Newcastle Police Court
AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieut-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., four drunkards were punished. John Townsend and Mary Gribben were each fined 20s, with the…
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Courts & crime, 1878
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Newcastle District Court
THE September sittings of this court were commenced yesterday, before his Honor Judge Wilkinson. The court opened at 10 o'clock. The bar was represented by Messrs. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 3Rd, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.m.) Drunkenness
Four offenders were dealt with. STEALING FROM A DWELLING. John Critchley and Robert N. Blanchard were charged with the above offence, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, 3Rd September, 1878. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.)
THE court reopened at 10 o'clock. M. H. RYAN V. MUNICIPALITY OF NEWCASTLE. Samuel Chapman deposed: I have been a resident of Newcastle for a number of years;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and Jas. Fletcher and W. Robson, Esq.'s, J.P.'s) ASSAULT
George Downing, charged with assaulting and beating one Sarah Horn, at Plattsburg, was fined 20s, and costs 5s 10d. Sarah Nolan, charged with assaulting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 4Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
Five persons were punished for the above offence OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Robert Crompton pleaded guilty to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle District Court. Wednesday, 3Rd September, 1878. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.)
THE court re-opened at 10 o'clock T. DAWSON V. J. GORDON. This case was postponed on Monday to allow of the parties coming to an amicable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Small Debts Court. (Before Messrs. A. A. P. Tighe P.M., and W. Robson, J.P.)
John Calvert v. James Hampton. Claim, £6 6s, 4d., for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for full amount and costs, 5s. Defendant did not appear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 5Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.m.) Stealing
Emil Manton, French seaman, was charged with stealing £16 10s. in gold from off board the steamship Phœbe, now lying in-the harbour of Newcastle, the said £16 10s. being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL. New Magistrate Sworn in
TIMOTHY O'SULLIVAN Esq., was sworn in a magistrate of the territory at the East Maitland Court House, yesterday, before His Honor Judge Wilkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 6Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and W. Robson, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
FOUR persons were fined for the above offence. DETENTION. Charles Christram and Edward Evans were…
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THERE was only one case at the police court on Saturday, an inebriate, who was punished…
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ON Saturday evening last as Mr. James Taylor, a well-known and respected resident of Waratah, was coming into town by the Georgetown road, and when near the bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 9Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J. P.) Drunkenness
THREE inebriates were dealt with. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Emerson Dixon, who was previously fined 10s. for drunkenness, was mul[?] in 20s., with…
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OUR Waratah correspondent writes:—Anent your on dit of to-day, respecting the resignation of the Police Magistrateship. It is quite true. It in I hear his intention to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 10Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.m.) Drunkenness
Charles Turnbull was charged with having wilfully damaged a pane of glass, of the value £5, the property of one James Hill, on the 9th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 11Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.m.) Drunkenness
Three drunkards were punished. PROTECTION. John Grbben, a boy about 7 years old, was brought up for protection. It appears the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 12Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
Mary M'Kay pleaded guilty to being drunk in Watt-street on the previous day and was fined 20s. or seven days in goal. Catherine Salisbury was fined 10s. for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 11, 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and J. Y. Neilson, James Fletcher, and W. Robson, Esqs., J.P.'s.) Abusive Language
Ah Lee was charged with using abusive language to William An Chee, at Tighe's Hill, on the 6th inst. Mr. Nicholson for the plaintiff, Mr. Wallace for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. (Before Messrs. Tighe, P.M. and Robson, J.P.'s.) Municipality of Plattsburg V. Andrew Sneddon
This case for the recovery of rates, postponed from the 4th inst., was again called on for hearing. Mr. Geo. Wallace for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Nicholson for the defendants,…
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