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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 29
DRUNKENNESS.—Only one offender, a woman, faced the Bench, for being drunk in Newcomen-street, and a fine of 20s was; inflicted, with the alternative of seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE March sittings of the above Court commenced yesterday morning at ten o'clock before his Honour Mr. Judge Wilkinson. The bar was represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday night, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, Ah Foo along with thirteen other celestials, were arrested for playing at an unlawful game known as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HIS Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson continued the sittings yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Edmunds was the only representative of the bar present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Two offenders faced his Worship, and for the above offence were fined £2 and £1 respectively. TRAVELLING FREE.—John Fergusson…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE above Court was resumed yesterday morning by his Honor, Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. Mr. Edmunds was again the only member of the bar present;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Two offenders appeared before the Bench, one being a well-known offender named Poll Cott. She was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours, and the other 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Four inebriates faced their Worships, and were each called upon to pay 5s. towards the revenue, with the alternative of 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following particulars of this affair are from the S. M. Herald:— COONAMBLE, Thursday.—A shocking tragedy took place in the gaol this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Cott, an old offender, was for the above offence ordered to pay 10s, with the option of forty-eight hours. Kate Allen, who only paid the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Timaru correspondent of the Lyttleton Times contributes the following:—"An 'original' appeared the other day in the District Court, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A SELECTOR named Johnstone reported at Port Douglas on Friday night the probable murder of a selector named S. Bernard, on the Mossman River, by the blacks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARRNAMBOOL, Wednesday.—A serious disturbance occurred at Dennington, near Warrnambool, this morning. Constable Daley, who is the only policeman stationed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Two offenders toed the line, and for having committed the above offence were mulct in the sum of 5s, each; with the alternative of 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Cott, an old offender, was again charged with drunkenness. A fine of 10s was inflicted, with the alternative of four days. Mary bowed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Court was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning. A number of civil cases were bought forward, and others allowed to remain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A suit for judicial separation, Dougall v. Dougall, which had occupied the Divorce Court for two days, came to an unexpected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS—Seven offenders who had been indulging to excess were fined in the usual sums, with the alternative of going up for the usual time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the Executive Council the sentence of death passed on Charles Watson for the Cowl Cowl murder was confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DARING burglary was committed on the premises of Mr. W. E. Toose, watchmaker, No. 418, George-street, on the night of the 19th instant, when about £350 worth of…
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