Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
KENNETH LIVINGSTONE, 29, William Sweeney, 35, Michael Brennan, 27, and John Williams, 40, were fined in the usual sums for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1890
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Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 19. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Obscene Language
SAMUEL HOPTEN pleaded guilty to using obscene language in a tram car, on the 13th inst. Ralph Goundry stated that he was present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Friday, December 19. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Booth License
THOMAS HOPKINS, licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel, Plattsburg, was granted a booth license for the Wallsend races on the 26th and 27th December…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Court. The Adjourned Sitting
HIS HONOR JUDGE WILKINSON will re-open the District Court at 10 o'clock this morning, when the remaining causes from the last sittings will be disposed of. They are as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Turmoil in Ireland. Police Keeping Peace
LONDON, Saturday.—The greatest activity continues between the anti-Parnellites and Parnellites in support of their respective candidates for Kilkenny. At a meeting, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gouffe Murder
LONDON, Sunday.—The man Eyraud, after a long delay, has been found guilty of the murder of M. Gouffé, in the room of his mistress, Gabrielle Bompard, in Paris, some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Inebriates
EDWARD ROWLANDS, labourer, and Wm. Jackson, labourer, were each fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for over-indulgence in strong drink…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 22. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunk
GEORGE MITCHELL was charged with being drunk in Mary-street, Plattaburg, on Saturday night. Constable Munro deposed that at about 11…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle District Court. Monday, December 22. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.)
THE sittings of the District Court, which were adjourned on the 6th inst., were continued yesterday in the courthouse, before his Honor Judge Wilkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 23. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks
MICHAEL DEVINE, 30, labourer; Louis Murray, 30, a seaman; William Marsden, 39, a seaman; William M'Clusky, 27, a seaman; and Ellen Morgan, 31, were fined in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle District Court. Tuesday, December 23. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson) Chatfield and Others v Ellis. Verdict for the Plaintiffs
THIS case, which was part-heard on the previous day, was one in which Charles Chatfield, W. F James, H. H. Cornish, P. Burrows, and Thurston Hall (who formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, December 23. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Stealing a Pipe
JOHN WILLIAMS was charged with stealing a pipe and case, valued at 5s, the property of William Royal, at New Lambton, on the 19th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
HENRY HUNTER, 67, a labourer; Michael Brennan, 27, a seaman; Anne Barrett, 70; John Mathews, 23, a seaman; and Annie Hammond, 29, were each fined 5s, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, 24Th December. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.). Horse Straying
J. MIDDLEMAS pleaded guilty to allowing a pony to stray in the public streets, and was fined is and costs. WAGES CASE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft
AT the Singleton Police Court, on Tuesday last, T. C. Ellis was charged with stealing £2 4s, the property of a Chinaman. Constable Sparkes deposed that on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 25. (Before Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) Keeping up Christmas Eve
CHARLES LIVINGSTONE, John Hasty, James Turner, Anthony Anderson, and Andrew Olsen were brought up for drunkenness, and discharged in honour of Christmas Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutal Assault
AT Llanelly Police Court, the Rev. James William Roberts, Vicar of Felinfoel, was charged with committing a violent assault upon Caroline Hackley, a servant girl in his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suicide of a Magistrate
RECENTLY, Mr. Morris Andrew Cohen, a magistrate for Macclesfield, and a prominent Conservative and Churchman, committed suicide. The deceased, who was about 60…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 27. (Before Mr. S. Keightley, J.P.) Drunks
GEORGE MILLER, 40, a miner, John Flynn, 61, a miner, Richard Blaikie, 27, a labourer, and John Whitfield, 35, an aboriginal, were each fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, 29Th December. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Assault
DAVID GAMBLE, on warrant, was charged with assaulting a respectable elderly lady at Minmi, and further charged with disobeying a summons…
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