Robbery and Murder
SALISBURY township, Lancaster, Pensylvania has been terribly excited over one of the most dastardly crimes ever committed in that district. The…
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Courts & crime, 1885
574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 29
Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 15. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Five offenders were dealt with, two being fined 5s and three 10s each. REMANDED.—John Bishop, on remand from Saturday, was brought up charged…
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A murderous assault was committed by a Chinaman named Young Sin, at Muttaburra, on Friday. It appears that the Chinaman was brutally assaulting his…
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THE three-masted schooner Fairlie, which has arrived from the Solomon Islands, brings particulars of the murder of Mr. G. B. Adams, the commander of a small…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 17. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P.)
DRUNKENESS.—One offender appeared to answer for his misdoings, and was mulcted in the sum of 5s, with the alternative of "pegging it out" in the lockup for 24…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, June 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. Donald, J.P.)
DRUNKS.—Three of these gentry appeared before the Bench, and were each fined 5s, or 24 hours. One of them presented a most degraded appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Annual Meeting for Renewals. Thursday, June 18. (Before the P.M., Dr. Morgan, and Mr. W. K. Lockhead.)
RENEWALS.—No less than 122 applications were made for renewals of licenses for hotels in the City of Newcastle, Stockton, and Hamilton. There was not a single…
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A young man named Abraham Solomon, a salesman employed by Messrs. J. Giorgi and Co., importers, and who was recently committed for trial on eight…
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THE three-masted schooner Fairlie, which arrived in Sydney on Sunday from the Solomon Islands, brings particulars of the murder of Mr. G. B. Adams, the commander…
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THE Melbourne Age reports a remarkable case which was heard on Wednesday at the Melbourne City Police' Court, where a young woman about…
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A FEW days ago a fall of earth occurred in a tunnel in which three Chinese miners were working at Bairnsdale, Victoria. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Charge of Arson
ON Friday, before Mr. Perrot, P.M., and Mr. R. Turton, J.P., Henry Fieldhouse was brought up in custody and charged with wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a…
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Frank Howarth, who has begun an action against Superintendent Toohey for wrongful imprisonment in connection with the Pettavel murder, has had an…
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Amy Hart, a domestic servant, was committed for trial at the City Police Court on Saturday, on a charge of murdering her illegitimate female child in…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A letter-sorter at the General Post-office, named Thos. Harvey, was arrested yesterday in the act of stealing letters. He had six letters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 22. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., Messrs. D. Ludlow and C. Hannell, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS, etc.—Albert Button, for being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night, was fined 5s.; in default, 48 hours. Albert Radcliffe, for a similar offence, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 23. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Four offenders were dealt with. PROTECTION.—Annie Philips, a young woman about 19 years of age, was one of…
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AS might naturally have been expected, the most exciting part of the news by the mail steamer (says the Auckland Herald) was the detailed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, June 24. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Two offenders faced the Bench, and were ordered to pay the usual towards the revenue, with the alternative of spending 24 hours in the cold cells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Luxuries in the Divorce Court
AMID all the painful disclosures too frequently made in the divorce cases, there is occasionally an element of the ludicrous. The case of Orr v. Orr, for…
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