Licensing Court
A considerable amount of interest was shown in the proceedings of the Licensing Court, as it was understood that a number of bonifaces of the district intended defending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1890
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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Breach of Colliery Rules
GEORGE WIGMORE and Thomas Wylie, two miners recently employed at the Monk Wearmouth Colliery, were charged by Mr. John Dixon, inspector of collieries, that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 20Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunk
LAWRENCE BOYLE, 40, a waterman, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' seclusion, for having been drunk in Hunter-street on the 19th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Surry Hills Murder. The Prisoners on Trial. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
FRANCIS SMITH and George Paxton were placed in the dock at the Criminal Court this morning and charged before Mr. Justice Foster with having murdered Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bartlett Murder Case. The Jury Unable to Agree. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
THE Criminal Court was again crowded this morning At a quarter to 9 the unfortunate prisoner, Andrew, was taken from his cell and walked to the dock, where he stood, all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Douar, the French Escapee. Sentence of Two Years in Irons. Disgraceful Laxity on the part of the Gaol Authorities. MELBOURNE
PIERRE DOUAR was brought before the visiting justice, Mr. Panton, P.M., at Pentridge, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Panton considered the offence one which should be made an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cronin Murder Case
LONDON, Thursday.—The American police have arrested a man named Kelly, who is suspected to have been the driver of the vehicle which conveyed Dr. Cronin from his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 21. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
THOMAS RAMSEY, a young man, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conducted Elder-street on the 17th instant, and was fined 10s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Murder in Newcastle-on-Tyne
A SHOCKING murder was recently committed at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A man named William Row, shoemaker, aged 40, who lived in furnished apartments at 4 Pine-street, cut…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, February 21. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Deemed to Be Insane
AZARIAH LAWIS, a miner residing in Mary-street, Plattsburg, was brought before the court, being deemed to be a person of unsound mind and unfit to be at large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Surry Hills Murder. "Not Guilty!" SYDNEY, Friday Night
THE trial of the men, Francis Smith and George Paxton, for the murder of James Blackburn in Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, on the night of November 16 last, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 21, 1890. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn and E. A. M. Merewether, Js.P.) Drunks
JOHN H. MACCABRE, 57, an engineer; John Dillon, 54, a labourer; and John M'Lean, 26, a seaman, were each fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' imprisonment, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Court Case. a Terrible Charge. Disgraceful Disclosures. Rigby v Lochhead. Defendant Discharged. (Before Mr. MAIR, P.M., and Messrs. J. THORN and E. A. M. MEREWETHER, Js. P.)
AT the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Frederick Walter Lochhead was charged on an information that he did unlawfully and carnally know one Ellen Rigby, a girl under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
ALEXANDER BLACK and Edward Gifford were fined the usual penalty for being drunk on the previous evening. Fanny Greenwood, for being found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Murder at West Ham
LONDON, Friday.—The engineer who is suspected of outraging and murdering the girl at West Ham, is supposed to have gone to Australia. The colonial police have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Daring Burglar. Stealing a Canon's Robe. Six Months' Imprisonment
IN the police court on Saturday, a seaman named Julius Varon was charged with stealing from the house of the Rev. Canon Selwyn a Gladstone bag, containing a cosle, surplice,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bartlett Murder Case. Willoughby Andrew Again on Trial. Sentenced to Death. SYDNEY, Monday Night
AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Manning and a jury of 12, Arthur Willoughby Andrew was again placed on his trial on an indictment charging him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 24. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
JOHN GOWER, hailing from West Wallsend, for being drunk and disorderly was fined 5s and 5s 6d costs. This being all the business, the Court rose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 24 (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow and Webb, Js.P.) Drunks
JAMES M'ISAACS, 34, a labourer, Martin Olsen, 37, a seaman, Frank Loonan, 30, a seaman, J. R. Larson, 38, a seaman, Joseph White, 30, a joiner, were fined 5s with an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. TUESDAY, 25th FEBRUARY. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.) D. AND D.
PETER CARROL pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the railway station on the previous day, and was ordered to be confined in the lockup for three…
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