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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 13
SUSPICION OF HORSE STEALING.—Michael Doran was brought up on suspicion of horse stealing. Sergeant Kennedy deposed he apprehended the prisoner last night at West Maitland on suspicion of being the man known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DETENTION OF PROPERTY.—W. G. Cann summoned Mrs Margaret Tuck for illegally detaining his chest containing apparel and tools of trade. The chest was taken to Mr Tuck's from Morpeth in October last; the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REFUSING WAGES.—James Whitman summoned Adam Nixon for the sum of £18s 1d wages due. After a lengthy investigation with reference to dates of work, and sets off in the shape of leaves of bread, the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of slander. The Attorney—General and Mr. Faucett appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Plunkett, Q.C., and Mr. Dailey for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING A COAT.—Richard Mayfield was charged with stealing a coat. Constable Smith deposed to the apprehension of the primer, on Monday morning, with the coat his possession: which he said be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING MONEY.—John Burns appeared on demand on the charge of having stolen £3 15s 6d from the person of Mary Power. The care had been postponed in order to obtain the evidence of Mr. Crawford for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of libel. The words complained of were published in a paper known as Bell's Life, they were continued, in an answer to a correspondent, and were to the following effect:—You are perfectly right…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNK.—John Gordon, who pleaded guilty to being drunk on Saturday night, was fined 10s. The same person was fined 20s for breaking the windows of Mr Woodham's house on Saturday night when the landlord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joseph Wilks appeared upon an indicunent charging [?] with having on the 9th of April, 1855 at Deep [?], in the colony of New South Wales, wilfully and of has malice aforebought murdered one William Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →UTTERING A FORCED CHEQUE.—Andrew Scott was brought up on suspicion of being the man described in the Crime Report as having uttered a forged cheque for £14 at Petersham. Constable Stout apprehended the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of magistrates was held in the Court House, Maitland, yesterday, for the purpose of determining the boundary between Morpeth and Maitland with a view of defining the jurisdiction of the Registrar of Births…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT.—Patrick Ryan was fined 10s for assaulting Sergeant Kennedy, at Morpeth, on the 24th instant. The defendant was excited because Kennedy had said he harboured bad characters, and then be seized him by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK.—Mary Murphy was fined 40s for being drunk in default 48 hours in lock-up. BREACH of the PEACE —Samuel Edwards was fired 40s for calling William Gibb in his own house bad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBSCENITY.—Anne Foster was charged by Joseph Furness with using obscene language in the public street on Sunday, at 2 a.m. Found guilty and fined 20s: in default, 48 hours in the lock-up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.—William Brown was fined 20s for having abused Margaret Sanders at Morpeth, on Monday last. Mr Minter appeared for the complainant, Mr Chambers for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Peter Crow having pleaded guilty to this charge, was fined twenty shillings or 48 hours in the cells…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS—John M'Pherson was charged by Constable Davis with being drunk on Saturday evening in High-street, West Maitland. Davis stated that defendant was not quite drunk, but was taken into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Michael Duran was indicted for stealing, on the 21st April, [?]. at the Allyn river, a horse, the property of James Lyall. A second count charged him with receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—John Boughton pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10s, with the usual alternative. ASSAULT.—Mary Ann Knee, of High-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the case of John Hughes and John Hughes, charged with cattle stealing, Mr Chambers for the prisoners moved for a postponement of the trial on the ground that a material witness was absent…
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