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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
308 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
J. and A. Brown were summoned by Edgar Ashley, for £1 2s. 9d., for work and labor done. The Bench decided the case in favour of the plaintiff, making an order for the full amount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Side bottom, found guilty, on Friday, of destroying one tree, the property of James and Alexander Brown, at Miami, was brought up for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No less than five disciples of Bacchus was summarily dealt with. No doubt, in drinking long life to the Queen, they had overstepped the bounds of prudence, and thereby rend[?]eal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. Arthur Wolland and William McDougall, on remand, were charged with committing the above offence, at Newcastle, on the 22nd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Osborne O'Hagan, twenty-one years of age, described as a gentleman, who had been asrested on a warrant, was brought before the Lord Mayor, on remand, on Tuesday, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hans Holme, seaman, and John Touson, labourer, charged with committing the above offence, in Hunter street, on the 20th instant, were each lined 20s. or seven day's imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OSWALD V. HANCOCK. The plaintiff, Joseph Oswald, sued Julia Hancock for rent of a house at Plattsburg, and for the value of some shingles defendant had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the recent Durham Assizes, six men, who were tried before Mr. Littler, Q.C., for highway robbery with violence, were sentenced to various terms of penal servitude, and each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Bulgar pleaded guilty to being absent without leave from the ship Knight of Snowdon, and was ordered to be sent on board, after two hours in the lock-up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the estate of James Downey, of Newcastle, a second meeting was held on Tuesday. Insolvent deposed to the correctness of his schedule. The following debts were proved :…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jacob Audet and Robert Sherwood appeared on summons, charged with assaulting and beating one Alexander Lindsay, at Newcastle, on the 27th May last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The June sittings of the above Court commenced yesterday morning at ten o'clock, before his Honor Judge Simpson. The legal profession, was represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILFUL[?] DISOBEDIENCE OF LAWFUL COMMANDS. Alexander Smith, chief officer of the barque Helen Malcolm, now lying in the harbour of Newcastle, pleaded not guilty to the above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Yorkshire Assizes on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Archibald, William Criss Brown, 24, was charged with having at Middlesbrough murdered his own child, Thomas Wm. Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An extraordinary trial for murder is now going on at Toulouse. In January, 1873, Madame Gueyraud, the owner of u dilapidated country house, called the Chateau…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One inebriate received a reprimand, and was discharged. PROTECTION. Abraham Russe was brought up by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three cases o[?] drunkenness, and one of obsene language, were disposed of. Michael Sheedy was then charged with stealing one pick, the property of W. Gott,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two offenders were dealt with; they were fined 10s. each, or forty-eight hours imprisonment. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before Messrs. J. J. Hill, and J. Turton, J.P.'s. Several cases of drunkenness were disposed of The case of Gott v. Sheeny, for stealing a pick, was dismissed, defendant leaving the bar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dennis Delaney, age 35, living at No. 382 Hicka-street, Brooklyn, went home on Saturday night, and handed over his week's wages to his wife. He then washed himself and…
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