Waratah. Police Court.—saturday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Thomas Hopkins was charged by James Rutley with destroying a fence on his property, near Platt-street, Waratah…
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Courts & crime, 1888
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Murder and Immoral Literature
THE confession of murder by two lads' Gower and Dobell, at Tunbridge Wells, calls attention once more to the kind of literature which is supplied to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Messrs. T. Fryar and J. Richardson, Js.P.) Monday, December 10Th
THE only business was in connection with the inspector of nuisances. W. Hepplewhite was charged with permitting a mare and foal to stray on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 10. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.)
Christie Hilverson, a Norwegian seaman, was fined 20s, or seven days' imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street on…
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A BALLOT is now being taken among the miners of the district as to whom they shall appoint to act as assessor on their side in the referee's court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 11. (Before Messrs, J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
FOUR persons were fined for this offence, among them being "Lady " Munro and Michael Short, who were each fined £1, or seven days'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 12. (Before the P.m.) Drunkenness
THREE persons, including "Lady" Munro, who was fined £1, or seven days' gaol, were ordered to pay the penalty of their folly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 13. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
Two persons were fined for this offence. BAD LANGUAGE. George Ward, a seaman, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 14, 1888. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and J. Thorn, Js.P.) INTOXICATION
Two persons were fined for drunkenness. INTOXICATION. George Wanstall, alias "Melbourne," was fined £2, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court
At the police court, on Wednesday, before Mr. W. R. Curran, J.P., Edward Wright was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 15. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) DRUNKENNESS
FOUR persons were fined the usual sums for the above offence. INDECENT LANGUAGE Charles Salterbank, a locksmith,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tunbridge Wells' Murder
Two youths, named William Gower and Charles Joseph Dobell, charged with the murder of Bensley Lawrence, an engine driver, at Tunbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 17. (Before Messrs. J., Mair, P.M., D. Ludlow, and P. Bennett, Js.P.) INTOXIGATION
EIGHT persons were fined various sums for drunkenness. INDEGENT BEHAVIOUR. Emil, Carlson, seaman, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS
Two persons, found guilty of imbibing too freely, were fined. DISCHARGED. Christopher Kenny, on remand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.) ASSAULT
EDWARD COWELL, seaman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Henry Bloom on the 17th inst. Mr. Readett appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Murder in France
THE dead body of a man who had been murdered was found on Saturday morning, November 3, lying near the railway line which runs through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Referee's Court
THE machinery for the settling of disputes in the Newcastle coal-trade, as provided in the general agreement recently entered into by the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Licensing Court
Fifteen billiard-table licenses were granted on the usual conditions. The following applications for temporary publicans' licenses were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Waratah. Police Court.—wednesday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. T. Croudace, J.p.) Cows Straying
Charles Thomas, David Watson, and James Rutley, for allowing their cows to stray, pleaded guilty, and were fined 1s and costs each. Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 20. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.m.) Intoxication
ONE woman was fined for drunkenness. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Nellie Brown was fined £3, or one…
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