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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 60
THE plans for the new court-house show that the accommodation proposed to be afforded is altogether inadequate even for the present requirements of the city. It has apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. H. Coffey prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THOMAS BOLTEN, who pleaded guilty on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. MR. LEVIEN. The SPEAKER announced the re-election of Mr. R. H. Levien for Tam worth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →George Miller, charged with attempting to kill John M'Farlane, by cutting his throat, was to-day remanded to Dalesville, where the offence took place. Miller had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. J. BEDFORD, inspector of nuisances, summoned Joseph Ellis, senr., for allowing his horse to stray in Ada-street. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 1s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE strollers from the path of sobriety were fined 5s each, with the usual twenty-four hours' option. "WOULDN'T PAY IF HE COULD HELP IT."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO-DAY the Licensing Court will consider no less than ninety-three applications for the renewal of publican's licenses, and two for the renewal of wine licenses. Under the old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday night.—News has just come to hand from Nathalia of a horrible case of child murder last night. A well-known farmer named M'Carron was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Minister for Justice (the Hon. A. J. Gould), when in Newcastle yesterday, made inquiries with respect to the now court-house, and had an interview with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. H. Coffey prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. SENTENCED. JOHN MUDGE and James Robinson, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The inquest on the body of Dr. Cronin was concluded to-day. The jury found that Sullivan, Coghlin, and Wodruff, were implicated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JOHN DESMOND, Roman Dural, and David Whitehead, were fined 5s, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in various parts of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another fatality occurred in the police cells last night. At two o'clock in the afternoon an elderly man was brought in charged with drunkenness, and placed on a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eliza M'Intyre was charged on the information of Jane Minton with unlawfully assaulting her on the 8th of June. The complainant stated that on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOUR drunks of the male persuasion toed the mark at the Police Court yesterday, and were fined the usual 5s, with the option of 24 hours' incarceration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CITIZENS are reminded that the public meeting with respect to the proposed new courthouse will be held to-night opposite Buchanan's Hotel. The chair will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the conclusion of the inquest this morning on the body of the new-born infant found in Farm Core yesterday, the foreman of the jury remarked to the coroper that he thought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES GIBSON, an old man of 65 years, was charged with vagrancy. Constable Mullane deposed that, from information received, he went to the old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE public meeting held in Newcastle on Saturday night would not have been held if the Government had exhibited the slightest sign of doing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JAMES GRAY was fined 5s or 24 hours for being drunk in Hunter-street. Ellen Morgan was sent up for 24 hours—not having 5s to pay her fine for being…
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