Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 11Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunk
THREE offenders were charged with this offence and fined. ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION. William Montague Whittord was…
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Courts & crime, 1886
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District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
JOHN M'KAY was charged with making use of indecent language at Fresh-water Creek on the 11th inst. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 13Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Vagrancy
JANE SHEIL was charged by Constable Price with being a common prostitute. The constable stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Tuesday. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
James Gibson (the only James), at present hailing from Minmi, was again brought under the notice of the P.M., charged with being drunk and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 14. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw.) Drunk and Profane
John Smith, for having been drunk, and having used profane language at Islington, was fined £2 or fourteen days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Equity Court. Monday, December 13. (Before the Primary Judge.) Cowan Et Al v. Spalding Et Al
MR. WALKER (for Mr. G. Knox) appeared for defendants on a motion to dissolve the injunction granted a few days ago. His clients held a bill of sale, and the…
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On Tuesday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., two lads, named John Jackson and James M'Williams, charged with stealing an official letter and some bread…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunk
ONLY one offender was punished for this offence. VAGRANCY. Mary Hurley and Mary Mulcahy…
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On Wednesday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., Joseph Davis, brought up in custody, was charged with wilfully damaging…
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A LICENSING Court was held yesterday, when the following magistrates presided:—Messrs. J. Mair, P .M., W. K. Lochbead, and Dr. Morgan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 16. (Before Mr. Mair P.M. and Mr. G. Donald, J.p.) Vagrancy
THE two women, Mary Hurley and Mary Mulcahy, who were remanded for this offence on the previous day, were again put forward…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 17. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Clarence Hannell), J.P. Leaving a Ship
FIVE sailors of the ship Lord Raglan, named Donald M'Leod, Henry Wall, Henry Boulter, Evan Williams, and Adeat Olsan, were charged with having deserted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supreme Court. December 14. Jury Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Innes and a jury of four.) Municipal Council of Randwick V Cooper
MR G. B. SIMPSON, Q.C., and Mr. Browning, instructed by Mr. John Shepherd, for the plaintiffs; Mr. Pilcher and Sir. C. B. Stephen, instructed by Messrs. Iceton and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 20Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Indecent Language
WILLIAM BELL, for having used indecent language in Railway-street on Saturday night, was fined £2, or 14 days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 21St. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Obstructing the Police
THOMAS PLYAER was charged on remand with having wilfully obstructed the police in the execution of their duty…
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A Licensing Court was held yesterday when the following gentlemen presided:—Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., W. K. Lochhead, and Dr. Morgan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 22. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Drunkenness
THERE was no charge of drunkenness before the court. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. James Reid for having worked a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 23. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. Donald, J.p.). Drunk and Disorderly
AN Indian named Moses was fined £1 for having been drunk and disorderly in Bourke-street, Bullock Island. BREACH OF THE MINING REGULATIONS…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, Dec. 24. (Before Messrs. A. Brown and W. H. Shaw.) DRUNK
Two men named John Shaw and George Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a parcel of leather straps from the shop of Mr. Bevan, Blane-street. They…
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AT the Law Courts, London, recently' Mr. Henderson applied to Mr. Justice Chitty for directions under peculiar circumstances. An original…
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