Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 14Th, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M. PROTECTION
Charles Field was brought up for protection, and was discharged, a passage having been granted him to Sydney. DESERTION…
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Courts & crime, 1872
252 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 13
Friday, September 20Th. Before the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS
Ann Ellesley was brought before the Court, charged with being drunk and disorderly, in Hunter-street, on the previous evening. Constable Scally, who arrested the accused,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friday, September 13Th. Assault
William Harris and Ann Harris, on bail, were indicted for having on 1st May, at Derriong, assaulted one Barbara Alice Mulholland, whereby actual bodily harm was occasioned to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 14Th, 1872. Before, H. Scott, Esq., P.M. PROTECTION
Charles Field was brought up for protection, and was discharged, a passage having been granted him to Sydney. DESERTION…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 21St. 1872. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Parnell, J.P. DRUNKENNESS
One drunkard was fined. LARCENY. Francis Page pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots, the property of J. T. Smith. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monday, September 23. Before tho Police Magistrate and Mr. Hannell, J.P. DESERTION
Frederick Lucas was sent to gaol for four weeks, for deserting from tho ship Sarah Bell. DISOBEDIENT—ASSAULT. Stephen Hoffman was summoned by Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 21St. 1872. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Parnell, J.P. DRUNKENNESS
One drunkard was fined. LARCENY. Francis Page pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots, the property of J.T. Smith. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monday, September 23. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Hannell, J.P. DESERTION
Frederick Lucas was sent to gaol for four weeks, for deserting from the ship Sarah Bell. DISOBEDIENT—ASSAULT. Stephen Hoffman was summoned by Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, Sept. 28, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and E. Parnell, Esq., J.P. DRUNKENNESS
One drunkard was dealt with. BREACH OF THE TOWNS POLICE ACT. Henry Spruce was fined 5s., and 2s. 6d. costs, for keeping pigs within forty yards of a public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 1St, 1872. Absent Without Leave
John Lane, Richard Wilkins, and Owen Owens, pleaded guilty to the charge of being absent without leave from the ship Moonta. They were ordered to be imprisoned for fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, Oct. 3, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and Dr. Swayne, J.P. Obscene Language
Margaret White was charged by Sarah Shaw with using obscene language within the hearing of persons passing in a public thoroughfare at Plattsburg, on the 30th September last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 5Th, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M. Obscene Language
The case of John Brisbane charged by Mary Hicks, with using obscene language to her, at Burwood, on the 1st instant, was resumed this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, 7Th October, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and J. Hannell, Esq., M.P. CLOUDY V. STEPWICH
This was a case in which the complainant sued the defendant for £1 6s. Id., being the value of beer sold and delivered in quantities between one and two gallons at a time. The plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 8Th, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M. Obstructive the Pathway
George Preston was charged with allowing goods to be placed on the pathway, in Hunters-treet. Defendant was ordered to-pay a penalty of 5s. and 2s. 6d. costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 10Th, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and Dr. Swayne, J.P. Abandoning Licensed House
Spencer Stevens was reported by the police as having abandoned his licensed house, the Royal Hotel, at Wickham, on the 7th instant. Proof of the service of the notice at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 12, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M. Wife Desertion
James Fulton appeared, on summons, to answer the charge of deserting his wife, Mary Ann Fulton, and leaving her without the means of support…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder of Bishop Patterson
The following is an extract from a letter in the Fiji Times, from the Rev. F. Langham, Wesleyan missionary, who appears to vindicate the character of the Fijian planters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brutal Murder of a Child at Bland Creek
The correspondent of the Forbes Times furnishes the following account of the brutal murder of a child :—"Sarah Hill, a coloured woman, was yesterday committed for trial on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 14, 1872. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and C. F. Stokes, Esq., J.P. Using Insulting Language
James Cunningham was charged by H. E. Hopkinson with using insulting language to him in a public place, in the city of Newcastle, on the 10th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jealousy and Murder at the Alma, Maryborough
A murder, accompanied with brutal atrocity, was committed at the Alma, a township some few miles from Maryborough, at a late hour on Monday night. The news of the tragedy,…
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