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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 60
THOMAS DAVIS, James Reid, and Frederick Lundin were fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for being drunk. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LIKE most Judges, who visit Newcastle, Judge M'Farland had not been sitting in the District Court long yesterday when he noticed the great imperfections of the court-house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE barristers present were Messrs. Edmunds, Moriarty, Blacket and Shand. The solicitors present were Messrs. H. J. Brown, R. W. Thompson, M.P., W. H. Baker, J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair, P.M. and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P., the young telegraphic messenger, William Sharpe, whose arrest and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN the early hours of Monday morning, when the majority of men were wrapped in sleep, a terrible tragedy was being enacted at Macleay-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE City Coroner held an inquest tins morning into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Constable David Sutherland. As the prisoner Morrison was brought into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WRIGHT v Morgan, £3 12s 10d for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. Baker v Williams, £1 17s 2d. Verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT has been the duty of this journal times without number to undertake the Sisyphus task of calling the attention of Government to the condition of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RICHARD ALNWICK was charged with stealing a silver hunting lever watch, the property of Jonathan Somers. A second charge was also preferred against the accused of having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SAMUEL FINLEY was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk in Newcomen-street. ON THE NEVER. Joseph Colley, described as a waiter, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Tuesday Night.—The inquiry into the cause of the death of the child Gertrude Langley was resumed at Archer's Brewery Hotel, Darlinghurst, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Alderman Buchanan (Mayor) and Aldermen Moroney, Gibb, Christie and Laing, with several members of the legal profession, was introdced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Speaker took the chair at 4 30 p.m. JENOLAN CAVES ROAD. In reply to a question. Mr. SYDNEY SMITH said it was true an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. BAKER appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Levy for the defendant. This was a claim for £31 18s 8d, by H. B. Hugher against H. Cutherbertson, as the balance due…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Inspector Murray, of Cooktown, stating that on the 1st instant Owen Owens, of Lanton, reported that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM OLDHAM was brought up on remand from the previous day and charged with deserting his wife, Mary Ann Oldham, at Newcastle in August last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The trial of A. J. Bonney for murdering his wife begun in the Criminal Court to-day, but no fresh evidence was given. ZOLA'S WORKS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Wednesday Night.—The largest crowd that ever assembled to attend the funeral of a Sydney police officer, was the general verdict of the public who assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →David Hooker was fined, at the instance of Inspector Lloyd, the sum of 10s and 2s 6d costs, or three days' imprisonment, for driving his vehicle round a corner at a pace…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Wednesday night.—A report appears in a morning contemporary to the effect that Judge M'Farland has been asked to report to the Minister of Justice as to the…
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