Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 12. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Obscenity
ROBERT WHITEHEAD pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language in Elder-street on the 8th inst, and was fined 5s. NO APPEARANCE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1890
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Alleged Embezzlement at Maitland. The Accused before the Court
JAMES MONTAGUE WALTERS, who was arrested in Newcastle on Monday evening on a charge of embezzling funds belonging to the firm of Messrs. D. Cohen and Co., West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks
KATE LINDSAY, 17, and Kate Allan, 38, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. D. and D…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supposed Case of Murder. Sydney
AT Feromount, near Kempsey, this morning, an inquest was held into the cause of the death of Patrick Donohue, who, it was supposed, was murdered. From the evidence it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 14. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., Christie, Murray, and Shaw, Js.P.) Behaviour
LOTTIE SOLOMONS, 20, married, for behaving in a riotous manner in Hunter-street West, on the 13th inst., was fined 10s or 48 hours in this lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commissioner of Police. Thrown From His Horse
LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir Edward Bradford, who succeeded Sir James Munro as Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, was thrown while riding in Hyde Park, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence a Police Court Case. to the Editor
SIR,—I have to complain of misrepresentation of facts in your issue of 14th inst., and why those misrepresentations should occur, I am at a loss to understand. I refer to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 14. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
ARTHUR SMITH, a painter by trade, was again charged with being drunk in Nelson street, and called upon to pay the sam of 10s, or 48 hours. He decided to retire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, 15Th August. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
FREDRRICK HUNT pleaded guilty to being drunk, and using obscene language, in Grainger-street on the 13th instant. Defendant was discharged with a caution for bring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court, Cooranbong. August 13Th, 1890. (Before Messrs. H. Gordon, P.M., and T. Russell, J.P.)
THE school attendance officer proceeded against Bennett and others for breaches of the Public. Instruction Act. Defendants pleaded guilty, and were each fined 2s 6d, and 5s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 15. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Liquor
GEORGE ANDERSON and George L. Dassell, were each fined in the usual amounts, for over-indulgence in strong drink. Alleged Cheap Travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Only Two
ROBERT GALLANT and George Doyle, for over-indulgence in strong drink, were each fined 5s, or 24 hours' confinement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Cases. Assault
Daniel Hadley summoned Peter Johnson for assault. Mr. Gorrick appeared for the defendant. Daniel Hadley stated that on Tuesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, August 18. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
WALTER KEBB, jun., a youth 19 years of age, was charged with inciting a prisoner to resist Constable Munro Ion the 12th inst., and was fined £2 and 7S 4d costs, or one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shedden, Ludlow, and Hetherington, Js.P.) Inebriates
DARBY TROY, Jamas Welsh, B. Cooper, W. Hughes, W. M' Donald, John Benson, W. Sullivan, and Charles Maitland were each fined in the usual amounts for over-indulgence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The Only One
ANNIE RAINSHAW, a young woman, appeared before the court for using indecent language in Burwood-street on the previous day, and was fined £2, or 14 days in gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 19. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Issac Blackwell pleaded guilty to being drunk on the 16th inst. in Lambton. He was admonished and discharged. Abraham Guls pleaded, guilty to being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, August 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases
Mr. W.S. Bernard appeared to prosecute Thomas Reynolds for neglecting to send his child to school the required number of days. Fined 5s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 20. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin, Shaw, and Murray, Js.P.) Drunks
THOMAS DOHERTY, William Massey, Thomas Keating, and William Paxton, were each fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 21. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin, J.P.) Alleged Stealing
THOMAS GREGORY was charged with stealing from the person of one John Easterbrook, at Newcastle, on the 15th instant, a silver watch, valued at £7…
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