Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
A female was ordered to pay the usual sum Peter Burn for being drunk and disorderly in Watt-street, was fined 20s or seven days; and…
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Courts & crime, 1886
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Newcastle District Court. Third Day. Wednesday, December 1. (Before his Honor Judge Dowling.)
THE business was resumed at half-past 9 o'clock, NEWCASTLE BOROUGH COUNCIL V FLEMING. The hearing of this case was…
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AT Gunnedah, on Tuesday, at the Police Court, Adolphus Dennewald, alias George Noble, was charged with stealing on or about the 20th Sept.,…
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At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Mr. John Mayo, senior, and his son Ernest Mayo, were charged by Joseph Brown, a trainer, with assaulting…
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A LICENSING COURT was held yesterday forenoon at the Newcastle Court House, before Mr. Jas Mair, P.M., and Dr. C. W. Morgan and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 2Nd. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. Donald, J.p.) Drunk and Obscene
SAMUEL THOMPSON was charged by Constable Farrell with having been drunk in Wolfe-street the previous day. He was further charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Small Debts Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Jos. WILLIS v. Joseph Harris. Verdict for amount with costs £10 6s 6d. Francis G. English v. W. Mather for board, &c. Verdict for amount…
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EDWARD KEENAN was charged with having been drunk on the previous night. He was fined 5s., or twenty four hours. He was also charged with having used obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle District Court. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I desire to tender you the humble tribute of my thanks for the moderate oppositition which you offer to my views on law reform—an opposition, I apprehend, arising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 4Th. (Before Mr Mair, P.m.) Protection
Thomas Nicholson, who had been brought up for protection the previous day, was discharged, as he appeared to have recovered his senses…
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John Robertson, charged with being drunk in a public place, was admonished and discharged. On a further charge of profane language he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 6Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M. and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunk
EIGHT offenders were punished for this offence. RESISTING A CONSTABLE. Richard Duke was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CORRESPONDENCE. The District Court. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Perhaps it might not be uninteresting to those of your readers whose business transactions have not brought them within the precincts of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 7Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. J. Creer, and W. H. Shaw, J.'s.P.) INEBRIATES
Four offenders were punished for over-indulgence in stimulants. NAUGHTY BOYS. Edward Doohan, a young wheeler,…
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THE only case of any importance yesterday at the Maitland District Court was that of Brown v. Moore, in which the plaintiff claimed £162 15s for work…
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MR. A. A T. SIMPSON, instructed by the Attorney-General, applied yesterday for an injunction to restrain the council from cutting off the water supply to the…
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THREE prisoners were fined for this offence. ALLEGED EMBERZZLEMENT. Dougall Stalker, was brought up on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 10Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. Donald and Dr. Morgan, J.'sP.) Resisting the Police
A SEAMAN, named August Anderson, was charged with having resisted the police in the execution of their duty. Water Police Constable Mundav…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 10. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Pugilistic Females
Bridget Terry summoned Elizabeth Thomas for an assault alleged to have been committed at the Glebe on Tuesday last. The case for the complainant was that on…
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THE Government of Western Australia have received a telegram from the Government Resident at Wyndham containing the facts of a murder…
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