Newcastle Police Court
MR. MAIR, P.M., with Messrs. Lochhead, and Creer, J'sP., presided on the Police Bench yesterday Several drunkards having been fined, Thomas Jones, 20, who…
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Courts & crime, 1884
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Newcastle Police Court
THE P.M. was assisted by Mr. G. Donald, J.P., at the Police Court on Thursday. Mary Lewis, 17, in custody on a charge of vagrancy, was [?]ed. Louisa Walker, a mere child, who had been [?]ing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intercolonial Telegrams The Goolong Murder
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The police are on the track of the Geelong murderer…
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THE following is a more detailed account of the recent murder near Geelong, about two miles from the main Colac Road:—About half-past 1 on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Zulu Thompson in Court
AT the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, Mr. William H. Thompson proprietor of the Egyptian and Zulu War Dioramas, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Desperate Boy Horse-stealer. He Attempts to Murder a Constable
THE following are more detailed particulars than have already appeared in these columns of the capture of the lad Denneen, and his desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Geelong Murder
MELBORUNE, Saturday.—The detectives lives seem quite at a loss with regard to the Geelong murder, and have not the slightest clue to guide them in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Assault on a Constable
A CASE of violent assault upon a constable was heard at the Central police court, Sydney, on Monday, the prisoner being one Martin Maher, who would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Woolloomooloo Tragedy. Murder Will Out
WE (S. M. Herald) believe that a second of the three men who are now in Darlinghurst gaol awaiting their trial on the charge of wilful murder in relation to the outrage…
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THE presiding magistrates at the Police Court yesterday were Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. T. Brooks, J.P. The only prisoner was a child, named Ada…
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YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, Mr. Muir, P.M., and Mr. S. Chapman, J.P., sat the cases through. Mr. T. Brooks, J.P., assisted in one case (the first) and…
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FOR a long while the need for separate charge and summons courts at Newcastle has been daily increasing. The inconvenience arising from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault on a Lady by a Railway Guard
AT the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Monday, Thomas Gaff, a railway guard, was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Hooper, with intent to ravish her, in a…
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MR. MAIR, P.M., with Mr. S. Chapman, J. P., sat at the Police Court yesterday. Three minor offenders having been dealt with, the remanded case against the "White Ribbonites," for alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 8Th February, 1884. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Samuel Chapman, J.P.)
AN OLD TRICK.—Charles Fulton, an eccentric character, known as the "Ballarat and Bendigo bellman," was fined 20s, or seven days, for having travelled gratis from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mutiny and Murder at Sea
A CONSULAR inquiry into the circumstances of the mutiny and murder on board the Swedish brig Natal, on her recent voyage from Boston to Brisbane, was held at the Brisbane gaol in the early part…
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THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY CASE.—John Darling, alias Tom Collins, Edward Meehan, and William Thomas Coleman, members of the White Ribbon Army, appeared…
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A LETTER that has been received at Bourke (writes the correspondent of the Argus) from Lunmen's River states that this is the driest season ever known in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Report of Inspector-general of Police
THE report of the Inspector-General of Police for 1883 has just been issued from the Government Printing Office. The following are some of the most important…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Court House
THE Newcastle Court House is a byword and reproach to the city. It is a great brick barn, devoid of architectural beauty, as desolate as a desert, and as…
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