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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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SIEVL. v. HILL.—This was an action brought by James Sievl against Geo. Hill, to recover the sum of £477 14s 11d, being half the amount of a loss sustained in a transaction, in which plaintiff and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAJOR BOLTON and Mr. T. Brooks, J.P., were the presiding magistrates yesterday. Henry Wolgast and Carl Kilhn, each sixteen, were sent to Maitland gaol for a month, for desertion from the German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—William O'Brien was executed here to-day for the murder of Peter M'Anish, near Lancefield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE LATE GRASS FIRES.—Cunneen v. Commissioner for Railways. This was a case in which, yesterday, James Cunneen, of Singleton, dealer in cattle, sued the Commissioner for damage to some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. MAIR, P.M., with Messrs. W. A. Sparke, and David Ludlow, Js.P., dealt with yesterday's Police Court business. Four drunkards were fined. Samuel Roy, a wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ELLIS V. LYONS.—This was an action brought by Thomas Edward Ellis against Claude Herbert Lyons, proprietor of the Maitland Mail newspaper, for alleged libel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS case was called on this morning, and Mrs. Keep surrendered to her bail, and was placed in the dock. The Crown Prosecutor here read a letter, in which Dr. Cummings of Woollahra, Sydney, certified to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the opening of the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday, the first case called on was the Crown v. Mary Ann Burton and Sarah Keep, charged with murder. The Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, a triumvirate of inebriates (all mere boys, by the way) were fined for drunkenness. David a boy, whose head scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAITLAND, Thursday.—Nowlan versus Nash and others.—This was an action for trespass and wrongful ejectment, damages being laid at £1000. After the case had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY'S Police Court business lasted until about 3 p.m. Major Bolton and Mr. J. Creer, J's P., were the presiding magistrates. Two drunkards disposed of, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOHN LEWIS, seaman, was charged with using bad language; fined 20s, or seven days in Maitland gaol. The same, for being drunk; fined 20s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. MAIR, P.M., and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P., presided yesterday at the local court. Nine drunkards were dealt with. Francis Govern, seaman, for having illegally taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the past fortnight, Newcastle has been deprived of the services of many of her most prominent citizens and business men, through these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, David Jenkins, for having driven rapidly round a corner, was fined £2 2s 6d. Robert Stevenson, "no lights," was mulet to the extent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Henry Mort, a hairdresser, residing in Camperdown, was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing gas from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., and Dr. Leacock, J.P., Charles Creek was charged with unlawfully wounding one Hugh M'Laughlin, at Tickhole, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. MAIR, P.M., adjudicated at the local court yesterday, and fined one drunkard. Elizabeth Stanbridge, an old offender just released from gaol, was sent back again for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUITORS should bear in mind that the next Newcastle District Court will be holden on Monday, the 1st December. The last day for issuing plaints will be Tuesday, the 18th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COONAMBLE, Saturday.—A man named Joseph Wright was charged on Thursday with an assault with intent to commit a rape on a married woman, but the case was…
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