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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
Edward Gorrick, a man of colour, was again brought on remand, charged with stealing a bottle of porter property of E. L. Cooke, proprietor of the Metropoli[?] hotel. The evidence being conclusive, the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richard Bull, labourer, was fined 5s., or 21 hours in the cells, for being drunk in Hunter-street, on the 19th inst.—Henry Winter, tailor, was also fined 5s., or 24 hours in the cells, for being drunk in a public place, on the 19th inst.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action to recover the sum of £32, goods sold and delivered. For the defence, Mr. Brown objected that the necessary bill of particulars bad not been furnished, and that, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MANSLAUGHTER.—Edward Hill, master of the schooner Martha Ellen, and Alexander Home, mate of the same, were indicted for killing and slaying Louisa Adams on the 8th January last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas Murray, seaman, was sent to the cells for 48 hours for being absent from his vessel, the Frowning Beauty, without leave, on the 2nd instant.—The same, for violently resisting the police when arresting him, one month in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An action to recover the sum of £200 against the municipal council, for work and labour over and above that for which plaintiff had originally contracted. Messrs. Ellis and Chambers for plaintiff; Messrs. Wylde and Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In resuming the subject of the lecture, the worthy lecturer prefaced it with the following remarks:— The lecture of to-night will embrace observations on dreaming, mental illusions, and insanity. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. A. A. P. Tighe appeared to answer the complaint of William Harris, and others, alleging that he, the said A. A. P. Tighe, doth cause a nuisance, by slaughtering cattle, keeping pigs, and boiling offal at his slaughter-house, such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]um Winters, stonemason, was again brought up, and remanded for further evidence, on a charge of stealing [?] Dillon, seaman on board the Athol, was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday last, about two o'clock in the afternoon information was received that a number of convicts had been seen issuing from a hole in the wall of the Darlinghurst gaol. Upon enquiry, it turned out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridget Ryan, servant, was fined 20s., or 48 hours in the celli, for drunken and disorderly conduct in the public streets, on the 24th instant. — Joseph Mills, seaman, was fined 10s., or 48 hours in the cells, for drunken and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE is a dark mystery hangs over this affair, which time, and the means hitherto employed, have failed to throw any light upon. We have previously adverted to this matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →David Thomas, seaman, belonging to the brig Clarendon, was sent 48 hours to the lock-up, for absence, without leave from his vessel, on the 1st instant—John Hanson, sea-man, was fined 5s., or 24 hours in the cells, for being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Henry Rouse, Matthew Cobbin, and Charles B. Ranclaud were each fined 5s., for suffering cattle to asray in the public thoroughfares, on the 8th inst. MONDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This court opened on the 11th inst., before his Honor Mr. Justice Wise. Sir Willia n Manning handed in the commission from the administrator of the government, under which he conducted the prosecutions for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Slynaral, seaman, was sentenced to 4 weeks' imprisonment in Maitland gaol, with hard labour, for wilful disobedience of lawful commands on board the ship Dragon, on the 15th instant.—William Dawson and Ebyzer King…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Henry Hooper, seaman, was brought up on a warrant, charged with having neglected [?] vessel, the barque Rialto, on the 19th instant. It was ordered that he be put on board the vessel, at the request of the captain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charles and Maria Bradford, man and wife, was summoned on a charge of assaulting Maria Butterworth, on the [?] ultimo. The case was postponed. Michael Nowlan, carpenter, was again called upon to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the second day of April, in the year of our Lord 1861, John Bingle, merchant, of Newcastle, being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith as follows:—1st.—I verily believe that, from the antagonistic pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the second day of April, in the year of our Lord 1861, Charles Bolton, of Newcastle, collector of customs, being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith:—…
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