Conduct of the Police in Burns' Case
THE policemen who prosecuted the man Burns recently for drunkenness and disorderly conduct got a severe overhauling on Saturday night at a public meeting in…
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Courts & crime, 1876
401 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 21
Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday August 30th. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M.)
[?]MMITTING A BRANCH OF THE PEACE. [?]ames Paull, aged 25, and John Cannon, [?] described as butchers, were charged [?] fighting in Watt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1876. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.m.) Indecent Language
[?]chibald Bell was fined £1, and [?] 2s 6d, for the above offence. DRUNKENNESS. [?] even offenders were fined in sums…
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THERE can be but very few persons, if any, who read, the report of a public meeting held in the Temperance Hall Sydney, on Saturday night last, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday August 31St. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and H. A. Smith, J.p.) Drunkenness
Two persons were fined for the above offence. VAGRANCY. William Bryant, aged 52, a shipwright,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday September 4Th. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and J. Hannell, J.p.) Using Threatening Language
[?] Thomas Harley, convicted of using [?]tening language towards his wife, [?]therine Harley, on the 22nd instant, [?] ordered to find sureties to keep the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, September 5Th, 1876
The Court re-opened at 10 a.m. JURY CASE. [?]ALEB BROWN V. JOHN HENDERSON AND ANOTHER…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Wcastle District Court. Wednesday, September 6Th, 1876
[?] Court re-opened at 10 a.m. NEVE Y. GORDON. This was an action to recover £3 10s., work and labour done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 6, 1876. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Robson Esq., J.p.) Wages Case
David George sued Thomas Hardy, manager of the New Lambton Colliery, for the sum of £1 18s. 3d., wages. The defendant pleaded not indebted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Small Debts' Court. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Robson, Esq., J.P)
James Gillespie v. Thomas Singleton.—Claim, £7 3s, 8½d., for meat sold and delivered during the year 1876. No appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Assault and Attempted Robbery near Wallsend
ONE of the most villanous attempts at robbery that we have had yet to record occurred yesterday morning, shortly after midnight, near Wallsend. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Assault and Robbery. Waratah Police Court
ON Tuesday (yesterday), Thomas Firth, was brought up, charged with having feloniously assaulted one Edward Lenny, of Risley's Flat, near Teralba, on the…
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James Dowe was charged by Agnes Robertson with leaving his illegitimate child without means of support. Mr. Baker, for Mr. Wallace, appeared…
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A SHORT time since, we deemed it our duty, in the interests of the public of this colony and in those of humanity in general, to call attention to the brutality…
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We are happy to observe that a subscription list, initiated by Sub-inspector Thorpe, is in circulation amongst the members of the Police Force in this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts' Court. Monday, September 18Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and J. Hannell, J.p.) Hollinshead V. HURST
Claim £2 12s. 3d., for goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff. VICKERY V. WHYTE. Claim £4 18s., for coal supplied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Newcastle Naval Brigade. Mr. F. Gardner Gazetted Sublieutenant, Body Found in the Harbour. Parliament Further Propogued. the Governor Visits Riverina. Arrival of the Suez Mail. the Dandenong Catastrophe. Appreciation of Captain Walker's Gallantry. Arrival of the Survivors of the Dandenong at Melbourne. Affecting Scene. Emerald Hill Murder. Ellen Francis Sentenced to Death. All England Team. Sydney. Redd. Tuesday evening 7.30
Mr. Frank Gardner has been gazetted as Sub-Lieutenant of the Newcastle Naval Brigade. The body of a female, name unknown, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 21St. (Before H. Scott, Esq., P.m.) Indecent Language
An old female delinquent was found guilty and send to gaol for a month in default of payment. STEALING…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 22Nd, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
One offender was fined. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. One case was dealt with. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 26Th, 1876. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Three persons were dealt with. FIGHTING IN THE STREET. Edward Rowen, aged 22, a seaman, was charged with committing a breach of the…
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