Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunks
Hugh Carbury and Peter Nielson pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were fined 5s each INDECENT LANGUAGE…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, April 25Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.m.) Drunkeness
John MURPHY, hailing from Hamilton was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 24th inst. He was admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday Night. Murder on the High Seas
A Peruvian sailor named Urban, employed on the steamer Hohenstauffen, struck a comrade named Vagt on the nose, and death resulted shortly after leaving Colombo. Urban…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 26, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
One offender, hailing from Erin's Isle, was ordered to contribute the usual amount to the consolidated revenue, for being found in a condition which indicated that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, April 26. (Before Mr. R. P. House, J.p.) Drunkenness
Richard Alawick, and an old identity known as "Dr." Murray, although not in any way connected with the medical profession, were charged with being drunk, and after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, April 26. (Before Mr. R.L. Perrott, P.m.) Obscene Language
Emanuel Eade pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language in Elder-street, on the 19th instant. He was fined 10s. and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. the Fisk Singers in Court
MELBOURNE, Friday Night.—The Fisk Jubilee singers were sued to-day by Edward Price, their late business manager, for the recovery of £2200, for services rendered, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbery in Newcastle. Jewellery and Money Missing. Prompt Police Action. The Offender "Nabbed." SINGLETON
FRANK alias Harry Howard was arrested by the local police yesterday evening, and was brought up at the police court to-day, and remanded to Newcastle on a charge of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Escape from Maitland Gaol
A MOST daring escape from gaol was attempted on Wednesday morning last at East Maitland. The prisoners working on the tower, at the south-east corner of the gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Saturday, April 27Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Cattle Straying
MR. J. BEDFORD, inspector of nuisances, prosecuted J. Calvert, C. Page, E. Batty, and T. Cook, for an infringement of the by-laws, by allowing their animals to stray in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 27, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. P. M'Alister, J.p.) Drunkenness
Four offenders were dealt with in the usual way. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Joseph Cowan, for making use of indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Jewellery Robbery. Prisoner Before the Court. Committed for Trial
Harry, alias Frank Howard, on remand from the Singleton Bench, was charged with that he did, at Newcastle, on or about April 22nd, steal the following articles, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Suicide. a Woman tries to Strangle Herself. In the Police Cells. Saved by a Constable
ON Saturday morning, a well-known woman, who answer to the name of Cecilia Ross, was arrested by Constable Rochfort on a charge of drunkenness. The woman was in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Court-house. to the Editor
SIR,—Tenders were invited some time since for the erection of a new court-house at Newcastle, but up to the present no further nation appears to have been taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A German Ruffian. Outraging an Englishwoman. Sentenced to Death
At the Sydney Central Criminal Court on Monday, before Mr. Justice Foster, Ernest Buttner, a German, was charged with having, on the 18th March, ravished Jessie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, April 30Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Bad Language
THOMAS SAMPLE pleaded guilty to a charge of using bad language on the 20th inst. He was fined 10s and costs. James Oldham and John Germyn also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 30, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Drunkenness
Three individuals faced their Worships for the above offence, and were fined 5s. each. INDECENT LANGUAGE. James Schofield, a sailor, indulged in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 1, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Murray, J.p.) Inebriety
Two persons were fined for drunkenness EMBEZZLING BEER. Harry E. Tournain, a French steward, was charged with embezzling certain stores…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, May 1St. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. W. R. Curran, J.p.) Transfer of License
AN application for the transfer of the license of the Miners' Arms Hotel, Lambton, from Thomas Stokes to Mark Woods, was granted. GAS RATE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 2, 1889. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
HELEN TAYLOR pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Bolton-street, and was fined 5s and costs. ALLEGED BRUTAL ASSAULT…
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