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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 60
THE hearing of this action, in which the plaintiff, Patrick Comerford, a contractor, sought to receive from the Municipal Council of Merewether the sum of £84 6s 3d, alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JOHN DAVIES, licensee of the Paragon Hotel, appeared in response to a summons, calling upon him to show cause why his license should not be cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM EVANS and William Jones for over indulgence in the flowing bowl were each fined 5s, or in default twenty-four hours' confinement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE inquest touching the death of Henry Blackburn, who died from the effects of a stab received by him in Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, on the night of November 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS action, which was part heard on the previous day, was one in which the plaintiffs sought to recover from the defendants, Earp, Gillam and Co., merchants, Newcastle, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. FORD, sub-inspector of police at Orange, was charged on Friday, at the Police Court, under the Vagrant Act, with using abusive language towards Joseph Boulais…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jacky Jacky, a Queensland aboriginal, was found guilty yesterday of criminal assault, and was sentenced to death. It is unlikely, however, that the capital sentence will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MARTIN MESTER and John Brain were each fined the usual 55, or 24 hours, for over indulgence. Drink and Language…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Friday.—The Government have approved of a scheme for increasing the London police force by a thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MARY LIDBURY, a married woman, age 20, was charged with being of unsound mind. Constable Green stated that he heard from the woman's husband that she was behaving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CONSTABLE DAY and Quigley had several persons up for neglecting to register their canine pets, when the following were fined 10s and costs each: Messrs. C. Skelton, E…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →J. PROUT v. T. G. Griffiths, claiming £7 10s as wages due from J. Robinson to Prout, Robinson being a sub-contractor to Griffiths, a contractor to sink a shaft at the East…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Wallsend Police Court on Saturday, Stuart Wood Grant, the young man who was arrested on Friday evening on a charge of having committed the daring robbery on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →INGALL v. FARTHING, and ALCOCK v. FARTHING.—Defendants ordered to pay 10s per week with 6s costs. Mercantile Bank v. Collins, and Ash v…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS was a summons case for abusive anguage. Richard Fitzgerald deposed that on Saturday 30th November, instructed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THOMAS HENDERSON was the only offender in the charge court. Too much liquor was the cause, and a fine of 10s the result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MARGARET MATTHEWS, an elderly female, hailing from Teralba, was conducted from the cellito answer a charge of helpless drunkenness on the New Lambton Road on the 9th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man Henry Blackburn, who was murdered in Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, on the night of the 16th ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILLIAM THOMAS and Maurice Jones, two miners, on Monday last had a spree at the Miners' Exchange Hotel, Stockton, and afterwards conducted themselves in a disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GEORGE GILBY, Christopher Savage, and Charles Barry, were each fined 5s or twenty-four hours' confinement for over-indulgence…
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