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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
308 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 16
Five, inebriates were brought up this morning. One was fined 10s. three 10s, each or 48 hours detention in the lockup, and one discharged. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hearing of this case occupied the above court four days this week, and resulted in the jury being discharged without agreeing, after being [?] up five hours, to that it now remains for Mr. Sweet to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →David Jenkyn was charged with having leapt open his licensed house, known as the Prince of Wales, Lambton, on Sunday last, for the sale of liquors between tho hours of ton and eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hugh Hare was charged with resisting constable Griffin in the execution of his duty, at Newcastle, on the 18th instant. Mr. Capper appeared for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This divorce suit, being the first under the Dew Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, will probably excite a large amount of public interest. It was an undefended suit, and no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The trial of this case before Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four, was resumed and concluded. It was an action upon a policy of fire insurance upon certain printing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were only two defended cases. Rutledge v. Dickson, £1 17s. 9d., money du[?], Mr. Nicholson appeared for the defence. It appeared from the evidence of both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application for alimony (before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargave), made by Mrs. Martha Anderson, the lawful wife of Mr. Frederick Agustus Anderson, a petitioner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Taylor, Henry Rollison, Francis Sullivan, and Joseph Piddington, were brought before the Court, charged with being absent without leave, from the barpue Camille, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three offenders were fined 20s. each, two were scharged and one was fined 10s. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. James Holmes was charged with using obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The March sittings of this Court commenced at Newcastle on Monday, the 2nd instant, at the Court-house, before his Honor District Court Judge Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One offender was fined 10s. or forty-eight hours imprisonment in the lockup. UTTERING A FALSE CHEQUE. W. H. Roulston, alias Adan, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richard Massey was charged with having committed an unnatural offence. Mr. Buchanan, instructed by Mr. Carroll, defended the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action on a partnership account, for £167 17s. Mr. Rogers, instructed by Mr. Capper, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Healey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four inebriates were brought before the court—one was fined 10s., and one 5s., or the usual alternative in the lock-up; the other two were discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE March sittings of the Newcastle District Court were commenced on Thursday 1st, and continued till Tuesday, before his Honor District Court Judge Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duncan Sharp pleaded guilty to using obscene language, in Station-street, Waratah, on the 21st February last, and was fined 5s. and costs. Lewis Lynch pleaded guilty to a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saren Classen, charged with deserting frail the British barque Glenhuntley, at Newcastle on the 16th February last, was convicted of the offence, and sentenced to six weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a suit instituted by Mary Higgins (formerly pembroke) for dissolution of marriage on the grounds of cruelty, desertion, and adultery. Neither the respondent (John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two delinquents were fined 20s. each, being old offenders, and one was admonished and discharged. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
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