A Desperate Lunatic. Murderous Assault on a Warder
A MURDEROUS attack was made upon a warder named Ingle at the Parramatta Hospital for Insane on Friday morning by a criminal patient named James Cameron. The…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 23, 1889. (Before Mr. James Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
Two offenders wore fined in the usual amounts for the above offence. AN ECCENTRIC INDIVIDUAL. George Moody appeared before the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Saturday, February 23. (Before Mr. Perrott, P.m.) Wounding with Intent
BENJAMIN YATES, a miner employed at the Wallsend Colliery, was charged with wounding one John W. Hopton with intent to do him grievous bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 25. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunks and Language
GEORGE MITCHELL was charged with refusing to leave the bar of the Bridge Hotel on Saturday last, and a further charge of being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday Night. Murder Will Out
About fifteen years ago a man named Michael O'Keefe was found murdered near Lal Lal, the body being fearfully mangled. An open verdict was returned at the inquest,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 25, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., W. Lindus, and D. Ludlow, J.'s.P.) INEBRIETY
EIGHT persons were fined for drunkenness. BAD LANGUAGE. Robert Bulley was fined £3 or one month's imprisonment for using indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, February 26. (Before Mr. Perrott, P.m.) Horse Straying
MR, W. GRIERSON, inspector of nuisances, summoned Jacob Probert for allowing five horses to stray in Dixon-street on the 20th, inst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 26, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.p.) Drunkenness. Three offenders were fined for drunkenness. Travelling on the "Nod."
David Wilson was fined 40s, in default fourteen days, for travelling from Sydney to Newcastle by the steamer Newcastle without paying his fare…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, February 27. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Five small boys were charged with stealing fruit from the garden of Sam Lee, a Chinaman, near Port Waratah. Defendants pleaded guilty and were fined,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 28, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. W. H. Shaw, J.P., and G. C. Martin, J.p.) Drunkenness
FIVE offenders pleaded guilty to the above offence, and were mulcted in the usual amounts. ASSAULTED HIS WIFE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Court-house. Old and New. Post and Telegraph Offices. Public Wants and Their Remedy
AT the end of the present month the tenders for the erection of the new court-house in New castle will close, and it may be expected that a tender will be accepted within the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disturbance at Carrick-on-suir. Trial of Messrs. O'Brien and Healy. Men Stabbed by the Police. ADELAIDE, Wednesday Night
THE London Daily News gives the following account of exciting scenes accompanying Mr. O'Brien's escape from the authorities at Carrick-on-Suir…
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At the Melbourne Criminal Sessions on Wednesday, William Meredith and John Batty were charged with criminally assaulting Emma Hamilton at Studley Park, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 28, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
ONE drunk was fined in the usual amount. A respectable looking man was also charged with a similar offence. He informed the Bench that he was suffering very badly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 28. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Indecent Exposure
JOHN M'CLOSKY was charged with indecent exposure in Nelson-street. Constable Clark deposed to seeing the offence committed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Criminal Assault. Extraordinary Evidence. Buying Witnesses Off. Accused Committed
At the Wallsend Police Court, yesterday, William Butler, remanded from last court day, was again brought up on a charge of assaulting one Alice Cognet with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. New South Wales. District Court Changes
At a meeting of the Executive Council on Wednesday certain changes in connection with the working of the District Courts were determined upon. In consequence of Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, March 1St. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunks
ROBERT REAY pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Elder street on the 22nd ult. Andrew Dickenson pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court, Newcastle. March Sittings
THE March sittings of the Newcastle District Court will commence next Monday. It is not yet known who will be the presiding Judge, but rumour has it that Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Adelaide Letter. Adelaide, Feb. 23. Our Valiant Police
OUR police force are often subjected to a good deal of ridicule, but they do not often succeed in making such laughing stocks of themselves as they did one day this week. A…
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