Newcastle Police. Saturday. (Before the Police Magistrate and the Mayor)
DRUNKENNESS.— James Dalton, labourer, was fined 5s. LARCENY.— A charge of stealing two hens preferred by Mary Birkell against Mary Anne Escott…
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Courts & crime, 1861
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Newcastle District Court. Friday. (Before his Honor Judge Parefoy.) CLAXTON V. HICKERY
An action for work and labour done. There was no defence, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed, viz., £5 14s, 4½d. SATURDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police. Wednesday. There was no business on the sheet this day
(Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS, &c—William Donnelly, labourer, and James Hutchinson, bricklayer, were fined 5s each for drunkenness. Peter Dickson, baker, was…
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DRUNKUNNESS, &c.—William Evans, a sailor, was fined 10s. for being drunk.—George Aldridge, also a sailor, guilty of being drunk, and indecency, was ordered to be confined three days in the lock-up.—William Davis and…
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Nov. 7.—Humphrey M'Keown, of Sussex-street, Sydney, out of business. Liabilities—secured, £1600; unsecured, £375 10s.; total. £2175 10s. Assets—available for unsecured creditors, £6; total assets, £1205. Deficit, £970 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police. Wednesday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Ranclaud.)
A Stray Cow.—William Henry Whyte, butcher, was fined 5s. for allowing his cow to stray in Watt-street on the 11th instant. CRUBLTY TO A HORSE.—Christopher Pagan, baker…
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November 13.—Daniel Hancock, of Marengo, in the district of Luchlan, near Yass, publican and store-keeper. Liabilities, £1,916 7s. Assets—value of real property, £536; of personal property, £1,123…
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[?]NKENNESS.—Thomas Buckingham, farmer, was 5s. for being drunk in the market reserve on the pre[?]day. MONDAY…
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Nov. 14—On the petition of Charles Moore and others, of Sydney, merchants, a rule nisi was granted, returnable on the 22nd November, instant, requiring John A. Williams, of George-street, Sydney, draper, to show came why his…
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DRUNKENNESS.—Sarah Pierce and Margaret Murray, two servants, were fined 5s. each.—Alice Lloyd and Charles Bull, charged with being drunk and disorderly, were fined in the respective amounts of 40s. and 10s…
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(Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Boswell, J.P. DRUNKENNESS, &c.—Margaret Murphy, server girl, was fined 30s. for being drunk—George Hug[?] was fined 5s. for using indecent language…
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DRUNKENNESS.—Henry Hodgson, tailor, was fined 5s for this offence. DESERTION.—P. Cunningham, sailor, of the Marciano was charged with deserting from the vessel, of the 22nd…
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Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Ranchland, J.P. DRUNKENNESS.—Margaret Murphy was fined 40e or being drunk and disorderly; in default, 48 hours' confinement.—John M'Loon was fined in a similar…
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(Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Beswell.) DRUNKENNESS.—George Fleming, shipwright, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s. LARCENY.—A charge against Sarah Terry, servant, for…
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MURDER.—Robert Eager Adams, Captain of the barque Shah Jehan, was charged with feloniously killing a Lascar, named Janeen Allah, on the 24th October. The vessel had come from the Maurilous…
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DESERTION.—Johannes Thorhurson, seaman, who [?] been discharged on the previous day, on a charge of sorting from a ship in Sydney, wan now sentenced to [?] weeks' imprisonment in Maitland gaol, with hard labor…
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DRUNKENNESS, &c.—Charlotte Preston, a half-caste aboriginal, was sent for three days to the lock-up, for being drunk and exposing his person. Daniel Lysaght, a labourer, was fined 5s. for being drunk…
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Dec. 12.-John Sweney, of Lakeland, hear wollengong, farmer. Liabilities, £208 8s. 6d. Assets, £110 10s. Deficit, £97 18s. 6d. Dec. 12.—John Marks Howarth, of Kembla, Dep[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TO W. A. Purefoy, Esq., District Court Judge. (Per favour of the Newcastle Chronicle.)
SIR—I have called upon the registrar of the Newcastle district court on three several occasions, for payment of the pittance allowed by the Government, for absorbing three days of my time in performing the duties of a juryman at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police. Tuesday, December 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
DRUNKENNESS.—John Jones, seaman, charged with this offence, was dismissed. James Dalton, boatman, who had been admitted to bail in 10s., did not appear, and the amount was ordered to be forfeited…
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