Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 31. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Inebriatel
Two well-known female inebriates were fined 5s, each or 24 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness. A STRANGE CASE…
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Courts & crime, 1887
522 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 27
Murder and Sentence of Death
AT York, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, James Murphy, forty-five, collier, was charged with the wilful murder of Alfred Austwick, at Dodworth, on the…
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RECENTLY a coroner's inquest was held at Southport on the body of Maud Hamilton, aged 19, who was shot dead by her lover, Alfred Smith, aged 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 3. Incorrigible
AN old offender named Margaret Kelly was charged with having been drunk the previous night. She had only come out of gaol on New Year's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 4. (Before Messrs, J. Mair, P.M., W.H. Shaw, and Martin.) VAGRANCY
BRIDGET DEVINE, who had been before the court several times on different charges, was again put forward, charged with vagrancy. The forward,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 5. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and Clarence H. Hannell, J.p.) Drunk
Three prisoners were fined for excess. AN OLD SOT. Barney Donnelly, an old and dirty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 6. Drunk
FOUR offenders were fined for drunkenness. STEALING CLOTHES Martin Jackson was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Wallsend. Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. R. J. Perrott, P.M.)
JANE CUNNINGHAM V. John Owen. No appearance of parties. George Cowell v. Thomas Hepple-white, Amount claimed, £5 8s, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before the P.M.)
AT this popular place of resort any stranger passing this morning would have wondered at the large crowd, and concluded that Grattan Riggs was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Deloraine Murder. The Execution. HOBART
As the gaol bell started to toll 8 o'clock the under-sheriff, hangman, and other officials proceeded to the cell. The prisoner, Timothy Walker, aged 76,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 10 (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Lndlow.) DRUNK
A sailor named Louis Belando was sent to gaol for four weeks for having deserted from the ship Greta. A ROUGH CUSTOMER…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 11. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M, W. H. Shaw, and G. C. Martin, J.'sP.) Drunk and Disorderly
A SAILOR named Harry Wyburg was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Newcomen-street, and with having resisted Senior-constable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 12. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunk
Two offenders were punished for over indulgence. WIFE DESERTION. Robert Shaw, a seafaring man, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before the P.M., R. I. Perrott, Esq.)
The owners of all unregistered dogs were called upon to pay 10s each and 5s 6d costs. What with fines and registration fees, the dogs have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, January 12. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.M., G. Donald and G. O. Martin, Js.P.) Cruelty to a Horse
A LAD named Robert Brown was fined £1, or 48 hours, for brutally beating a horse in Scott-street. STEALING…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunk
ONLY one offender occupied the dock. DESERTION. A sailor, named Robert M'Kenzie pleaded guilty to the charge of having deserted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 15th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
THERE was only one charge of drunkenness before the court. STEALING COAL. A young lad named Edward Bolin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 17th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., D. Ludlw and W. A. Sparke, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS
HALF a dozen offenders were fined for excess. RICTOUS BEHAVIOUR. Frank Johnson, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.P.
ALEX. DRYDER, charged with being drunk in Kemp-street on the 15th instant, was discharged. John M'Kay, drunk in Kemp-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 19. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair. P.M., and Mr. G. Martin, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly
ROBERT PICKETT, a youth 19 years of age, was fined 10s, or 48 hours for being drunk and disorderly in a public place the previous night…
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