LOCAL & GENERAL. Newcastle Police Court
FOUR drunkards were punished at the Police Court on Saturday…
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Courts & crime, 1878
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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 17Th June, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.m.) Drunkenness
Eleven disciples of Bacchus were punished for worshipping too ardently at his shrine. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. James O'Mara pleaded guilty to a charge of…
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THE court was resumed at 12 o'clock yesterday before Lieut-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Brookes, J.P. Mr. Wallace appeared for the Council…
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SOME short time since it was notified in the Sydney papers, and duly repeated by the provinciol journals, that Mr. JOHN URLEY, M.L.A., had obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 18Th June, 1878. (Before Lient. Col. Maunsell, P.m.) Obscene Language
WILLIAM DOHEETY, a private in the Permanent Force, was charged with using obscene language in Wait-street. The offender was handed over to the sergeant of the detachment, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 19Th June, 1878. (Before Lieutenant-Colonel M[?]ausell, P.M., and Dr. Brookers, J.p.) Assault
John Cox was charged, on summons, with having unawfally assuuited and beaten one Rach[?]el Brown, on 16th instant. Defendant ple[?]ded no[?] guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 19, 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and Wm. Robson. Esq, J.p.) Insulting Worde
George Ailiffe was charged with using insulting words to John Cook, in a public thorough fare, at Tighe's Hill, on the 15th inst. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 20Th June, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell,P.M.)
William H. Hill was charged with being absent without leave from the British ship Robert Lees, at Newcastle, on the 15th inst. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was ordered to be…
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A COURT, for the hearing of appeals against the Lambton Municipal Assessment, was held on Wednesday last, at Waratah; Messrs. Tighe P.M., and Robson, J.P.', on the Bench…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Brookes, J.P., six persons were fined for over indulgence in alcohol, and results accruing therefroms.—John…
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A TELEGRAM to the Brisbane Telegraph, dated Rockampton, June 17, says:—Charles Andrews, a bushman, has been murdered near the old saw mills, thirty miles from Tambo, his supposed…
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AT the Police Court, on Saturday, before E. Parnell, Esq., J.P., one drunkard was fined 2s 6d.; and a case of wilful destruction to property was postponed till Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Court. Friday, June 20, 1878. CHIPPETT V. CHIPPETT
THIS was a divorce suit brought by Mrs. Bridget Chippet, formerly Bridget Mack, of West Maitland, against her husband Robert Chippett, formerly a well-known draper of West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 24Th June, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.m.) Drunkenness
One drunkard was punished. WILFUL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Henry Bahncke, second officer, and William H. Gaud, chief officer, of the barque Ardencraig,…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., two persons were dealt with for drunkenness. William O'Shay was charged with being absent without…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieut. Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Brookes, J.P., three drunkards were fined. John Gardiner, fined for drunkenness, was also charged with…
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A SAVAGE assault was committee at Yass (says the E News) on Monday night. A man named Devine hit another person named Pawson, with a heavy bar of iron on the forehead, inflicting a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 27Th June, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Br[?]okes, J. P ). DRUNKENNESS
Five persons were dea[?] with for drunkenness. LARCENY. Annie Duffy was charged with stealing a gold ring, the property of one Manuel Valles, on the…
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THE number of I.O.G.T. societies that has lately been established in this city and district has apparently had an effect upon the moral behaviour of a certain portion of the people. We…
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IN the matter of Samuel Hayes, of Newcastle meeting for the examination of witnesses. John Frederick Schroder, examined by…
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