Summons Court. Municipal Cases
Inspector Lloyd had the usual array of 'busmen and others before the court for committing various breaches of the bylaws. The following are the cases:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1890
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A Ghost Story in Court
AN application was made recently before Lord Justices Bowen and Fry, sitting in the Court of Appeal, London, in re Jackson, deceased—Jackson v. Braithwaite. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 6Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M, and Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) D[?]uaks
RICHARD T. GALLANT, aged 53. a seaman, and Peter Lewis, 33, a labourer, were fined the usual 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk on the previous evening in Newcomen and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonage Allotments. Sitting of the Land Court. Seventeenth Day
THE Lend Board resumed its sitting on the Commonage allotments yesterday, in the Lambton Police Court, having been adjourned from Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wednesday, August 6. Railway Permauent Way Men. Insurance of Railway Employees. Newcastle Southern Breakwater. The Crown Rents Bill. Delay on the Part of Police. The Northern Rifle Association. SYDNEY
The Speaker took the Chair at 4. 30 p.m. SCRIPTURE LESSONS IN SCHOOLS. Mr. BRUNKER, for Mr. CARHUTHERS, in reply to Mr. COLLS, said it was not a fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) No Tickets
JAMES BROWN, 37, a labourer; George Maxwell, 33, a fireman; and John Johnston, 29, a labourer, were each fined 20s, with an option of seven days' gaol, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonage Allotments. Sitting of the Land Court. Eighteenth Day
THE Land Board resumed its sitting on the Commonage allotments yesterday, in the Lambton Police Count, having been adjourned from Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. Shaw, Js.P.) Riotous Behaviour
William Gaynor, James Thomas, Thomas Williams, Thomas Harrison, and Joseph Walton pleaded guilty to having behaved riotously in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Court. Alleged Violent Assault
James Vickers, Charles Wakeley, and Charles Nott were charged with having assaulted one Hugh Hackett, at Newcastle, on the 26th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 8. (Before Messrs. Martin, Shaw, Thorn, and Asher, J'sP.) Drunks
ANNIE HAMMULL, 29, Elizabeth Eckford, 42, and Bernard Cain, 40, a labourer, were fined 20s, 5s, and 65 respectively for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 8. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Obscenity and Riotious Behaviour
THOMAS M'WILLIAMS pleaded guilty to a double charge of using obscene language in Morehead-street, on the 25th ult., and behaving in a riotious manner in Elder-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commonage Allotments. Sitting of the Land Court. Nineteenth Day
THE Land Board resumed its sitting on the Commonage allotments yesterday, in the Lambton Police Court, having been adjourned from Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Burwood Fatality. Reports of the Police. Delay Caused by Bad Roads. SYDNEY
LAST week Mr. Melville, in the Assembly, brought under the notice of the Government a case in which it was alleged delay had arisen is connection with the inquest on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. (Before Messrs. Martin, Shaw, and Thorn, Js.P.) Alleged Violent Assault
James Vickers, Charles Walkley, and Charles Nott were brought up on remand from the previous afternoon, to answer a charge of assaulting Hugh Hackett, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
WILLIAM LILLEY, 28, a seaman; William Swinton, 22, a seaman; Kate Collins, 40, a cook; Daniel Mulhern, 50, a labourer; James Heywood, 42, a miner; James Ramsay, 35, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. the Divorce Court
Mr. Justice Hodges has refused another application for substituted service under the Shiels Divorce Act. He said that he could only permit substituted service by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 11. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Language
MRS. STEDDIN was charged with using abusive language within the hearing of persons passing in the public streets. The police magistrate, in strong terms,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 11. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
JAMES BRODER, 28, a tailor, John 21'Abee, 54, a labourer, Andrew M'Farlane, 30, a seaman, James Elliot, 30, a miner, Samuel Fiton, 42, a labourer, David Williams, 50, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Case of Robert M'phail. Sentenced to Five Years. SYDNEY
ROBERT M'PHAIL, the well-known athlete, who, on Friday, pleaded guilty at the Sessions to three indictments charging him with embezzling the amount of £488 9s 6d, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
ELIZABETH ROWLEY, 50 Robert Forrester, 25, a labonrer, and John Robins, 50, a miner, were each, fined 5s; with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness…
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