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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
318 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16
Four offenders were punished. B[?]EACH OF THE PEACE. Daniel Huddley and William Sampson, pleaded guilty to committing a breach of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON Monday last, Thomas Singleton was brought up by Constable Tribe on a charge of wilful exposure in Elder-street, Lambton, on the 12th inst. Convieted, and ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three delinquents were fined in various amounts for the above offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE, Three offenders were convicted, and fined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ONE offender was punished. ASSAULT Two cases were settled out of Court and one was dismissed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At two o'clock this morning, John Williams a brickmaker, of Weston, in a drunken fit split his wife's head open with an axe, killing her instantly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the trial of Clarence Hale for the murder of Gerald Hamilton, in this city, in January lust, the jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BOTH the accused (Aitken and Harris) have been committed for trial for man slaughter, but have been released on bail. The evidence was slight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AT the request, by telegrams and letters of a large number of our subscribers at the Back Creek Diggings, and adjacent district, we made such arrangements as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One offender was fined 5s. or twenty— four hours. INDECENT LANGUAGE AND USING INSULTING WORDS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CRIME of the deepest dye has been perpetrated at North West Bay. A farmer, Felon, had been missing for some time, and no traces being discovered of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST evening, as the Rev. Thomas English and the Rev. Constance Fontaine, two clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church were passing up Balton-street near a bake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One offender was fined 5s. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. One delinquent was convicted, and fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →James Cowan and John Tait pleaded guilty to the above offence, at Lambton, on the 17th, and were bound over to keep the peace for three months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Information reached this city to-day of the murder of one of the most prominent grangers in the State, a man well-known here. His name is John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WILLIAM Nicholson and Eaoch Bateman, charged by Senior Constable Sparkes, of Greta, for making use of obscene language, were fined 10s, and costs; in default, three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE letter read by Mr. Jacob at the Lower Hunter nomination, yesterday, as one written by Mr. Buchanan to Sir John Robertson, has excited considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W. R. Robinson was placed before the court for being unable to take care of himself. Dr. R Harries testified that the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR,—A paragraph appeared in your Wednesday's issue of November 21st, beaded "A disgraceful assault upon two clergymen." Would you kindly allow me…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a claim for £5, for four weeks' board and lodging. The parties had previously been on friendly terms, and defendant had frequently stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One person was fined 5s, for the above offence. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION. Albert Lindsay, mariner (on ball) was…
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