne Thompson summoned her husband, James Thompson, for an assault. The parties have for some time been separated, and often before the Court, and upon the last occasion the woman laid her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This court opened on Monday, before [?] Honor the Chief Justice. The barristers present were, the Attorney General, Mr Murray, Mr Ellis, Mr Faucett, Mr Butler, and Mr Windeyer. The Clerk of Assizes read the proclamation against vice and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING.—Mary Dimmock was brought up on remand charged with stealing wool. George Lee deposed that on Tuesday last, having received certain information, he went with Sergeant Kerrigan to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been favoured by Mr James Ewan with the following abridged geographical distribution of the colony. It has been expressly prepared for his valuable work on Geography, the third edition of which is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEVING—John Neill was brought us charged with stealing £4. Constable Elliott stated he heard that Mr Lowry was robbed, on the 28th February, of two sovereigns, £1 note, half-sovereign, and some silver; he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK—Mary Patrick pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunkenness. Constable Scarlett dpased he apprehended the woman consorting with [?] drivers, in a drunken and staggering store, in [?] line. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A trial for murder was commenced on Monday at Evreux, which is destined to take rank among the most celebrated of [?] celebres. A lady of nobel family, handsome fortune, and hitherto unblemished character, inhabiting an [?] mansion of her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This case (the first on the list) was opened on Friday, and promises to be continued till Tuesday or Wednesday next. The charge is the usual one in every squatting case, for trespass, &c., on the Pillaway run, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INDECENT EXPOSURE—Thomas Qualey was brought up by Sergeant Kennedy, for wilfully exposing his person at Morpeth, on Sunday evening, near Mr. Portus's residence. Reprimanded and dismissed…
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