Escapes from Gaol
The prisoners who escaped from Goulburn Gaol have not yet been captured…
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Courts & crime, 1886
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 30
Murder of a Wife
A farmer, named Walker Brookes, has murdered his wife near Kilmore, by cutting her throat. The murderer has not yet been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.)
STEALING FROM A BEDROOM.—A man named John O Brien was charged with stealing a hat and a parachute, the property of Margaret Williams, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 25. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.)
DISORDERLY.—Edward Sair a seaman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and resisting Constable Gosling in the execution of his duty. The evidence showed that on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary and Violence in Brisbane
A DARING burglary, followed by extreme violence to a defenceless woman, was perpetrated on Friday night in the dwelling of Mr. William Trimble,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Daring Burglary in Vienna
SOME details have been received of a burglary at Vienna, committed at a jeweller's shop on the Graben. The shop, as usual on Sundays, was closed…
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Mr. Calderow, chief officer of the steamer Newcastle, has been fined £1 for keeping the court waiting 20 minutes before appearing as witness in a case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 1. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.)
STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Thomas Doyle and Thomas Jones were charged with stealing £12 from William Squires, on the 30th. It appeared that on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 2. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE AND RESISTING THE POLICE.—Edward Pollock pleaded guilty to using indecent language and resisting Constable Andrews at…
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A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against O'Sullivan for the murder of an infant at Petersham. Whilst he was being conveyed from the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 3. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow and T. Brooks, J.sP.)
ASSAULT.—Richard Smart, William Kelly, and Denis O'Hearn, were charged with assaulting Andrew Dalton. Mr. Gorrick appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Sparke for the defence. The,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria Theatre. Court Cards at Home
AFTER a very successful, season of five nights in West Maitland, the Olympic Burlesque Company returned to Newcastle and reopened at the Victoria Theatre on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrest for Murder
William Liddiard has been arrested at Wardell as the murderer of a man who was found dead at the Richmond River come time back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 8. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow J.p.) Indecent Language
Alice Lloyd, who was found guilty of using indecent language in the public streets, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment. ACQUITTED…
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Mr. Bell, surveyor, has been fined £7 and costs for assaulting Mr. Mann, draughtsman in the Fisheries Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 9. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.)
DRUNKAND DISORDERLY.—A batch of ten who had been imbibing rather too freely, and who had become obstreperous, were fined in sums varying from 5s to 20s, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Married in a Police Court
ALL marriages are not made in Heaven. One was arranged in the Warrington police court, England, the other week. A man named Dutton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 10. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.)
"TANGLEFOOT."—Four revellers, who had absorbed too much alcoholic beveridge, were called upon, to forfeit 5s each towards the revenue of the colony, with the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Darlinghurst Gaol
There are 871 prisoners now in Darlinghurst Gael…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 11. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and Geo. Donald, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Four offenders were dealt with in the customary manner. THE RESULT OF WHISTLING.—Albert Anderson had perceived a female turning…
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