Waratah Police Court
The only business transacted at this court on Wednesday last was the granting of a slaughtering license to Phœbe Pratten, of Wallsend, for the year 1875. There were other cases on the sheet,…
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Courts & crime, 1875
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 17
Dreadful Murder at Gilgandra
A dreadful murder was committed on Christmas Eve at Gilgandra, about 50 miles from Dubbo. Two bush carpenters, named Mackay and Charley Turner, were drinking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Tuesday, January 5Th, 1874. Before James Hannell, Esq., J.P.
Joseph Cummins, an omnibus driver, was charged with wilfully preventing Richard Nicholls, also the driver of an omnibus from passing him in Blane-street, on the 26th December…
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At the Dubbo Police Court, on the 28th Deem bur, before Mr. J. O. Norton, William Makay was brought up by Mr. Acting-gaoler Buns, on the charge of having, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Thursday, January 7, 1875. Before Messrs. Hannell and White, J.P.'s. PROTECTION
Jasper Beer, a waterman, was brought up for protection. Senior-Constable Griffin deposed to finding prisoner wandering in the streets at three o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 6Th, 1875. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and R. Turton Esq., and Dr. Hill, J.P.'s.) Threatening Language
Mary Laing was charged with having used threatening language towards Ellen Simons at Plattsburg Mr. Wallace appeared for complainant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Wednesday, January 6, 1875. Before Messrs. A.A.P. Tighe, P.M., and Dr. Hill, J.P. ASSAULT
Thomas Horsfield, on remand, was charged with assaulting his wife, Ann Horsfield, at Minmi, on the 29th ultimo. Complainant expressed her desire to withdraw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Saturday, January 9th, 1874. Before F. J. Shaw, Esq., J.P. DRUNKENNESS
Three inebriates were dealt with. CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Ah Kam, a Chinmnan, was charged with cutting and wounding Louis Webber, at Newcastle…
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A despatch, reveived from [?] James Schram, dated December 7th, stated that Edward Madden, editor of the Merced Tribune, was shot and instantly killed in that town, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Small Debts Court
Lambton Municipality v. Neate.—Claim for taxes, 10s. 6d. Verdict for plaintiff for the amount, with 3s. costs added. Same v. Penman.—Claim, 4s. 8d. Verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Tuesday, January I2th, 1875. Before F. J. Shaw', Esq., J.P. DRUNKENNESS. Three drunkards were disposed of. VAGRANCY
Alexander Anderson, charged with vagrancy, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Mailand gaol. TRESPASS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Proceeciings. Newcastle, Thursday January 14Th, 1874
Before Messrs. C. F. Stokes and E. A. White, J.P.'s KNOWINGLY EMPLOYING A DESERTER! Phillip Cloudy was charged with employing a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miscellaneous News. an Infant Fifteen Months Old Charged with Vagrancy
The Bendigo Advertiser thus comments on a case dately heard in that town:—There in possibly no place where the utterly degraded state of some portion of the human spieces can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 15Th. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, P.M., and W. Robson, J.P., Esqs.) Indecent Language
James Powell and Thomas Shaw were charged with using indecent language at Plattsburg, on the 10th inst. Fined 5s, costs 4s., or in default, 24 hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Lunatic in a Police-Court
At the Marylebone police-court, on Wednesday George Moriarty, aged 40, described as a slater, who said he had no home, was charged with being drunk in the…
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The first and only meeting in the insolvent estate of Archibald McLaughlin was held yesterday, before George Scott, Esq., Commissioner of Insolvency, at the Court-house, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Monday, Jan. 18, 1875. Before James Hannell, Esq.. JP
PROFANE, INDECENT, AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE Two persons were punished for the latter, and one for each of tho former offences. (F. J. Shaw, Esq., J.P., here took his seat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Items. Diabolical Murder in Pennsylvania. Westchester, Pa., Nov. 12, 1874
Oh the morning of July 14, 1873, the citizens of this comparatively quiet and secluded district were aroused to an extraordinary decree of indignation and horror by the casual…
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We desire to call the attention of the ratepayers of Wallsend to the necessity of attending the Revision Court, to be holden on Thursday next, to see if their names are on the municipal roll of ratepayers…
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A REVISION COURT for the Borough of Wallsend was held on Friday afternoon in the Council Chambers, Wallsend. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Birrell, Curry,…
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