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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
246 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 13
Margaret Gee was convicted of stealing a bag of feathers, of the value of 3s., the property of Andrew Kirkaldy, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Domingo Delvar pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing a bridle, stirrup leathers and irons, the property of one John Bourke, on the 8th instant, of a value) under 40s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunkenness. Ono drunkard was punished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Michael Montgomery was charged with having, on the 10th of September last, at Parramatta, committed a rape upon Ellen Bale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOWLER v. BAYLISS.—BREACH OF PROMISE—£500 DAMAGES.—The Solicitor-General and Mr. Garrick, instructed by Mr. R. B. Smith, appeared for the plaintiff. There was no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fn the 20th of June last, Benjamin Anderson, a seaman of the American ship Daniel Mercy, commenced a libel, in the United States District Court, against Wm. Ross,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Collins, convicted of having been drunk and disorderly, was ordered to pay a tine of 40s, or to be imprisoned for seven days in Maitland gaol, with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fn the 20th of June last, Benjamin Anderson, a seaman of the American ship Daniel Mercy, commenced a libel, in the United States District Court, against Wm. Ross,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →George Clarke was charged with deserting from the barque Wallaroo on the 18th instant. The charge was withdrawn on the application of Captain Whiting, and the prisoner was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Conway, convicted of having been drunk and disorderly, was ordered to pay a fine of 5s., or to be imprisoned for forty-eight hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edmond Bridges was brought up, on warrant, charged with having deserted his wife. The particulars of the case appeared in our last issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Catherine Douglas, alias Watson, convicted of vagrancy, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Maitland gaol. Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Conway, convicted of having been drunk and disorderly, was ordered to pay a fine of 5s., or to be imprisoned for forty-eight hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About two o'clock on Sunday morning the house of the Very Rev. Dean Butler was burglariously entered through a lower window. The burglar proceeded to the Dean's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stephen Salt and Emma Beaumont were charged with stealing a fowl, the property of John M'Carthy. The evidence not being sufficiently conclusive, the case was dismissed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sittings of this court were resumed on Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock. Parnell v. Borough Council. This was un action far damages, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two drunkards were punished. Ship Desertion. William Weller, Henry Drown, Charles Ross, and William Lang, charged with desertion on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The December sittings of the Newcastle District Court commenced on Monday forenoon, at ten o'clock, before His Honer Judge Simpson. Barristers in attendance:—Messrs. Wilkinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cecolia Cooper was fined in tho mitigated penalty of one shilling, or one hour's detention in the lockup, for this offence. The imprisonment was preferred to paying the penalty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two persons, convicted of having been drunk and disorderly, were severally sentenced to pay a penalty of 20s., or to be imprisoned for seven days in Maitland gaol…
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