Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 13, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and Mr. F. J. Shaw, J.P.)
Three persons were dealt with for drunkenness. INDECENT AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE. One person was fined 23s. for using…
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Courts & crime, 1877
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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 14Th, 1877. (Before A.A.P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Rob[?]on and R. Turton, Esq.'s., J.s.P.) Maintenance Case
William Crompton was charged by Constable O'Meara, with refusing to pay an order of the Court for the maintenance of his illegitimate child,…
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A RESPECTABLY connected young man (says the Tabot [?]ime[?]), named John Vincent, was charged at the Talbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. C. Dowling, P.M., and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imprisonment of a Child for Seventeen Years—possible Murder. Milton, Mass., Jan. 16, 1877
A MOST terrible case of parental cruelty disclosing the imprisonment and neglect for seventeen years of an idiotic son, and the possible murder of another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 19, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and Mr. Smith, J.p.) Drunkenness
Three persons were dealt with for drunkenness. REFUSING TO PAY STEAMBOAT FARE. Neils Forbeasen was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, March 19. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and Mr. Smith, J. P)
ESTATE OF RICHARD TEREE V. MRS. READ. Claim £3 18s. 6d., for goods sold. This case was postponed for a month. SAME V. CORNELIUS MORHEINE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 21, 1877. (Before the Police Magistrate and R. W. Moody, Esq., J.P.)
[?]mma Beaumont was brought up in custody charged with annoying the people of New Lambton by using p[?]ofane language on the 11th inst. She was ordered to be fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branxton Police Court. Wednesday, March 21, 1877. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and A. Glennie, J.p.) Drunkenness
James Cain and James Allen were charged by Constable Powell with having been drunk at Greta, on the 10th inst., and were each fined 5s and 2s 6d costs;…
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A MURDER without parallel has been committed at Attunta, New Zealand. A young man named Alexander Scott was engaged to a lady of great beauty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 23, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., Mr. Shaw and Mr. Brookes, J.P.'s) LARCENY
Richard M'Mahon was charged with stealing a pair of trouse s, the property of Robert M'Ilbroy, at Newcastle, on the 22nd inst. Prisoner was convicted and ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 24Th, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.). Drunkenness
Four persons were dealt with for the above offence. DISOBEDIENCE OF COMMANDS. Leguen, a seaman of the French barque…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Murder and Suicide. Urana, March 20
YESTERDAY morning (19th March), when news was brought into town that a selector and labourer, named Charles Allen, had murdered his wife and two children…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 26, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.M., and Mr. Smith J.p.) Drunkenness
Three persons wore dealt with for drunkenness. ASSAULT. Owen Griffin, aged 42, described as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 27, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Two persons were dealt with for drunkenness. FALSE PRETENCES. W. B. Fennell was charged with ob…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, March 28, 1877. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and James Fletcher, Esq., J.p.) Assault
John Punton was charged with assaulting senior-constable Grennan in the execution of his duty, at Plattsburg, on the 24th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 28, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Three persons were dealt with for drunkenness. SHIP DESERTION. Alexander George Deane, for deserting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The late Murder at Wagga Wagga
THE news that the police had captured the man suspected of having murdered him whose body was lately found in the river, brought a very great crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 31, 1877. (Before Mr. Scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
John Burns was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and was ordered to pay a fine of 5s., or be imprisoned for twenty-four hours; for assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Police Business
SOME time ago I presented to the notice of your readers a carefully compiled statement of the amount of business transacted at the Waratah Police Court and Office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Small Debts' Court. Wednesday April 4Th. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, and W. Robson, Esq.'s., J s P)
Wm M'Lemont v. George Backs Claim, £3 12s 6d for goods sold in 1874 Mr. Wallace appealed for defendant. The case was dismissed as the bench had no…
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