Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 27. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
ONLY one drunk replied to a charge, and he was admonished end discharged on account of the festive season. The court then rose…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Trial by Court Martial
LONDON, Friday.—Brazilian advices state that orders have been issued that persons charged with sedition or suborning the military in opposition to the Republic shall be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 27, 1889. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Valueless Cheques
JAMES DENISON appeared to answer three charges of having obtained money from tradespeople in Newcastle by means of false pretences…
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A RATHER interesting ease came before Mr. Mair, P.M., at the police court on Saturday, when a man named John Bunn, captain of the schooner Harold was charged with…
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WE in Newcastle are somewhat fond of dwelling upon the many advantages of our city, its salubrious climate, its harbour, its wharfage accommodation, and its magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 28, 1889. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Behaviour
JOHN PRICE, a labourer, for behaving himself in an indecent manner in Wolfe-street, was fined £2 or 14 days. Ship Master in Trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Celebrated Case. Mr. Parnell in the Divorce Court
LONDON, Saturday.—Captain O'Shea has filed a petition for divorce against his wife, Mr. Parnell, the Irish leader, being correspondent…
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THE account of a murder at Buda-Pesth, reported by the Vienna correspondent of the Daily News, ought to find a permanent place among the curiosities of crime. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 30. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
ALFRED MEADOWS, a young man about 28. years of age, on remand from last Friday, was charged with wilful and obscene exposure at Plattsburg on Wednesday evening, the 25th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Welshing Case. Sent to Gaol for Two Months
At the Water Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Lee, S.M., Harry Theodore Olsen, 26, labourer, was charged with, in company with another, stealing the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 30, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Inebriates
LIZZIE WHITE, Patrick Doyle, Charles Thompson, and Mary Smith were each fined in the usual amount for over indulgence. Liquor and Language…
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LONDON, Saturday,— Captain William Henry O'Shea, formerly the Home Rule member for Clare and Galway, has presented a petition to the Probate, Divorce, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tippoo Tib in Court. Stanley Showing His Teeth
LONDON, Monday.—The case of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition v. Tippoo Tib, the Arab trader, who was engaged by Mr. Stanley to assist the expedition, was…
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