Queensland. the Ipswich Murder
A young woman named Elizabeth Rebecca Hyde was committed for trial at Ipswich on Wednesday for the murder of her husband by poisoning with strychnine at Boanah on…
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Courts & crime, 1889
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 60
Supposed Murder Near Narrabri
A SUPPOSED ease of murder has been discovered on Killarney run, near Narrabri. The body of a man was recently found among the ruins of a hut which had been…
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AT the Maitland Circuit Court, which opens on Monday, before the Chief Justice, the only criminal cases set down for hearing are the charges against Henry Wrigley of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, September 27Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Sheddon, J.'sP.) Drunk
ARTHUR LOANEY, 23, bricklayer, and John Dalton, 18, apprentice, for drunkenness were fined 5s each, or 24 hours. Cautioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quarter Sessioms at Newcastle. Alterations to the Court house
YESTERDAY morning, Mr. Lewis, inspector of public buildings, inspected the court house and lockup with a view of seeing what alterations would be required to render the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, September 27. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases
MR. W. L. BERNARD, school attendance officer, appeared to prosecute id twelve cases against parents for neglecting to send their children to school, resulting in fines being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, Sept. 28Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.) Drunks
EDWARD GRADWELL, 48, and Frank Brook for the above offence were each fined 5s or 24, hours. Assault on the "Celtic Monarch."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Saturday, September 28Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. W. R. Curran, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly
EDWARD BARNES pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Hanbury-street on the 14th instant, and was fined 5s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 30Th, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
FREDERICK KING, James Jones, Charles Frost, and John Lawton were each fined 5s or twenty-four hours for drunkenness. George Riley, for being drunk at Adamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The West Wallsend Trouble. Arbitration and Referee's Court
THE trouble between the West Wallsend Company and their miners still continues, and there seems little likelihood of a settlement. The men have now been out three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Circuit Court. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.)
THE half-yearly sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court were commenced at East Maitland yesterday, His Honor the Chief Justice presiding for the first time. The court-room…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, October 1. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Objectionable Females
EMMA GARDENER pleaded guilty to the double charge of being drunk and using obscene language in Morehead-street, on the night of the 30th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 1, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. W. H. Shaw, J.P., and Lindus, J.P.) Drunk
MICHAEL RYAN, 25, trimmer, for [?] drunk in Scott-street, had to contribute. 5s to the revenue. Indecent Language…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Second Day. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.) Black and Quigley V. the Railway Commissioners. Part Heard
MR. J. H. WANT, Q. C., and Mr. W. Edmunds, instructed by Want, Johnson and Company, and Mr. J. A. Gorrick, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. C. E…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 2, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunk
JAMES THOMPSON, charged with being drunk on the public wharf on the 1st inst, was fined 5s or 24 hours. The Alleged Shooting Case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Licensing Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. R. Turton, J.p.) Booth Licenses
BOOTH licenses, to be used at the Wallsend Races on the 5th inst., were granted to Simpson Hall and Alexander Froome, publicans, of Plattsburg…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Circuit Court. Third Day. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Black and Quigley V. the Railway Commissioners. Part Heard
MR. J. H. WANT, Q.C., and Mr. W. Edmunds, instructed by Want, Johnson and Company, and Mr. J. A. Gorrick, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. C. E…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. a Terrible Murder
A tragedy was enacted at North Melbourne on Wednesday night, when John Wellsford, a middle aged man, and a van proprietor, living at Fitzroy, was stabbed to death by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, October 3. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunk
JAMES TRACEY was charged with being drunk in Mary-street, Plattsburg, on the 2nd inst., and fined £1, or seven days' gaol. Fine paid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 3, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw and Lindus, J's.P.) Drunkenness
FREDERICK ANDERSON, 35, actor, for being drunk in Hunter-street, was fined 5s or 24 hours' hard labour. Remanded…
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