Newcastle Police Court
AT the police court, yesterday, before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., two persons were fined for drunkenness. Bridget Morrison pleaded not guilty to a charge of having a jug in her…
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Courts & crime, 1878
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Newcastle Police Court
AT the Police Court, on Saturday, two persons were fined for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 16Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Refusing to Pay His Fare
Joseph Fayrer was charged with refusing to pay his fare from Sydney to Newcastle, by the steamship City of Brisbane. After prisoner was taken into custody, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Monday, September 16. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq.) STEALING
Walter Webster was charged, on remand, with stealing a saddle and bridle, the property of one James Butler, at the Wallsend Christmas Races…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 17Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and A. Brown, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
One offender was fined. ABSENT FROM APPRENTICESHIP. Henry Gilbert and James Camps, indentured apprentices, were summoned by their…
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AT the Police-court yesterday, before Liout-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and A. Brown, Esq., J. P., one drunkard was punished. One case of petty larceny was remanded till Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusing Case at the Police Court
YESTERDAY the judicial decorum which usually prevails within the four walls of the temple of justice in Hunter-street was disturbed in a somewhat amusing manner. Two sons of…
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AN evidence of the high estimation in which Mr. Tighe is held, and another deserved testimony to the ability and impartiality with which that gentleman is universally credited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder at Waipu.—confession of the Murderers
HENARE Pate has confessed to the murder and rape. He made this confession in presence of the rununga before which he and his fellow-prisoners were brought. Pine Tu,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 19Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Insulting Words
Michael Bolton pleaded guilty to a charge of using insulting language to one Charles McLeau. Complainant belongs to two lodges, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September, 18Th 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Robson, J. Fletcher, and J. Y. Neilson, Esqs., J.P.'s.)
Two persons (man and wife) were fined for making use of obscene language at Wallsend. WAGES CASE Thomas Bower claimed £2 6s. 9d. for wages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Small Debts' Court. Wednesday, September 18, 1878. (Before Mr. Tighe, P.M., and Mr. Robson, J.p.) Plattsburg Municipal Council V. Andrew Sneddon
The Council sued Mr. Sneddon for the recovery of rates. The case had been postponed some three or four times, principally upon technical objections lodged by…
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AT Marylebone Police-court, on July 8, Sir Capel Fitzgerald, aged 25, and living at the Southampton Hotel, Surbiton, Surrey, was brought up on a warrant, before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Lord Leitrim
AT the Donegal Assizes, Crown Court, Lifford, on July 20, before Baron Fitzgerald, Bernard M'Grenchan, Thomas M'Grenehan, and Michael Heraghty were arraigned on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 20Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Colonel Maunsell, P.m.) Disobedience
Salvatore Searparte was charged with disobedience of lawful commands on board the Italian barque Cavaleria S. Polimeni. Prisoner, a youth about sixteen, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LOCAL & GENERAL. Newcastle Police Court
AT the Police Court, on Saturday, before W. Robson, Esq., J.P., four inebriates were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder of a Family
THE inquest on the bodies of William Watkins, his wife, and three children, whose murder was reported in our last, was held on July 20, before the coroner, in the village of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. September 23Rd, 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and R. Turton, Esq., J.p.) Assault and Battery
David Hughes was brought up, on remand, charged with assaulting and doing actual bodily harm to one Thomas Peston, at Charlestown, on the 28th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 23Rd, 1878. (Before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
Ann Duffy, an old offender, was fined 10s, or 48 hours, for being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street on 21st instant; 10s or 48 hours for using obscene language on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 23Rd, 1878. (Before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., and W. Robson, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
Two drunkards were punished. LARCENY. Magnus Work was charged with stealing certain articles, the property of Patrick K…
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