District News. Lambton. Police Court. (Before Mr. T. Grierson, J.P.)
JOSEPH PRICE pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language on the 23rd inst. on the Lake Macquarie-road, Charlestown. In reply to the…
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Courts & crime, 1888
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Adamstown—police Wanted. to the Editor
SIR,—I have waited, expecting every day to see a letter in your valuable paper calling attention to the great need there is for our policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 31St, 1888. (Before Major Bolton, Messrs. G. C. Martin, and D. Murray, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
Two offenders were fined in the usual amount. LARCENY OF GROCERIES. Two young men, named Pearson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah. Special Licensing Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P. M., and Mr. R. Turton, J.P.)
William Brown applied for the confirmation of his conditional license for premises situate at the junction of Elder and Grainger streets, Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, Nov. 1, 1888. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and Major Bolton, Js.P.) Only One
A SOLITARY offender paid the usual penance for having absorbed too much. DISCHARGED…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Dr. Morgan and Mr. G. C. Martin, Licensing Magistrates.)
JAMES CHILVERS applied for a conditional license for a hotel at Stockton. Mr. Gorrick appeared for the…
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THE whole Court at Berlin is, according to reports of the English Press, entirely composed of new people. The friends and personnel of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 2. (Before Major Bolton and Mr. J. Thorn, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
A TRIO of offenders were fined for the above offence. ALLEGED LARCENY. Thomas Kennedy, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Burglary and Incendiarism
A desperate attempt at burglary and incendiarism has been made at Brunswick. After abstracting goods, the thief attempted to set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 3. (Before Major Bolton and G. C. Martin, J'sP.) DRUNKENNESS
Two offenders were dealt with for the above offence. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. John Middleton, a miner, was…
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IN Abercrombie-street, Sydney, on Saturday night, a number of young roughs, who had apparently spent portion of the night dancing, came…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 5. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., D. Ludlow and P. Bennett, J.sP. INEBRIATES
Two persons were fined for drunkenness. Elizabeth Gray, a confirmed inebriate, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Return of the Military and Police From Wallsend
THE military and police who have been stationed at Wallsend during the past few weeks, during the load[?] of small coal by non-union labour,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Murder on the High Seas
A RESPECTABLE-looking man, named Patrick Kelly, a seaman, thirty-six years of age, was put on his trial at the Old Bailey in September last on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Mr. T. Grierson, J.P., and Mr. W. R. Curran, J.p.) Small Debts
Gillons v Crook, £4 16s, for rent due. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. Reynolds v Hoy, £7, as balance on contract. Verdict for £1 10s, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 6. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., W. H. Shaw and D. Murray, J.'sP.) "Calamity-water" Drinkers
Two persons were fined for drunkenness, one of them being "Lady" Munro, who was fined £1, or seven days' gaol…
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SENIOR-SERGEANT RODEN, of the metropolitan police, who has done duty in this district during the strike, has, by his sociability and gentlemanly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 7. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., W. Lindus, G. C. Martin and T. Cox, Js.P.) Alleged Child Desertion
EDWIN THOMAS ANTHONY was charged with child desertion. This case was postponed from October 24th, and was announced as having been settled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 8. (Before Messrs. Jas. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.) Drunkenness
ONE offender was fined for the above offence. ASSAULT. Thomas Ready was fined 40s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the Botany Murder Case
THE jury having been unable to agree on a verdict in the trial of Louisa Collins, charged with the murder of her husband at Botany, were…
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