Summons Cases. Alleged Assault and Robbery
David O'Keefe and Thomas Kennedy wore charged with assaulting Martin Barkoffsky, and robbing him of £3. Mr. Gorrick appeared for defendants…
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Courts & crime, 1889
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 60
The Murder of Dr. Cronin
LONDON, Friday.—The prisoner now being tried in Chicago for complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin, are endeavouring to prove alibie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Indecent Assault. a Little Girl the Victim
A CASE of alleged indecent assault upon a little girl named Amy Barrett, six and a half years of ago, will be preferred against a man named Henry Convery at the police court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 16. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.P.) Drunk
JOHN LAIDLAW, 25, miner, charged with being drunk in Union-street, Adamstown, on the 15th instant, was fined 5s, or in default of payment 24 hours' imprisonment…
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LONDON, Sunday.—At the Cronin murder trial in Chicago yesterday, a journalist named Clancy testified that O'Sullivan boasted on the morning that the body of Dr. Cronin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 18. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Wife Desertion
ARTHUR WILLIAM BERNARID SEARTE, on bail, was charged with wife desertion. Sergeant Grennan deposed that since the last court day he had made inquiries, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Murder in Sydney. Escape of the Murderer
ONE of the most cold-blooded murders in the annals of Sydney crime was committed at Surry Hills on Saturday night. A young man named Henry Blackman, aged 23, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 18. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
JAMES SHEA, 30, and Thomas Burns, 42, seamen, were fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for being drunk on Saturday evening. George Dodde, 25, a miner, was fined 10s,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Surry Hills Murder. No Trace of the Assassin. SYDNEY, Monday Night
No trace has yet boon found of the Surry Hills murderer, and, it is thought, even should he be found a conviction will be extremely hard to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, J.'sP.) All About a Bird
Nicholas Carpenter was charged by Mary A. Geary with having assaulted her on the 11th inst. The evidence of the plaintiff was to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, November 19. (Before Dr. J. B. Nash, J.P.)
CHRISTOPHER LAWSON pleaded guilty to being drunk in Murnain-street, Wallsend, on the 18th instant, and using profane and obscene language. For being drunk he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summons Court. Wages
Sarah Bashford was sued by Thomas Edwards for the sum of £2 5s 6d for wages due. The defendant admitted the debt, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw and Murray, Js.P.) Drunks
JOHN RICE, 50, a labourer, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk in Scott-street on the previous evening. Edward Devereaux, 49, labourer, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Surry Hills Murder. Inquest on the Deceased. Who and Where is Frank ? SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
THE inquest on the body of Henry Blackburn, who was murdered in Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, on Saturday night, was held to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault by a Chinaman
A SMALL boy complains of having been assaulted by a "drapery John " on the A.A. Company's coal line on Monday. According to the boy's statement it appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, November 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Transfer of License
AN application for the transfer of the license of the Bridge Hotel, Plattesburg, from Simpson Hall to John West, was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 20. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. Martin, J.P.) Inebriates
JOHN KITRIDGE, 50, labourer, and William Bartlett, 62, labourer, for being drunk in the public streets, were each fined 5s, or in default of payment twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Surry-hills Murder
IN the case of the murder of Henry Blackburn at Surry-hills, the police have obtained another important witness in the person of a man named King[?]ley, residing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police and Pugilism
LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Monro, the Chief Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police Force, has given orders that the police shall not in future attend boxing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, November 21. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Indecent Behaviour
JOHN LOVETT was charged with indecent behaviour, and compelled to pay 5s towards the public revenue. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…
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