Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 5. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Five. offenders "toad the line," and were each ordered to pay 5s; in default, 24 hours in gaol. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ACT.—Schools…
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Courts & crime, 1885
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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 6. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Five inebriates appeared before the Bench charged with drunkenness, and were each mulcted in the usual sum, in default 24 hours…
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THERE were few dry eyes in Judge Rogers' Court-room, says the Chicago Herald, when Mrs. Della Gardner was placed on her trial for shooting her…
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GEELONG, Wednesday.—The public here are daily expecting some v[?]lations from the Ballarat police relative to a clue that has been obtained by an officer in…
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IN Auckland, N.Z., recently, the farm connected with the auxiliary lunatic asylum was the scene of a distressing murder. One of the warders, named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair. P.M., and Messrs. J. Creer and G. Donald, J.'sP.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Three offenders for having been found in a state of inebriety were each fined 5s., in default 24 hours. One offender, on old man, said he had met with a…
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OUR Clarence town correspondent writes:—"A case of some importance came off in our police court here on Tuesday last. A man named Molyneux Nepean,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 8. (Before Messrs. T. Brooks, J. Creer, and Major Bolton, J's.P)
DRUNKENNESS.—Only one inebriate was dealt with. ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT.—Chas. Turabull, a boy 15 years old, was…
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IT will be remembered that at the last Maitland Quarter Sessions a man named John Mowatt was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for alleged embezzling of…
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THE files of New Caledonia papers just to hand give particulars of an extraordinary murder:—A convict named Perrot, who had been transported for life for having killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 11. (Before Messrs. J. Creer, C. H. Hannell, and D. Ludlow, Js.P.)
DRUKENNESS.âSix offenders faced the Bench, and were ordered to pay the usual sums; in default, imprisonment. INDECENT LANGUAGE.âJames Fulton, for…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detective Lewis was violently assaulted by a prisoner just convicted while he was passing the police yard leading from the court to his cell…
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PATRICK O'NEILL, a labourer, was found on the railway near Nymagee station, Branxholme, on Saturday, shockingly mangled. Life was extinct. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 12. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P.)
INEBRIATION.—Poll Cott paid her usual periodical visit to the Bench for having been discovered in a state of intoxication the previous day. "Poll" was given a…
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WE have much pleasure in publishing the following copies of correspondence upon the above matters of great public importance, kindly placed at our disposal by his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 13. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.M., and Messrs. J. Creer and G. Hewison, J's.P
DRUNKENESS.âThree offenders faced the Bench and were dealt with in the usual way. LARCENY.âJohn Collins was brought up…
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THE Newcastle District Court will be held at the Courthouse, Newcastle, on Monday, the 8th of June next…
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A REVISION Court for 1885-1886 was held yesterday at the Newcastle Courthouse, before Messrs. G. Donald and D. Ludlow. Four names which had been omitted, were…
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THE Newcastle Quarterly Licensing Court was held yesterday morning before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. W. K. Lochhead and Dr. Morgan, licensing magistrates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 14. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. Donald, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.— Three offenders toed the line for having indulged too freely in alcohol. They were ordered to pay 5s each towards the revenue, in default 24 hours'…
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