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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
318 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 16
Janet Brennen pleaded guilty to making use of insulting words towards James Dobbie, at Anvil Creek, on the 16th inst., and was fined 5s., and 6s, costs, or in default three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robert Musgrave and Robert Andrew Musgrave were charged with conspiring to other to do damage to the Protestant Hall, Wallsend; and secondly, that they did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was only one case called, the Wallsend Municipal Council v. Edward Lorey, and, as there was no appearance of parties, the ass was struck cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Roach, who on last Court day was suffering from delirium tremens, and remanded for a week for treatment, was again brought up and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Waratah Police Court, on Friday, August 3rd, before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., Alexander Don was brought up in custody, charged with assaulting and beating and inflicting bodily harm on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Gordon was charged with using insulting language towards Edwin Brown, at Waratah, on the 17th ultimo, whereby a breach of the peace might have been occasioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three persons were dealt with for the above offense MALICIOUSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING. George Nicklos, aged 26, a Greek seaman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two persons were dealt with for the above offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Two offenders, a male and a female, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One offender was dealt with. THE SPRINGBOK CASE. James Jones, Henry Smith, John Reid, George Thorpe, Thomas Bulger, and Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Francis Terence M'Mahon, alias George Stephenson, was charged by Constable Powell with wilfully exposing his person. Defendant did not appear, and a warrant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One person was dealt with. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. A lad, aged 15, was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. or go to the lockup for twenty-four hours, for using…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two offenders were fined for being drunk and disorderly. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Samuel Chapman, John Jones, Joseph Thomas, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—When will the inhabitants of Bullock Island he able to obtain some little police protection? The large number of half-civilized and drunken sailors who prowl about the Island, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALLIED to the above subject, and intimately bearing on the place and order of the community, is the efficiency and energy of our police force. Now, we…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOUR persons were dealt with for drunkenness. NEGLECTING TO JOIN A VESSEL. John McKinnon was charged with neglecting to join the brig Neptune, at Newcastle, on the 23rd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →APROPOS of the subject of police courts, a good story comes from Otago. A Scotsman, who had been brought before the court for drunkenness and kicking a policeman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven offenders were fined in sums varying from 5s, to 10s, with costs, for being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language in public places in Lambton and few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN a late issue while adverting to the subject of a growing tendency to lawlessness on the part of some of the roughs amongst us, we alluded to the brawl on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN a late issue while adverting to the subject of a growing tendency to lawlessness on the part of some of the roughs amongst us, we alluded to the brawl on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE September sittings of the Newcastle District Court commenced yesterday before his Honor Judge Wilkinson. The members of the legal profession present…
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