THE Commonage Allotments. Sitting of the Land Court. Fourth Day
THE Land Court was resumed yesterday morning in the Lambton Police Court, before Mr. J. Vernon (chairman) and Mr. J. Mitchell, comprising the board…
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Courts & crime, 1890
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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, July 12. (Before Messrs. Shaw and Christie, Js.P.) Drink
ALEXANDER FERGUSSON, Henry Burt, William Condon, and George Teasdale were each ordered to pay the usual amounts for over indulgence in strong drink…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What Things Are Coming To. Loyalty Under Police Protection. BRISBANE
THREE hundred Orangemen paraded the streets on Saturday afternoon, in commeration of the bi-centenary of the Battle of the Boyne. A disturbance being feared, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 14. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
GEORGE HBARNRS, 57, a labourer, Annie Watts, 39, and Benjamin Shakespear, 40, a minor, were each fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment for having been drunk,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Cases. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Alleged Assault
The case, Daniel Poole v. Louis Fabre and John Donnelli, in which the plaintiff a bailiff, sued the defendants for having assaulted him while in-the execution of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. Charged with Murder
William Black, a labourer, has been arrested a Gisborne on suspicion of murdering Robert Steamer in March last. The two men went on [?], and Black returned alone,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Stealing the Coach Horses
On Sunday night four horses from Cobb and Co.'s stable at Croydon disappeared mysteriously. Just before midnight the groom saw that the team was all right. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 15Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunk
GEORGE HALE, 19, was fined 20s, with an alternative of seven days' gaol, for having been drunk on the 14th instant, while in charge of a 'bus in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Criminal Assault. The Case Breaks Down. MELBOURNE
THE charge against six men of committing an alleged criminal assault on a married woman named Mary Ann Reid on July 4, was proceeded with to-day. The story of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, July 15Th. (Before Messrs R. I. Perrott, P.M., and W. R. Curran, J.p.) Assault Case
CLEMENTINA SNEDDON was charged with unlawfully assaulting Elizabeth Pickering at Charlestown on the 5th inst. Mr. J. A. Gorrick appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →(Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Assault
Robert Scott sued one Henry Callaghan for having unlawfully assaulted him at Newcastle on the 11th inst. A cross-case of assault was brought by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 16. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Horses Straying
NATHAN HEWSON and Isaac Amos were fined 2s 6d each, with costs, for allowing their horses to stray on the upper reserve on the 10th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 16Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.p.) Summons Cases
THE inspector of nuisances obtained verdicts in the following cases for breaches of the municipal, bylaws:—Walter Wolfe, casting rubbish on the footpath, 5s and 2s 6d costs;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament. Wednesday, July 16, 1880. Legislative Assembly. Lessening the Cost of Litigation. The Duration of Parliamentary Sessions. The Vacancy in the Parliamentary Works Committee. Mr. M'Court Appointed. SYDNEY
The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE TRAMWAYS. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. PLAY FAIR, said it was the intention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 17Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.P.) Drunks
JOHN RICE, 51, a labourer, and William Hughes, 27, a seamen, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lookup for having been drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, Registrar in Insolvency). In Re William Mitchell
BANKRUPT stated that his liabilities were £492 12s 3d and the assets were £32 10s. The Bench stated that the official assignee had signified that bankrupt should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault and Robbery
ABOUT 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Detective M'Hattie noticed a man passing the lookup whose appearance tallied with the description in the Police Gazette of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Torture
THE Ujsag, of Budapest, has received the following atrocious stories from its correspondent at Alt Becse. In consequence of sheep-stealing at Alt Becse, the police…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court Privileges
THE police court at Newcastle has not un-frequently been conspicuous for certain little eccentricities; and occasionally these show themselves in such peculiarly marked forms…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, July 18. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunk
MICHAEL SHORT was charged with being drunk on Tuesday night in John-street. Constable Spence deposed that after arresting the accused his conduct was so strange…
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