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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 8
September 17.—Elias Muses, of Sydney. Liabilities £24,317 17s. 6d. Assets, value of real property (mortgaged). £22,447; of personal property, £7665 2s. 11d.; outstanding debts, £3772, 15s; total, £33,885 Os. 11d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABETTING A BREACH OF THE MARRIAGE ACT.—Dixie Chapman was indicted for unlawfully and wilfully assisting Thomas Whitehouse to marry Frances Jane Potter at Paterson, on the 22nd July, without her father's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS,&c—HichardSheldon, miner, was fined 16. for being drunk, and disorderly. Thomas Patterson, seaman, was also fined 20s. John M'Ketizir, labourer, and Phillip Mutray, stimuen, were fined 5s. each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?].—William Thornton, Thornton, seaman, was enarged [?]on of deserting a ship. The defendant had been [?]ended on board the Marcianus, lying at the wharf [?] asked to account for himself, Thornton laid he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →September 25.—Jacob Kneep, of Broughnam-p[?]ney, shoemaker. Liabilities, £17 17s, 8d., assets, £[?] 6d, deflicit, £12 1s, 2d. September 23.—Edmund Jenkins, of Riley-street, S[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RIDNEY V. DANGAR.—This action was for trespass on a squalling run. The declaration let forth that the defendant broken and entered certain closes and island of the plaintiff at Guy Fawkes, in the district of Armidale, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS, &c—Henry Alleuby, miner, was lined 40s. Tor being drunk and disorderly in a public place, on the 27th instant. Threatening to Destroy Hcrself.—Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DESERTION.—James M Lennan, seaman, was charged on suspicion of being a deserter from a vessel at Sydney and was ordered to be remanded to that city to be dash with by the water police authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →October 2—William Hithcock, at present a confines for debt in Darlinghurst gaol. Liabilities, £71 4s. 3d. Assets valae of personal property, £10; amount of debts due to insolvent, £52 8s. 6d.; total, £62 8s. 6d. Deficit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before the Police Magistrate; his worship the Mayor as Dr. Bowker, and Mr. Boswell, J.P's. In [?] the above, Mr. Bolton, J.P., and Mr. Lewis M.L. [?] occupied seats on the bench, but took no part in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING.—John Rook, a young lad of about 11 years of age, was charged with stealing sundry articles under the value of 40s, from Mr Scouller's shop in Hunter-street. The boy had been in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The AFFRAY AT THE COAL AND COPPER COW PANY'S WORKS AT THE GLEBE. Upon the case being called on, and the defendants Thomas Griffiths, Anne Hopkins, Abigail Green and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →October 10.—John Brody, of West Maitland, storekeeper. Liabilities, £327 5s. 6d. Assets, £98 0s, 3d. Deflcit, £229 5s, 3d. October 11.—Thomas Garhutt, of Sussex-street, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uriah Holmes, who had been guilty of a very violent assault upon his wife, Anne Holmes, was sent to gaol for two months. John Anderson, who was charged with attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before Police Magistrate, and Mr. Ranclaud, J.P.) Christopher Fagan, baker, was fined 40s, for cruelly beating a horse, on the 16th instant, or, in default, to be imprisoned fourteen days. The fine was at once paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING MONEY.—Charles Jacob was charged [?] with stealing £50 from John Frasner. The prosecute [?] stated that, on the previous night, he came up [?] the Collaroy, from Sydney. Jacob was a force [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. Boswell, J,P.) [?]UNSOUND MIND -John Linton, charged with being of unsound mind, was ordered to find sureties to be of good behaviour for one month, himself in £10 and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oct. 24.—Thomas Rice, of George-street, late [?]Pitt-street, Sydney, butcher. Liabilities, £1727 [?] 5d. Assets, £527 13s.5½. Deficit, £1167 17s. 4d Oct. 25.—Hugh Hill, now of Sydney, lately of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]NNERS.—John M;loon, a labouarer, who[?] fined for this offence, was 40s, or in [?]shours' imprisonment THURSDAY.(Before the Police Magistrate.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The sittings of the court were commonced on Thursday. His Honor judge Purefoy took his scat upon the bench at ten o'clock. Messrs. Forster, Simpson, and Ellis, barriesters-at-law, and Messrs. Briggs, Mullen, and H. J…
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