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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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THE adjourned sittings of the above Court were resumed yesterday morning at ten o'clock. The members of the legal profession present were:âBarrister: Sir George Innes. Solicitors:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our Thursday's issue appears a report of one James Devereux who pleaded guilty to using obscene language. A valued subscriber and most respectable denizen of Stockton, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three drunkards were punished. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. Edward Rogers, charged with being absent without leave from the barque Island City, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELL has it been said "The dark places of the earth are fill of the habitations of horrid cruelty." From an Indian paper we extract the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Robson, J.P., two persons were punished for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six persons were fined in sums varying from 5s. up to 20s., for the above effence. PROFANE LANGUAGE. Henry Lewis, charged with using profane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two offenders were punished. REFUSING TO PAY FARE. Mary Bridekirk, widow, was charged with refusing to pay her fare from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four persons were fined 5s. each for drunkenness. ASSAULT. Catherine Robson charged Sarah Williamson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The above and a cross case between the same parries were withdrawn. THREATS. Catherine Anderson, charged with making use…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Police Court yesterday, before Lieut. Col. Maunsell, P.m., and Mr. Parnell, J.P., there was only one case—one of assault, called, but there was no appearance of parties, and the case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three drunkards were fined—one 2s. 6d., one 5s., and the other 10s. PROFANE LANGUAGE. Robert Miller was charged with using profane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Robson, J.P., Mary Bridekirk pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy, and was sentenced to one month in Maitland gaol. Michael McMahon, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN announcement in the Government Gazette says:—His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint Greta, in the Police District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Hughes, seaman, was charged with wilful disobedience of lawful commands on board the American barquentine Amelia, at Newcastle, on the 25th ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE cases for hearing at the Small Debts Court were postponed from Monday till yesterday, on account of the large amount of police business; and yesterday they were again postponed till…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Moss and George Barrett were each charged with deserting from the British steamship Bertha on the 1st inst., Prisoners pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to eight weeks'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Shoesmith was charged with assaulting and beating Richard Pearce, at Lambton, on the 25th of March last. Pleaded guilty, and fined 20s. and costs 5s. 10d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty-three cases were on the sheet to be considered in this Court, and most of them were decided by the magistrates. Several were settled out of court. None were of public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six drunkards were punished. INDECENT LANGUAGE. William Witson, who was lined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly, was mulet in a further sum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four offenders were punished for the above offence. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. Allan Kennedy was charged with being absent…
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