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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 29
DRUNKS.—A number of inebriates faced the Bench yesterday, and received their accustomed punishment of 5s fine or 24 hours, except in one case where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Being cognizant that the columns of your journal are at ad times open to expose all and every injustice perpetrated against any lawful and abiding citizen. I therefore avail myself of the opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →STEALING A TRICYCLE.—William Whitehurst, a little boy of eleven years of age, was charged with stealing a tricycle, the property of Dr. John Harris. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE China Mail reports that a horrible wife murder was committed on the night of the 25th June, in the Sirangoon-road, about three and a quarter miles from the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FOUL TONGUES.—Peter Johnson, Thomas Donovan, and William Conway, who were charged with using bad language were fined £2 each, with the alternative of 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →UNLAWFULLY ON PREMISES.—Hugh Plunkett, a man who appeared to be suffering from illness, was charged with being illegally on the premises of Messrs. J. Ash…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The excitement in Madrid consequent on the hoisting of the German flag at the Caroline Islands has produced no effect in Berlin. The Spaniards continue very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARCENY FROM A STABLE.—Hugh Plunkett was charged with stealing half a bag of chaff the property of J. Ash and Sons. Constable Rochefort having proved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A murder was committed at Forbes on Wednesday night. An old woman named Regan, who lived in a but on the outskirts of the town, was found on Thursday lying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DISOBEYING ORDERS.—John Parcelll, a seaman, employed on Board the British barque Athena was charged with disobeying the commands of W. E. Gadd, master of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUS.—Robert Casey pleaded guilty to the charge of riotous behaviour in Hunter-street on the night of the 10th. The arresting constable's evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquest was held yesterday at Goulburn on the body of Charles Strange, a livery-stable keeper, who died that morning in the gaol hospital. The deceased was before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—William Hope and Harold Johansen, two seamen, were fined £2 or 14.days in gaol for fighting in Hunter-street on the previous afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GOOD deal of amusement was caused in the District Court yesterday in connection with an action brought by a gentleman named James Hayden, residing at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the termination of the police business a sitting of the, Small Debts. Court was held, when a number, of cases were disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(Before Mr. J. Malt, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.) DRUNKs.—A contingent of tipplers who faced the Bench on charges of imbibing too freely of "long colonials," were mulcted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the inquest of the body of Catherine Regan, at Forbe a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person or persons unknow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Four offenders appeared before the penitential throne, and paid the usual sums to the clerk, or proceeded to the cell for a period of 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK AND INDECENT. —Francis M'Lean, who was charged with drunkenness and indecent exposure, was fined 5s or 24 hours for the first offence, and 40s or 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deliberate murder has been committed at Charlton township, in the North-Western district. A man, named unknown, was sitting on a form in the…
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