Attempted Suicide in a Law Court
A TRAGIC scene was enacted in Vienna on June 23rd during the trial of a man named Skokan, for violently assaulting his sister after a quarrel. He…
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Courts & crime, 1888
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The Centennial Exhibition. Melbourne, Wednesday. New South Wales Court
THE Court which represents your colony at our Exhibition has been allotted one of the best positions in the building, being, in fact, the space…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 11, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. W. Woir, J.p.). Inebriety
FOUR persons were fined for this offence DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. John Garrey, blacksmith, and Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 13, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Alcoholism
TEN persons were fined for drunkenness. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Frederick Austin, seaman, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Abraham Gills was charged with 'being drunk and disorderly in Grainger-street on Monday night, also with using obscene language at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 14, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
THREE persons were fined for drunkenness. VIOLENT ASSAULT. James Dean, a plasterer, was…
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AMONG the most prominent exhibits in the New South Wales Court, in addition to those which I mentioned in my last letter, is a graceful pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 15, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, and D. Murray, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
Two drunkards were fined. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR. John Smith, seaman, was fined 20s, or seven days' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah. Licensing Court.—wednesday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Jane Smith, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Charlestown, was charged with selling liquor on Sunday, July 29th, to persons not travellers, contrary to the Licensing Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 16, 1888. (Before the Police Magistrate.) ALCOHOLISTS
THREE inebriates were fined the usual amounts. AN INEBRIATED ABORIGINAL. Joe Wilson, an aboriginal, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, August 16Th, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, and Dr. C. W. Morgan, Js.P.) TRANSFER
THE application of James Russell for the transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Scott and Telford streets, to Edward Lorey, of Plattsburg, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 17Th, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.) Drunkenness
FOUR persons were fined for this offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Ada Miller, a single woman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah. Police Court.—saturday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Isaac Amos was charged, under the municipal by-laws, with having allowed his horse to stray in Station-street, on Sunday, 12th inst. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was…
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John Sample, licensee of the Lambton Arms, Lambton, was charged with selling drink on his premises on Sunday last, the 12th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 18Th, 1888. (Before the P.M and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.p.) "Drink!"
FIVE persons who had given way to the alluring fascination of drink were fined small amounts. IN TRAINING FOR THE VERNON…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
John Jackson, hailing from Teralba, was brought up for indecent behaviour and fined 10s. John M'Clusky was charged with…
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A TERRIBLE murder was perpetrated at Cork Creek camp, four miles from Croydon. Edmund Duhamel, a Frenchman, aged 36, murdered a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 20Th, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drink
EIGHT persons, who had not profited by the warning example set before them by Mr. Charles Warner in "Drink," were fined for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah. Police Court.—monday. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Vagrancy
Ah Sam, a Chinaman, was charged with vagrancy. Constable Smith, of Tighe's Hill, deposed that from information received he proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 21St, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and D. Murray, J.'sP.) INEBRIETY
Two persons were fined for drunkenness. THEFT OF A HANDBAG. Agnes Cann, alias Stewart, alias…
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