Assault on the Police. Two Men Charged
A SERIOUS assault on the police took nice last night in Hunter-street. Shortly [?] eleven o'clock, Consta[?] man for drunkenness [?]…
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Courts & crime, 1889
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 60
Dr. Cronin's Murder
LONDON, Monday.—The grand jury, which has had before it the case of the murder of Dr. Cronin, in Chicago, has indicated for murder Patrick O'Sullivan, Martin Burke,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A[?]ther Supposed Murder
London, Monday.—Cablegrams from New Yorks that Dr. John M'Inerny is missing, and is lieved to have been murdered by member of the Clan-na-Gael, having been…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A report is current that another mureer has taken place under somewhat similar circumstances to that of D. Cronin. For days past Dr. M'Inerney, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, 2Nd July. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
WILLIAM SHEPHERD was charged on bail with stealing two lamps, the property of the Lambton Council, with intent to commit a felony, on the 28th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 2. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.P.) Drunks
FRANCIS JOHNSON and Ralph Fergusson, seamen, were fined 5s each for drunkenness. Wife Desertion. John William Davidson, a miner, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Court-house Plans. a Decision
THE Minister for Justice has (says the Daily Telegraph) decided upon plans for a new court-house at Newcastle. These plans show a building in some respects similar to those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 3. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
THOMAS GAYNOR, Thomas Woods, and John Montgomery were fined the usual 5s, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence to the Police Authorities. to the Editor
SIR,—I would like to draw the attention of the police authorities to the disgraceful way in which some of the hotels of Jesmond and Lambton are conducted on Sundays, as I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Court. Breaches of the Municipal by Laws
Robert Carpenter was fined, on the information of Inspector Lloyd, the sum of 10s and 2s 6d costs for turning the corner of Scott and Market streets at a pace faster than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Quarterly Licensing Court. Wednesday, July 3Rd. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Messrs. R. Turton and T. Croudace, J's.P.) Conditional Licenses
An application for a publican's conditional license was made by John Thomas, of Wallsend, for premises proposed to be erected at Cardiff, near the South Wallsend Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Legislative Assembly. The Mutiny Act. Extension of Franchise to the Police. Construction of Lo[?]omotives. Revenue under Water and Sewerage Act. 'Frisco Mail Services. Parliamentary "Deadheads." A Wentworth J.P. Public Works Committee. Mount Keira Tramway. The Land Bill. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. AMENDMENT OF MUTINT ACT. Mr. O'SULLIVAN asked the Colonial Secretary: Will be take stops to amend the measure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, July 4Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Small Debts Court
Williams versus Bedford, no appearance; Kelly v Lloyd, to be continued; T. G. Griffiths v Jennings; board and residence, £3 13s 6d, verdict for the amount claimed;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Magistrate and the Journalist. The Holding-Christic Squabble
IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Melville asked the Minister for Justice if he had taken any steps to determine the propriety of the extraordinary action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 4. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.) Drunks
THOMAS CHANDLER and Robert William Reay were sent up for twenty-four hours, not having the sum of 5s about them, for being drunk in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, July 4Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, and Martin, J.'sP.) He Would Not Open His Gate
JOHN MICHAEL GALLEY, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Hunter street, was charged with delaying to admit the police into his licensed premises on Sunday, the 23rd of June…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, July 5, Drunkenness
ROBERT MASON, Robert Fletcher, John Johnson, and Charles Mackenzie pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were each fined 5s or twenty-four hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, 5Th July. Drunkenness
AN aged man was brought from the lockup, having been picked up off the streets on the previous night in a drunken state by Constable Mullane. On promising to leave the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Back to Gaol
AUGUST MARTIN, alias Lander, was today sentenced to 12 months in irons for being illegally at large in Victoria, also six months' imprisonment for passing valueless cheques…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Appeal Court. Friday, July 5, 1889
MR. RALPH SNOWBALL appeared as Council clerk on behalf of the Council, and Messrs. Johnson and Snowball as valuators. The P.M. confirmed the cases…
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