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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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THREE CHARGES.—William Bradley was brought up on the three charges of being drink, resisting Constable Price in the execution of his duty in Hunter-street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Please to give me a small space of your paper on this question. From what I have seen and heard on this subject there has been a great amount of money spent on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARCENY OF A WATCH.—Richard Clark, alias Naugle, was charged with stealing a silver watch and chain from John Jones, a seaman on board the s.s. Helen Nichol, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"WE have done quite a land-office trade in divorce cases to-day," said a judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, Missouri, a short time ago, as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COMBINING TO DISOBEY.âFive seamen belonging to the barque Bankville, named respectively Andrew Miller, Matthew M'Pherson, James Moore, Alfred Gibbons,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the Newcastle Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Major Bolton, J.P., M.ary Wardle, a young woman of prepossessing appearance, proceeded on summons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INSOBRIETY.—A couple of revellers, who like Dick Swiveller had evidently been in the "sun" the previous night expiated for their levity by paying 5s. each towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has been received from Burmah that a body of Dacoits attacked and murdered three Europeans who were returning from work in the timber districts at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNK AND DESTRUCTIVE.—Eliza Howarth was charged with being drunk and with damaging Government property. The accused was arrested on Tuesday on the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE new and cheap edition of Mr. Edmund Yates' "Reminiscences" is enriched by a supplementary chapter, giving an account of his trial and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Peter Walsh, who was charged with using obscene language in Hunter-street on the previous night, was fined £2, or 14 days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WILFUL EXPOSURE.—Matthew Coghlan, who was found guilty of exposure in Watt-street on Sunday afternoon, was fined £5, or one month's imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Frank Maddern was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Newcomen-street on the 11th inst. The offence having been proved, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Thomas Cleary, who pleaded guilty to having used indecent language in Hunter-street, on Tuesday night, was fined £3, or two months'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The conclusion of the Spaiding-Airey case is postponed till Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A burglary has occurred at Hansen, Wright, and Co.'s, in Little Collins-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN attempted murder and suicide occurred at Richmond (Vic.) on Tuesday afternoon. In consequence of the drunken habits of John Buckley aged 36, a painter, his wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARTICULARS of the murder of Captain Fryar and Watkins in the South Sea Islands are to hand, by Captain Lileje bald, of the Ellangowan, missionary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AN atrocious case of child stealing, followed by an attempt to murder, has just been brought to light near Paris. Some of the crew of a river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—William Lindsay and Samuel M'Kenzie pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour in Hunter-street on Saturday afternoon. They were fined £1…
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