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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 29
MISCELLANEOUS.—Thomas Smith became slightly elevated the previous night, and whilst being escorted to the lock-up he let slip some very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Harvey, letter sorter in the General Post-office, was convicted at the criminal Court of having stolen letters. The prisoner, it appeared, had acquired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The third term of the Supreme Court for the present year commenced this morning, the Bench consisting of Chief Justice Fawcett and Windeyer. A new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS.—Seven offenders faced the Bench, and were fined in various sums, with the alternative of retiring. TRAVELLING FREE.—Henry Holloway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patrick Kennedy, a lad employed by Messrs. King, Williams, and Co., drapers, was convicted of the larceny of a £20 note from a letter. At first it was supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A certificate was granted to Wm. Westway Dart. The certificate of John Rayden Bingle was suspended for six months. The insolvent had traded so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first court martial in connection with the Victorian Defence Association has been held, when six members of the Permanent Artillery were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS—TWO inebriates were disposed of in the usual form. PROFANE LANGUAGE.—Charles M'Kenzie had to pay 40s, in default 7 days, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The man Bushby, who was recently convicted at Ballarat for attempting to murder Detective-Sergeant Hyland by shooting him when he went to arrest the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNK SHEET.—Not a solitary offender appeared to pay penance; and not a pair of white "kids" for the magistrate. RESISTANCE.—Charles Gustavson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNK.—One offender, who had been on "the run" the previous night, was called upon to pay 5s, or "go up" for 24 hours. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Robert Sweenson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The decision of the recent court-martial on six out of the thirteen men of the Permanent Artillery who were placed under arrest for disobedience of orders is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN exciting encounter occurred in the Wayne (New York) Circuit Court on May 28. John Johnson, formerly a notorious burglar in New York, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.—Four drunkards were dealt with in usual manner. FALSE PRETENCES.—Peter M'Aully, a young man on board the Namoi, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNENNESS.—Nine offenders faced the Bench, and were mulcted in various sums; the fine of those who had been "copped" on Sunday being doubled. Catherine Maskell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Robert Haines, W. Williams, William Spruce, and Patrick Flynn faced the bench to answer the charge of imbibing too freely last night, and a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AMONG the passengers by the Zealandia yesterday for San Francisco, en route for St. Louis, were Detectives Tracey and Badger in charge of the prisoner Walter Lennox…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has just been received here that a man named Max Matson was brutally murdered at Coff's Harbour by his mate, a man named Triske. The body of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DARING attempt to escape from the Gunnedah gaol was made last Monday night. A prisoner named Paton, who is undergoing a sentence of six months' imprisonment, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wordy warfare took place to-day amongst the Water Police Court solicitors. Mr. Vardy was forcibly removed from the court by order of the police magistrate…
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