Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 10. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks
EMERSON DIXON, 35, a miner, and Thomas M'Mahon, 42, a labourer, were each fined 5e for drunkennees. D. and D…
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Courts & crime, 1890
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Tamworth Circuit Court. Tamworth
THE Circuit Court opened here yesterday, and Judge Stephen presided. The following cases were disposed of:—George Walker, charged with breaking and entering, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cooranbong Police Court. Wednesday, October 8. (Before Messrs. H. Gordon, P.M., and Thos. Russell, J.P.) Summons Cases
FRANK WOODWARD, obarged by John Martin Forest, ranger, with committing a breach of the Crown Lands Act, was fined 10s and 4s 10d costs of court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, October 10. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and W. R. Curran, J.p.) Alleged Obsckene Language
MARK WARD, a young man, was charged using obscene language in the Salvation Army barracks at Lambton on the 3rd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, October 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Stealing from the Person
MARTIN NOLAN was brought up on remand from the 4th inst., and charged with stealing a silver watch from the person of Robert Hall, at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta Police Court. Cases for Last Week
Teen following appeared before Messrs J. M. Brooks, P.M., and A. E. O. Walker, J.P.:— Lobaston Gortmann, for protection, was remanded to East Maitland for medical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Protest Against the Action of the Police
On Friday evening a very large and representative gathering assembled in the Crystal Palace-hall, for the purpose of protesting against the action of the police in stopping…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Stealing Powder
On Friday night nearly a quarter of a ton of blasting powder was stolen from the Albion Quarries, Braybrook, carried about 100 yards and emptied,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, October 13. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow and Weir, Js.P.) Drunk
JAMES NAGLE, 34, a trimmer, was fined 10s, in default, 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, October 13. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.m.) Alleged Uttering a Counterfeit Coin
JOSEPH DAVIES, on bail, was charged with uttering a counterfeit coin, purporting to be a half-sovereign. John Tracey, son of Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, October 14. (Before Messrs. Martin, Webb, and Weir, Js.P.) Drunk
GEORGE HARKLEY, aged 38, a stone mason, was fined 10s, or 48 hours, for being found drunk in Hunter-street, on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Murder. Sentenced to Death. Broken Hill
THE first death sentence ever passed at the Barrier was reported at the Quarter Sessions to-day by Judge Innes, in the case of a man named John Hindu, charged with attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 15. (Before Messrs. Martin and Weir, Js.P.) Indecent Language
MARY HURLEY, a married woman and an old offender, was fined £5, or in default three months' imprisonment, for using indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →QUEENSLAND. John Morrison's Case. Shearers in Court. BRISBANE
The strike position is unchanged. The northern papers state that only 20 men are remaining on strike in Townsville. Yesterday Mr. M'Donald, president of the labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, October 15. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re James Robert Wooderson
MR. SPARKE appeared for the insolvent. Bankrupt stated that he wished to amend his statement of affairs by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliament. Wednesday, October 15. Legislative Assembly. The Speaker's Estate. Vacancy at West Sydney. Completion of Sydney Hospital. Police Protection during Strike. Supply of Coal for Railways. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 7.30 p.m. MR. YOUNG'S ESTATE. Mr. DIBBS said he had to perform a duty which he owed, not so much to his party as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. to the Editor
Sir,—A very incorrect report of an unpleasant matter that occurred at the Wallsend Police Court last Monday, between myself and Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taking Possession. The Assault on the Slack Heap. WOLLONGONG, Thursday (Midnight)
The miners from Mount Kembla, Mount Pleasant, and Corrignal, with those who are on strike at Mount Keira, assembled about three miles from the last-named mine during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, October 16Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) William Reay V William Groves
THE defendant was charted that on the 6th October he did cruelly ill-use a certain horse, with a whip, the property of William Reay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 16. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw and Colin Christie, Js.P.) Alleged Confectionery Robbery
JOHN GAFFNEY, alias Michael Skorn, 24, and John Coltman, 26, were charged with having stolen a glass jar containing lollies, valued at 25s, the…
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