Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 3. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunkenness
FIVE inebriates were fined for alcoholic excess. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Edward Whybrow, a seaman, on…
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Courts & crime, 1887
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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 4. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Alcoholism
THREE persons were fined for drunkenness. ALLEGED OBSCENE LANGUAGE. George Henry Lynch, seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 5. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. J. Thorn, J.p.) Alleged Obscene Language
GEORGE HENRY LYNCH, on bail, on remand, was charged with using obscene language in Hunter-street on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 6. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Boys Throwing Eggs
GEORGE GRANT, George Snider, and John Orton, three boys of about 10 years of age, were summoned for behaving in a riotous manner at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. Thursday, October 6. (Before Dr. C. W. Morgan and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, Js.P.) Alleged Sly Grog-selling
Joy Hee, a Chinaman, was charged with selling a bottle of gin on the 25th ultimo, he not being licensed for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scene at Dublin Police Court
The procession of Mr. Sullivan, Lord Mayor of Dublin, in state to the police court, Dublin, excited immense exthusiasm. Mr. Sexton, the Mayor's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 7Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.) Inebriety
ONE drunkard was fined 20s for alcoholic excess, or, in default, 7 days' goal. ALLEGED ASSAULT. Christopher Francis summoned Wm…
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THE Brisbane Telegraph thus describes a scene in a court of that city:—"After Mr. Real (for the defence) and Mr. Mansfield (for the prosecution) had examined,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing Freetrade Thunder. Square and Compass Hotel, 706, George-street, South, Sydney, Oct. 6, 1887. to the Editor
DEAR SIR,âWill you do me the justice in one of your early issues to notice the following:â My attention has been called to three serial articles which appeared in one of your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Friday, October 7. (Before Dr. C. W. Morgan and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.'sP.) Alleged Sly-grog Selling. (Part heard.)
JOY HER was charged, on remand from the previous day, with having sold a bottle of gin on the 25th ult., without holding a publican's license…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 8. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
THERE inebriates wore fined for alcoholic excess. NO LAWFUL MEANS OF SUPPORT. Lawrence Boyle, 63, a labourer, was…
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The eight men who were arrested in connection with murder of the Head Constable of Ennis, on the 12th Sept., have been brought up at the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 10. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
SIX offenders were convicted of this offence. Five were fined, and a sixth, who had been a total abstainer for many years, was sentenced to 48 hours…
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H.M.S. DIAMOND, which arrived at "Brisbane on Monday, reports that she visited Port Sandwich, Mallicolo, on the 21st August, and found that the…
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The following is the list of criminal cases set down for trial at Maitland on Friday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen :— William Hinds, wounding with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 11. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Drunkenness
Ernest Cook, on remand, was charged with embezzling certain sums of money, to Wit, £3 2s. 11d. and £1 4s. 5d., the property of his employers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 12. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. D. Ludlow and P. Bennett, J's.P.) INEBRIETY
A QUARTETTE of offenders, including two females, were ordered to pay the usual amounts. INDECENT LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 13. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
A QUINTETTE of offenders were ordered to forfeit the usual sums. INDECENT LANGUAGE. For this offence Charles Johnson, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Romance of the Bankruptcy Court
CARRYING on business at a loss does not seem a very attractive game, and obviously it can only be played at somebody else's cost. Yet the report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, 13Th October. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair and Messrs. W. K. Lochhead, and Dr. Morgan, Licensing Magistrates.) Conditional Licenses
GEORGE LENNON applied for the confirmation of a conditional license, granted some time since for a premises situated at Burwood…
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