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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 30
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Annie Frederickson, who was found guilty of using obscene language in Bolton-street at an early hour yesterday morning, was fined £3 or one month's imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THREE CHARGES.—A young man named Garrett Nolan was charged with being drunk in Market-street on Saturday night, using obscene language, and resisting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A labouring man named Wynn, residing at Ashfield, shot his wife in the roof of her mouth, and thea attempted to shoot himself, but was frustrated by a person…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas Horsfield, who was found guilty of being drunk in a public place at Islington on the 15th, was fined 5s or 21 hours' imprisonment, and for using obscene language at the same time and place he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE want of additional police protection for Newcastle has been borne upon the notice of the civic authorities for some time past, and in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Musleworth, a seaman belonging to the barque Athene, was charged with absenting himself from that vessel without leave on the 15th. He was found guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Davis, a seaman, with an injured hand, appeared in court on the charge of indecent exposure in Hunter-street on the previous day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Thorne, Esq., Mayor of Newcastle, has been appointed to the commission of the peace in the colony of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STEALING A BAROMETER.—Thomas While, a seaman, was charged with stealing a barometer valued at £4, the property of Captain Cousens, master of the schooner Agnes, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE following report of the evidence taken at the Roma Police Court, Queensland, in the case of Ruth Robinson, charged with having, on or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. MARTIN's tailoring establishment, situated in Thompson's buildings, Hunter-street, was broken into either on Sunday or yesterday morning, but only a small amount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A man named Thomas Watson has given himself in charge of the police for murdering Alexander Kerr, aged 78, at Daylesford, Victoria. The body of Kerr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CASE was heard by Messrs. Mair and Ludlow at the Police Court yesterday, the defendants being Mauasell and Harriet Breadshaw, who were summoned by Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A COUPLE OF ROUGH CUSTAMERS.—Joseph Arber, a seamen, was charged with being drunk at Bullock Island on the night of the 20th, using obscene language, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The police reward and superannuation fund amounted to £4805 last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is announced that Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Henderson has resigned his appointment as Chief Commissioner of the metropolitan police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUSKENNESS.—Six men and one female who had been indulging to excess in alcoholic beverages were fined in the usual sums, with the option of 24 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—An apparently full report with the above heading appears in your issue of yesterday's date. In reading the account it does not strike me that the "assault" was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Monday Dr. Youl held an enquiry at the Melbourne Hospital into the circumstances attending the death of a married woman named Eliza Shields, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS,—Eight persons who ad been imbibing too freely were dealt with in the usual manner. ROWDINESS.—William Stead, who was found…
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