Small Debts Court
SCHRADER V. WHEELER.—Claim for medical attendance and medicine from 9th October, 1873, to February, 1875. Balance of account, £5 18s. 6d. Settled out of court…
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Courts & crime, 1875
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Police Court Proceedings. NEWCASTLE. Thursday, July 8th, 1875. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M. Disobedience of Lawful Commands
Benjamin White, seaman, belonging to the ship Carpathian, was charged with wilful dis-obedience. Mr. Wallace appeared for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 7, 1875. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, P.M., and R. Turton, Esq., J.P.)
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.âMichael Short pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Howe-street, Lambton, on the 3rd inst. Fined 10s. and 2s. 6d. costs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Saturday, July 10Th, 1875. Before Mr. Scott, P.M. DRUNKENNESS
Five inebriates were dealt with. OBSCENE AND PROFANE LANGUAGE. Two offenders were punished. EMBEZZLEMENT…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Small Debts Court. Monday, July l2TH, 1875. Before Mr. J. Hannell, J.P. Bernard Doohan V. P. FLEMING
This was a claim for £4 15s., for damage done by a pig, and also for loss of time. Mr. Capper appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Slater for the defendant…
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On Wednesday morning the newly-appointed police magistrate of Maitland, Mr. G. F. Addison, arrived at East Maitland by the first train, having left Sydney the night before. It is Mr. Addison's intention to reside in…
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A most audacious burglary was perpetrated on the premises of Messrs. Grierson Bros., sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning. The thieves effected an entrance into the store by the back door,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. a Special Court of Petty Sessions was held yesterday (Tuesday), for the purpose of hearing applications for publicans' licenses, of which notice had been previously given. The magistrates present were A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., J. Fletcher, and J. J. Hill, Esqs., J.P.'s. Applications for Publications' Licenses
John Punton applied for a license for a house in Plattsburg, Wallsend, known as the Blue Bell Inn.— Mr. G. Wallace appeared for the applicant.—Senior-sergeant Conway opposed the granting of the license on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Monday, July 12Th. 1875. Before Mr. J. Hannell, J.P. Assaulting the Police
George Brown was charged with assaulting constable John Dunshea, whilst in the execution of his duty, at Newcastle, on the 11th inst. Constable John Dunshea deposed: The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wednesday, July 14, 1875. Before Mr. F. J. Shaw, J.P. Murderous Assault
William Campbell, seaman, was charged with having committed a murderous assault upon one Benjamin Baker, on the 13th instant. Sergeant J. Donohoe, of the Water Police,…
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A TELEGRAM in Thursday's Evening News says, that at the Maryborough Circuit Court, Ah Cat, Jim Pong, and Louisa Renzelman, were tried for the murder of the husband of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Proceedings. Thursday, July 15Th, 1875. Before Mr. H. Scott P.M. Damage of Property
Emily Sampson, charged with breaking a window, the property of Mary M'Garry, of Newcastle, pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s. (Before Messrs. E. A. White and J. Hannell, J.P.'s)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Monday, July 19, 1875. Before Mr. J. Hannell. J.P.
OBSCENE AND PROFANE LANGUAGE. Three offenders vere punished by being fined in various sums. VAG[?]ANCY…
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As soon as possible the offender was taken before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and charged with the offence alluded to. Constable Daley gave evidence as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murderous Assault. a Young Woman Stabbed. the Perpetrator Narrowly Escapes Being "Lynched."
ON Saturday last Waratah was the termination of a scene of an attempt to take the life of a young woman named Sarah Cheers, aged 20, which had previously been made in Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Proceedings. Newcastle. Monday, July 22, 1875. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Two inebriates were punished. OBSCENE AND PROFANE LANGUAGE. Two offenders were fined. CARELESS RIDING…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday July 21, 1875. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M. and R. Turton, and W. Robson, Esq's., J.P's)
SURETIES OF THE PEACE.—Richard Davis was charged by William Maddock, Storekeeper, Lambton, with threatning to split his head with an axe.—Defendant stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court Proceeding Newcastle. Saturday, July 24Th 1875. (Before Mr. H. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
One offender was punished. NEGLECTING TO JOIN HIS SHIP. Frencis Fallen, seaman, of the brig [?] was charged with the above offence, and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, July 26Th, 1875
Before Messrs. Scott, P.M., and J. Hannell, J.P. UPFOLD v. SPENCER. Claim for £6 1s. 7d. The hearing of the case was postponed till the next sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing a Bottle of Brandy
At the Waratah Police Court, on Saturday last, John Murray was charged with stealing a bottle of branny, the property of John Stoker, at Lambton, on the 24th instant. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s…
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