Mounted Police and Pugilists. Exciting Pursuit
AN exciting scene was witnessed near Birmingham at a prize fight between two well-known pugilists, named Reagan, of Tipton, and Singleton, of Birmingham, for £70…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1889
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The Potts Point Murder. Reserved Points of Law. The Conviction Upheld
SYDNEY, Friday Night.—This case, it will be remembered, was tried before His Honor the Chief justice on July 19, when the prisoner Morrison was found guilty of murder and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 3, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Only One
JAMES COLLINS stood alone in the box and glanced round at the spectators, who daily call in to see "the fun," with a smile of sadness. In reply to a bland enquiry by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of Dr. Cronin. Sullivan Again Arrested
LONDON, Friday.—Alexander Sullivan, the well-known Irish agitator in Chicago, who was previously arrested on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conviction of a Magistrate
AT the Bucks Assizes at Aylesbury, before Mr. Justice Hawkins and a jury, Mr. Henry Bode, aged 68, J.P. and a county alderman, surrendered to his bail on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 5Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Insulting Language
WILLIAM PRICE was charged with using insulting language to one John Grant, at Minmi, on Saturday the 27th July. The complainant, having been sworn,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 5Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. D. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
ROBERT RYAN, Thomas Davis, Thomas Brown, and Thomas Olsen, were fined the usual 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drink in Hunter-street on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 6. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Small Debts
BUCHNAN v. Morgan, claiming £2 17s for goods sold and delivered and damages to linen shirts by fire. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kaiwarra Murder. Sentence of Death Commuted
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The Governor, Lord Onslow, has authorised Mr. E. G. Jelliceo, counsel for Louis Chemis, the convicted Kaiwarra murderer, to appear before him as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Referee's Court. The Wallsend Dispute
THE decision of the Referee, the Hon. E. Barton, Q.C., M.L.C., on the claims of the Wallsend miners against the company will be made known in a few days. The Referee, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 6Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., J. Thorn, J.P., and W. Lindus, J.P.) Drunks
THOMAS COOPER and James Donaldson were the only "drunks," and were fined 5s each, with the option of 24 hours' imprisonment. It appeared that Cooper had a touch of cramp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Grave Criminal Assault. Ruffianly Attack on a Woman
NEWS has come to the ears of the police of a violent criminal assault which occurred at Wallsend on Tuesday evening. It appears that a single woman was walking along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cattle-stealer Escaped From Gaol. a Bad Character. Still at Large
BRISBANE. Wednesday Night.—William Henry M'Kean, formerly a sawmill proprietor at Duaringa, then a butcher, storekeeper, and legal practitioner at Clermont, Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 7Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Drunks
JOHN M'NAMEE, John Patterson, Billy Russell, an aboriginal, was charged with drunkenness, and fined each 5s; or, in default, twenty-four hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Assembly. District Court Cases. Disabled Gans. River Tolls. Obscene Journalism. Town and Country. Postal Accommodation. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE LAW'S DELAYS. In answer to Mr. FARNELL, Mr. GOULD said that there were 129 cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. the Recent Alleged Assault
ON making inquiries at the Police Barracks this morning relative to the supposed criminal assault on the Wallsend-road, our correspondent ascertained there was not the slightest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of Dr. Cronin
LONDON, Wednesday.—Great excitement prevailed amongst the Irishmen of Canada, when it was known that Martin Bourke, one of the members of the Clan-na-Gael, alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 8Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
GEORGE P. WEBB, Postmaster at Minmi, v. Thomas James, for detention of the mail at Minmi on the 1ss June, 1889. Mr. R. W. Thompson appeared on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maybrick Poisoning Case. Mrs. Maybrick Found Guilty. Sentenced to Death
LONDON, Wednesday.—Mrs. Maybrick has been found guilty of poisoning her husband, the Liverpool merchant, and has been sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence Duties of the Police. to the Editor
SIR,—I was attracted by a crowd of people outside the Olympic Hall last night. On going to the place I found two constable keeping guard at the entrance. I at first…
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