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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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THE following news was received from Cooktown to-day:—"The Ellangowan, missionary steamer, arrived on Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Chambers and Captain Dadfield are on board. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several persons were fined in sums varying from 5s. to 20s. and costs. ASSAULT. William Seymour was charged with assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday the 5th, Peter Gray and William Gray, sons of a small farmer, living about a mile from Stroud, were brought up again at the Stroud Police Court, before a bench consisting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE Offender was lined in the sum of 5s., or twenty-four hours in the lockup, for the above offence. TRANSFER OF LICENSE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Ann McKenna was fined 10s., or 48 hours, for the above offence. DISOBEYING LAWFUL COMMANDS. Michael Drew pleaded guilty to disobeying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the Police Court oil Saturday, before Lieut-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., and Mr. F. J. Shaw, J. P., three persons were punished for drunkenness.— Thomas Hynds was brought up for protection,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two persons were fined for drunkenness. LARCENY. "Monday," the aboriginal, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of elastic side boots, of the value…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frank Gray was charged with assaulting a man within view of the police, oil the 11th inst., and was convicted, and ordered to pay a penalty of 20s. or 14 days in Maitland gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THROUGH the courtesy of our Mayor, Mr. George Wallace, we have received a telegram about the above case. Several witnesses were examined in the case, but no new facts of interest were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Coroner to-day held an inquiry at the Infirmary respecting the death of a man named Thomas Bulbart who was brought to the Central Police Station about twenty-five minutes to 5 o'clock last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Fletcher was summoned to answer a charge of assaulting his mother, Mary Ann Fletcher, at New Lambton.—Case settled out of Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five persons were punished for the above offence. THREATENING LANGUAGE. Charles Lowell summoned Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One person was dealt with for the above offence. FALSE PRRTENCES. George Clark was charged with obtaining £1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE drunkard was punished. DESERTION. Iri Sobers and Juan Rezane were each charged with desorting from the Portuguese ship Alva, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE proprietor of the Evening News has been called upon to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court in publishing a portion of the evidence in an insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Morley, a lad about 14 years of age, was charged with obtaining the sum of 1s. 3d by means of false pretences from one Alice Turnfull, at Hamilton, on the 8th inst., with latent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One person was lined 5s., or 24 hours in the lockup for the above offence. PROTECTION. Robert William King was brought up for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIX inebriates were punished. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Thomas D. Ramsay, who had been previously fined for drunkenness, was then charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Devereux, pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Hunter-street, and was fined 10s., or 48 hours in the lockup. REFUSING TO PAY FARE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Police Court yesterday, before Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell, P.M., Richard Lecker was charged with being absent without leave from the barque East Lothian, at Newcastle, on…
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