LOCAL & GENERAL. Newcastle Police Court
AT the Police Court yesterday, before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., George Brown and William White pleaded guilty to a charge of being absent from the British barque Wodonga…
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Courts & crime, 1878
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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 25, 1878. (Before A. A. T. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Robson. Esq., J.P.)
Robert Selwood was charged with being found leaving a licensed house with liquor in his possession at Plattsburg, on Sunday, the 22nd inst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, September 26Th, 1878. (Before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Disobeying Lawful Commands
Benjamin Zeigler pleaded not guilty to a charge of disobeying lawful commands on board the British barque Wodonga, on 24th instant…
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WE (the Echo) understand that the Royal Commissioners appointed to enquire into the management and discipline of Berrima gaol have finished taking evidence, and that, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 27Th, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.m.) Refusing to Pay Their Fare
Joseph McDowell and Thomas Caroll were charged with refusing to pay their fare from Sydney to Newcastle, in the steamship Kembla, on the 27th instant; but as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Baronet in the Police Force
AMONGST the "promotions" which have recently been announced as having taken place at the Phœnix depot of the Royal Irish Constabulary, we read, "Acting-Constable…
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IT is announced in our telegraphic intelligence that Wonbobbie, a small town near Warren, has been the scene of a shocking tragedy. Senior-sergeant Wallings, one of…
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THERE were only two cases brought before the court on Saturday, and these were postponed till Monday for the attendance of a second magistrate. W. Robson, Esq., J.P.,…
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ON Sunday evening, about six o'clock (says the Dubbo Dispatch), the residents of Macquarie-street were startled by hearing the report of a gun, and seeing a man rushing…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., one "drunk" was punished. Samuel Clissold, for deserting from the British barque Woodville, was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, 30Th September, 1878. (Before Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and G. Tully, Esq., J.P.)
HICKEY v. OVERALL.—Claim, £10, salvage on the ketch Turtle. Mr. Nicholson appeared for the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence that in December, 1876, defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 1St October, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and W. Robson, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
One drunkard was punished. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. William Smith was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours, for committing this offence in…
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THE Chicago Record of Saturday says:—R. R. Hall, the well-known San Francisco detective, has been over to Germantown for the past two weeks. Thoroughly disguised, no…
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A FIRST and only meeting was held yesterday at the Court-house, Newcastle, before Lieutenant-Col. Maunsell, Substitute Commissioner, in the estate of Samuel Francis,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 2Nd October, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M.; Dr. Brookes, and G. Tully, Esq., J.p.) Drunkenness
Two females wore dealt with for this offence, one being fined Pa. and the other 20s., or even days—the "other" was Mary Ann M'Kenna, a well-known, and as little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 2, 1878. (Before A. A. P. Tighe, Esq., P.M., and W. Robson and J. Y. Neilson, Esq.'s, J.P.'s)
Michael Britt was fined 5s and 2s 6d coats, for being drunk and disorderly, and a like sum for using obscene language. A boy, named George Wilson, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Small Debts Court. Wednesday, October 2, 1878. (Before Messrs. A. A. P. Tighe, P.M.; W. Robson, and J. Y. Neilson, J.P.'s)
Claim, £2, for 1000 bricks sold and delivered, to defendant's order. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and was defended by Mr. Wallace…
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AN old man, named Goodall, who is 80 years old, and quite blind, and who has been for some time an inmate of the Andover Union Workhouse, has just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 3Rd October, 1878. (Before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M.)
DRUNKENNES.âFour drunkards were dealt with. ASSAULT.âA coloured man named Mahomet was charged with committing an…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Lieut.-Col. Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Brookes, J.P., four persons were fined 5s or 24 hours in the lookup, for drunkenness. A charge…
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