Reported Murder
IT was stated in Tamworth on Tuesday, that a man had been murdered at Barraba on the previous day. The facts, as far as they are known here, are these. A man…
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Courts & crime, 1881
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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 11, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Messrs. Lochhead and Brooks, J.s'P.)
Adam Hinkle, a young man, described as a baker, pleaded guilty to using obscene language and assaulting constable Woods at the railway station. Prisoner was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 13Th May, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)
OYSTER STEALING.—William Campbell was charged with having unlawfully dredged for oysters at Fullerton Cove, on a natural oyster bed in the Hunter River,…
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INVERELL, Thursday.—An old man named. Thomas Smith, a shoemaker, living alone near Inverell, was found dead on Wednesday night by a boy, son of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 13Th May, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)
SUSPECTED THEFT OF OYSTERS.—James Campbell was charged on suspicion of having stolen ten bags of oysters, from a natural bed in the River Hunter. Mr…
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YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., William Slief, a seaman, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street, and was…
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THE only cases for hearing at the Police Court yesterday were these of two drunkards who were dealt with as customary. One of the prisoners—Mrs. Kate…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., presided at the Court of Appeal against assessments for the Municipality of Wickham, held at the Courthouse yesterday. A number of…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., AND Mr. W. K. Lochhead presided on the Bench yesterday. One drunkard was fined as customary, and Emily Sampson, a notorious…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—News of a dastardly outrage at Kingston has just arrived. It appears that early this morning Trooper Pearce arrested a man named…
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THERE was only one case been the sheets yesterday at the Police Court; George Tarrant being summoned by constable Porter for being drunk and disorderly and…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday—Trooper Pearce has died from the effects of the wounds inflicted by the man he had arrested…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. W. A. Sparke, J.P., a large number of persons, for having suffered goats to stray, were…
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AT the Police Court on Saturday, before the P.M., Ah Pung, a celestial seaman of the steamer Meath, was charged with having smuggled 162 cigars ashore at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court.—friday. (Before Mr. Perrott, P.M.)
Henry Bellamy and Elizabeth Baulks were fined 40s., with costs, or, in default, one month each in Maitland gaol, for using obscene language in a public place…
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The usual hearing of small debts cases took place yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Captain O'Sullivan, J.P. There were no cases of any public interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 22Nd May, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Captain O'Sullivan, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Several offenders under this head were dealt with as usual. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Richard Jones, in addition to a fine of 5s for being…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, Charles M'Elroy, brought up for drunkenness, was discharged, Sydney Henry Irving, charged with having stolen eight £1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, 25Th May, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)
COMMITTAL.—Sydney Henry Young, a rough-looking young fellow, was committed for trial for a late robbery from the person of Charles McElroy, a coloured…
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AT the Police Court yesterday the business disposed of was light One drunkard was dealt with as customary. Joseph Marriott failing to appear in answer to summons…
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