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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 60
ON Saturday evening a large and representative public meeting was held opposite the Criterion Hotel for the purpose of considering the proposed erection of a new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Monday Night.—Henry Williams, a young strongly built man, who was sentenced on May 31st, by Judge Wilkinson at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions, to 14…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FRANCIS DORMAN, Sen., an old offender, was charged with being drunk on the Minmi-road, Plattsburg on Sunday, the 16th inst. The P.M. reminded the man that this was not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THOMAS JONES, a labourer, was fined the usual 5s, or twenty-four hours, for being drunk in Blane-street on Saturday evening. John Morris and William Walters were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THOMAS CURRY, a young man of Raspberry Gully, was charged on arrest with being drunk and behaving in a riotous manner in Elder-street, on Saturday night last. Accused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE learn that the Minister for Justice will receive in Sydney to-morrow the deputation appointed at the public meeting, held on Saturday last, to urge upon Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Benjamin Combes was fined on the information of the inspector of nuisances, Wickham, the sum of 5s and 2s 6d costs, for driving a cart between sun-set and sun-rise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN CONVERY, a very old man, was fined the usual 5s or 24 hours for being drunk in Bull street. He went to goal. Michael Ryan, for being incapable in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A THEFT of a daring kind is reported from the Glebe. Mr. Davey, storekeeper, had occasion to go to Maitland, and on his return home discovered that the sum of £14, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES PARKINSON, Alfred Edwards, James Fraser, and Patrick Murphy were each fined 5s or twenty-four hours' gaol for being drunk in Hunter-street on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inspector Lloyd proceeded against the following drivers of vehicles for committing breaches of the by-laws:— Walter Drayton was fined 10s and 2s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FIFTY applications for the renewals of publicans' licenses were granted, there being no objections from Licensing inspector Grennan, who was present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HENRY MILLER an elderly man was fined the usual 5s or 24 hours for being drunk in Bolton-street. Drunk and Obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE only business of the court to-day was on adjudicating between the parties as to the amount required for the maintenance of a child…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The schooner Curlew, from Sudest, arrived at Cooktown yesterday with 25 returned diggers. Poor news is to hand, the miners having got nothing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The barque Nautilus has just returned from a six months' cruise in the South Sea Islands with thirty-two recruits. A report reached the vessel while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—A deputation; consisting of Messrs. Creer, M.L.A., Buchanan (Mayor of Newcastle), Bennett (Mayor of Wickham), Case (Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEORGE MASTERS applied for a renewal of his license of the Royal Oak Hotel, Tighe's Hill. The applicant had mislaid his certificate before the last licensing day, and another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE was only one case on the charge-sheet—that of assault—preferred by Samuel Dawson against William Teasdale for an assault at Jesmond on the 15th inst. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE reply of the Minister of Justice to the important deputation which waited on him on Thursday last is highly unsatisfactory to the people of…
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