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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 60
THE trail of Isaac Sawyer, charged with the murder at Young of a hawker named Hans Olund, in January last, which has been proceeding in the Central Criminal Court for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE WEBSTER COURT-MARTIAL. In reply to Mr. ABIGAIL. Sir HENRY PARKES said it would not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Howard Vincent, M.P. for Central Sheffield, formerly director of Criminal Investigation, has written a letter, in which he expressed gratification…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A man named John Williams was arrested on board the ship County of Carnarvon this afternoon on a charge of attempted murder of his wife at South Melbourne on April 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MICHAEL LEE was charged with drunkenness, and fined 5s. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. William Pollock, a seaman, pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the magisterial inquiry to-day into the cause of the death of the male infant that was found in Moore Park-road on Thursday Mr. Pinhey entered a finding of wilful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANTHONY INGRAM v. James Hard, for trespassing on the Wentworth Estate. Withdrawn. James Fenwick v. Thomas Myles. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Friday.—Mr. C. A. V. Conybeare, M.P. for the Camborne division of Cornwall, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOUR males were fined 5s, and Elizabeth Burrows alias Bus 20s for being drunk. A JU[?]NILE THIEF. Alexander Scot[?]a boy, on remand from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT is a very long time since the criminal records of this colony have been added to by such an awful tragedy as that which occurred at Pyrmont on Saturday morning, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named O'Neill was found guilty at Bundaberg on Friday of a criminal assault on a little girl. He was sentenced to live yearn penal servitude…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES CHAMBERS, charged with being drunk on Saturday night, was discharged after promising to do his best not to again appear before the P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the case of William Hedges, charged with criminally assaulting Margaret Cook, a servant, at Kelvin Grove, on March 24th, extraordinary evidence was given to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ROSE M'GUINNESS, an aboriginal lady, seized a favourable opportunity of getting liquor, and was found drunk in Marke'-square on Sunday night. Find 5s, or twenty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A YOUNG man named Alfred Taylor was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk in Market-street on Monday evening. James Stanton, aged 35, was similarly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Williams, was charged on the information of School-inspector Laing, with neglecting to send his children to school, and fined 2s 6d and 5s 6d costs, or in default two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hobart police court was occupied on Tuesday in hearing charges laid against the captain and officers of the American barquentine John Baizley of assaulting the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An old man, named Alexander Long, was knocked down by three men on the banks of Torrens Lake last night and robbed of £90 in gold and notes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JAMES JAMIESON, Stephen Moore, Anne Coleman, and Annie Hooley (the last "a terrible example" of the evil effects of drink), were each fined 5s for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BENJAMIN COOPER, a miner, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for being incapable in Market-street. John Thomas was similarly dealt with for…
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