A Hunter-street Burglary
Frederick Soames, a sailor, was charged with entering the dwelling-house of John Michael Galley, in Hunter street, Newcastle, on the…
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Courts & crime, 1890
1,064 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 54
Stealing from the Person
Peter Duncan pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a watch from Hugh Harrison, at Newcastle, on the 19th of November last, and sentence was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Horse Stealing. a Trumpery Charge
Thomas Bell, a respectable-looking man, was arraigned on a charge of stealing a gelding, the property of the Greta Coal Company, Limited, on…
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A young girl named Jessie Tripley sued Llewellyn Prosser for the sum of 24s, alleged to be due for wages. Mr. Gorrick appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, 8Th December. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
JAMES HOLLAND was charged with being drunk on Saturday evening, the 6th inst., and also of using obscene language. On the first charge a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 8. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
WILLIAM DENHAM, 52, a labourer, and Ellen Morgan, 31, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Strike. Report of the Inspector-General of Police. SYDNEY
ON the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night, Sir Henry Parkes laid the report of the Inspector-General of Police with reference to the late strike. The report mainly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 9. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunk
JOHN RICE, 51, a labourer, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Land Court Officers' Salaries. to the Editor
Sir,—I notice that when the Estimates were under the consideration of the House on Monday last, Mr. Lyne suggested that "the salaries of the two members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Attempted Murder. Sydney
A CASE of attempted murder is reported from Pennant Hills. A resident of the Pennant Hills road named Anderson, while in Parramatta to-day, received information that his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, 10Th December. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Small Debts
ONLY one case was down for disposal, that of the Waratah Council v. R. R. Jones, claiming £3 12s. 11d, being rates due on six allotments of land,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 10. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin, Shaw, and Upfold, J's.P.) Drunks
MARY COULSTON, age 40 years, was fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for being drunk on the previous evening in Watt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assaulting the Police
Edward Pickup and John Ashcroft were arranged upon on indictment charging them that, on the 19th October last, they did, at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 11. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Indecent Exposure
FRANCHIS WILLIAMS, a stranger on the Wallaby, was charged with indecent exposure on the Newcastle-road on the 10th instant, and, in answer to the charge, put in the plea of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, Martin, and Beveridge, J's.P.) Drunks
JAMES CLARKE, aged 35, a labourer, was fined the usual 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk on the previous evening in Mitchell-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Thursday, December 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Leave of Absence
John Ray, of the Royal Hotel, Stockton, was granted six months' leave of absence. Charles Hawken, of Darby-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder by Moonlighters
THE report that a girl named Flanagan had been murdered at Ardaca Cliffs, Moher, County Clare, is confirmed. She and her father, Patrick Flanagan, a small farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 12. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Asher and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunks
JAMES MITCHELL, 46, a seaman; John M'Queen, 34, a seamen; Thomas Moore, 20, a soldier; and John Donohoo, 30, a labourer, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 12. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Unlawful Assault
LOWNE v METCALFE.—In this case Robert Lowne summoned William Metoalfe for assaulting him by striking and kicking him without provocation, on the night of the 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 13. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw and Ellis, Js.P) Drunks
HENRY GILLAM, 30, a seaman; John Richardson, 42, an aboriginal; and Richard Jones, 40, a miner, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lock-up for drunkenness…
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