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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
157 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 8
There were seventeen acting for the recovery of small debts, most of them being for goods sold and delivered. GEORGE JONES V. THOMAS TUDOR…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas Blain was indicted for having a West Maitland, on the 9th September, stolen the sum of £1300, the property of the Bank of New South Wales. A second count charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the broken history at present before us, it appears that, for several years past, a German, named Alick Erlich, has led a kind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Brisbane Courier of the 17th instaut:—The male prisoner, William Prendergast made confession to Mr. John Petrie, J.P. The whole of the statement was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Johnson was sentenced to twonty-four hours' imprisonment in the luck-up, and to pay costs, for being absent without leave from the brig Martha Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Readers of the mail news will remember that, amongst the telegraphic items published a day or two ago, was a statement that a man named George Dyer had given himself up to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two drunkards were punished. CONVERTING COAL TO ONE'S OWN USK. John Hare, muster of the Amhurst, was charged with converting five tons of coal to his own use, the property of James and Alexander Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The quiet neighbourhood of Glenluce has been horrified by the murder of a little girl, the daughter of a farmer named Hunt, who for some time has resided at Glenluce. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One drunkard was fined. PROFANE LANGUAGE. Charles Rotors pleaded guilty to using profane language in Newcastle, on the 4th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One drunkard was fined. CHARGE OF FORGERY. William Simpson was charged with having forged and uttered a cheque for £2 17s. 6d., on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An action for £3 7s. for advertising in the Chronicle. The plaintiff allowed a discount of 7s , on condition that the account would bo paid on presentation, which, however, was not done, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULTS. Joseph Musgrove was fined £2, 8s. 8d. court costs, and £1 1s. professional costs, for assaulting William Londsdale, at Newcastle, on the 7th instant, or, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Stephen and Mr. Butler, instructed by Messrs. Stephen and Stephen, for the plaintiff; Mr. Windeyer, instructed by Messrs. Rollin and Salter, for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday morning last, consternation and horror were depicted on the countenances of all the townsfolk, caused by the report that a strong, active, and healthy young man (whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ann Boyce, the wife of Hugh Boyce, a waterman, residing at Stockton, was summoned for using insulting language towards Richard Lynn, owner of the steam-ferry Phosbe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two drunkards were punished. ASSAULTS. Theresa O'Brien was charged with assaulting one Harriet Wilcox, at Newcastle, on the 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A private of the 14 th Regiment, named Mark Gowan, was placed in the dock, at the City Court, on the 10th instant, charged with having committed a capital offence upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH Stockton is not a very populous village, yet it stands more in need of police protection than does any other township in the district of double its residents, inasmuch as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One drunkard was lined. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Thomas Davis was fined £3, and court costs, for using indecent language in Patrick-street, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry West and - Peterson, respectively, pleaded guilty to being absent, without leave, from the ship Moonta, at Newcastle, on the 1st instant; and the master, Captain Barneson,…
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