Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 31, 1888. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
THREE offenders were fined as usual for the above offence. LARCENY. Annie Stewart, alias Camm, alias…
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Courts & crime, 1888
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Horrible Murder at Hill-grove Diggings
IT is only a couple of days since that we chronicled a most outrageous and diabolical murder, which had been committed in the Armidale district…
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On Wednesday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., C. Page and Sons sued Geo. Hatch, meat supplied, £2 9s 7d. Same v. J. Berry, £2 11s 9d. Verdict for…
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A boycotted farmer, who was under police protection, has been murdered at Tralee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, February 2Nd, 1888. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, and Dr. C. W. Morgan, J's.P.) TRANSFERS
THE license of the Market Wharf Inn was transferred from John Peterson to Edmund Russell, there being no objection. The transfer of the license of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 2, 1888. (Before the P.m.) Inebriety
ONE drunkard was fined. VAGRANCY. Thomas Aubrey, a miner, was charged with having no lawful means…
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A farmer who went into occupation of a farm at Listowel from which the previous tenant had been evicted, was murdered yesterday in the presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 3Rd, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.P. ALCOHOLICISM
One inebriate was fined. INSUFFICIENT MEANS OF SUPPORT. Catherine Anthony was charged, on remand from the previous day, with having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Highland Crofters Sentenced
The Scotch crofters, found guilty of rioting and creating a disturbance in the island of Lewis, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 4, 1888. (Before Major Bolton, J.p.) Inebriety
Two drunkards contributed 5s each to the revenue, and went their ways. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. The summons case of Ah Heo…
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A stranger in Wallsend was charged with being drunk in John-street, Plattsburg, on the 5th inst. Fined 5s. James Porter and William Grills…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 6, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunkenness
Five inebriates were fined small amounts. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Richard Roach and William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 7Th, 1888. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Drunkenness
Two inebriates were fined. INDECENT EXPOSURE. John Brown, a has McDonald, was charged with indecent exposure in a public place off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 8, 1888. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS
Two inebriates were fined 5s each. PROTECTION. Patrick Murray, a labourer, was before the court for protection, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 9, 1888. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DISMISSED
HENRY LIMEBURNER, a waterman, was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Hunter-street the previous morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 10. (Before Messrs. J. Mair. P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.) Inebriety
ONE female was charged with and fined for drunkenness. ALLEGED THEFT. John Antonie Anderson, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. J. Fletcher, jun., J.P.)
ONE drunk was fined 5s; another party, for obscene language, was mulcted in 5s; and then came on the sensational case of the day that from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. kept the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.) the of Railway Chairs
HARRY SPENCER, a miner, was charged with stealing two metal railway chairs, of the value of 4s, the property of the Australian Agricultural Company, at…
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THE Chinese of this country are at present celebrating their New Year, and have thrown aside their labours for the purpose of doing honour to the Flowery Land by holding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horrible Murder of a Millionaire
Later reports of the terrible murder of Amos, Snell, the New York millionaire, shows that he was on a visit to Chicago. He heard burglars…
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