Insolvency Court, Newcastle. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.M.)
WILLIAM LONSDALE, New Lambton, miner: liabilities, £52 18s 2d; assets, £1 12s 6d. No creditors appeared and no debts proved Henry Woods, shoemaker, Minmi:…
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Courts & crime, 1886
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 30
Lambton. Police Court
On Friday, before Mr. R. J. Perrott, P.M., Victor Julian was charged with keeping his oyster and refreshment saloon open for the purpose of trade after 12 p.m. on…
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A DECIDED sensation has been produced by the Brooks' trial at St. Louis, which turns upon the supposed murder of a young Englishman named…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Water Police Chase
An exciting chase has taken place after George Bernard and Harvey Drew, for whose arrest a warrant was obtained for embezzling money in London. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 9Th. (Before Mr. James, Mair, P.m.) Protection
A MAN named Patrick, Fogarly was brought up for protection. Dr. R. Harris and the man was suffering from a severe attack of delirium tremeas, and advised…
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The court sat last night to consider the insubordination of a member of the Sydney Lancers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 12Th. (Before Messrs. James Mair, P.M. and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.p.) Insound Mind
Herbert J. Parker, who had been taken into custody for protection, was charged with being of unsound mind. Constable P. C. Rochefort stated that he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Child Desertion
Frederick Gibson was charged with deserting his illegitimate female child at Sydney. The warrant was issued at the instance of the mother of the child, Annie Bigley. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 13Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Obscene Language
Morris Hackett was charged with having used obscene language in Hunter-street. Constable M'Kellar, deposed that, when he was taking…
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At the inquest on the body of an infant found outside the gate of Mr. Richardton's house at Petersham, a verdict of wilful murder against some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. (Before R. J. Perrot, P.M., and James Richardson, J.P.)
John M'Kinnon, on bail, was charged with being drunk in Kemp-street, Wallsend, and after being admonished was discharged. John Ryan, on bail, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, 15Th July. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Vagrancy
Thomas Milligan, a strong but battered-looking personage, was charged with vagrancy, and having no visible meens of support…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., Dr. Morgan, J.P., and W. K. Lochhead, J.P.)
A licensing court was held yesterday at 11 o'clock. CONDITIONAL LICENSE CONFIRMED. An application by David Inglis for…
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The Comptroller-General of Prisons says the old gaol at Port Macquarie is quite unsuitable for confining prisoners in with any consistency with modern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 16Th July. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) the Usual Complaint
THERE were six cases of drunkenness on the [?]st this morning, and the usual two half-crowns crowns each were contributed. ALLEGED STEALING OF AN UMBRELLA…
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THERE is now in the Melbourne gaol (says the Melbourne Telegraph) awaiting his appearance before the Hotham Police Court on Monday, on a charge of…
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W. L. Maxwell, who is lying under sentence of death for the murder of C. A. Preller, at St. Louis, United States, has been respited until October. Maxwell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, 17Th July. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
John Rowell was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Beaumont-street. Constable Brown stated that the man was drunk, and shouting in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court. Monday, July 19. (Before R. J. Perrott, P.M., and James Richardson, J.P.)
John M'Kinnon was again brought up for being drunk in Devon-street. After being subjected to a severe lecture from the P.M., he was fined 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. July 19, 1886. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunk
THREE men and an elderly woman were charged with drunkenness, and were fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment…
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