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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
157 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 8
Terrible news cornea from Levuka. Mr. Norman, well known in Sandhuut, Victoria, was murdered, and his body cooked; while war has broken out on the North-west Coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drunkenness.—Thomas Claffey was fined 5s. for being drunk in Newcomen—street, on the 25th instant. Stealing a Watch—Thomas Bilby, on remand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We learn the particulars of a savage and brutal affair, which occurred at Medoc, a small town in Jasper county, Missouri, from h correspondent of the Kansas City Journal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drunkenness —Two drunkards were fined. Charge of Stealing a Watch.—Thomas Beilby was charged, on remand, with stealing a watch, the properly of Captain Clarke. The prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The above Court commenced its sitting yesterday, before Mr. District Court Judge Simpson. Or the legal profession there were present: Messrs. Pilcher, Johnstone, Healy, Foster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Narandera murder case was further heard on the 29th August, at Wagga Wagga, before Mr. F. A. Thompson, J.P. The Advertiser reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before Mr. District Court Judge Simpson. The Court opened at ten o'clock. WOOD V. CAMPBELL AND TIGHE. An action to recover £12 10s., the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunkenness.—John Matheson, John Allen, and James Spinks, were brought tip for this offence, and as they had been in the lockup since Saturday night, were discharged. John Salt,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damaging Property.—Joseph Hill was convicted of wilfully damaging two panes of glass of the value of £2, the property of Joseph Walmsley, at Newcastle, on the 10th instant, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing a Watch. — Thomas Beilby was charged, on remand, with stealing a watch, the property of Captain Clark. Constable Woods gave evidence to the effect that he received the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunkenness.—Two persons were punished for this offence. Protection.—George Allshorn was brought up for protection—he being unable to take care of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jacob Audet was charged with assaulting ono Robert Poole, on the 30th instant. Mr. Thompson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Mullen for the defence. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Absent without Leave.—Charles Hall (seaman), was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for being absent without Jeave, from the ship Ravenacrag, at Newcastle, on the 22nd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before Messrs. Scott, Parnell, and Hannell. Drunkenness.—Four persons were fined for drunkenness. Prof[?] Language—John Mathias was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Police Court, Ryde, last Saturday, John Coy, alias "Black Jack," and Eliza Percy, wore charged with the murder of one Thomas Smith, on or about the 11th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drunkenness.—One drunkard was fined. Resisting the Polka.—Michael Nowlan w fined 20s., or Beven days in gaol, for resisting Constable Smith iu tho execution of his duty on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunkenness.—Three drunkards were fined. Wife Desertion.—Thos. M'Grath was charged with deserting his wife, Mary Ann M'Grath, and loading her without support. The information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A more atrocious outrage is scarcely conceivable than that which was perpetrated on Saturday night last, when an old wan about seventy-five years of age, named Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Snedden, was charged, on remand, with committing wilful and corrupt perjury before the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, Sydney, on the 4th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →E[?].âAlice M'Guineas was called on to answer a charge of refusing to deliver up possession of certain premises situated at Burwood, but she did not appear…
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