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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 48
A PUBLIC meeting of the creditors in the estate of John Whitfield, bricklayer, Railway-street, Merewether, was called, but no one put in an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →INFORMATION was received by the Colonial Secretary to-day that further protection was required at Barcaldine. News was received there to-day that police reinforcements and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OSWALD GLEGHOBN was charged with using indecent language in Kemp-street, on the 6th instant. The accused caused considerable amusement in court by his continual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALEXANDER HAMILTON, for over-indulgence in strong drink, was ordered to pay 5s, or be confined in the lockup for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REV. MR. HILLIER wired from Clermont to-day:— " I forward original telegram, causing Saturday's riot. The press telegram, stating that the animus displayed was preconceived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the No. 2 Jury Court this afternoon, before his Honor Mr. Justice Innes and a jury of four, Ilma Vaughan sued Myles M'Rae, M.L.A, for £5000 damages for breach of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Susannah Genge, a married woman living at Smedmore, surrendered to her bail, and was arraigned on a charge of having received three ducks from three youths named George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Michael M'Cullum, who had pleaded guilty on the first day of having stolen a horse, saddle, and bridle from Joseph Woodcock, at Newcastle, on February 5th, denied,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An elderly man named Thomas Dunno was charged that he did, at Lake Macquarie, on the 4th instant, assault Frederick William Smithers, a travelling inspector of fisheries,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A NEGRO has been arrested at Lincoln, Nebraska, on a charge of having murdered John Sheedy, a well-known and wealthy gambler. He has confessed that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →AT the Quarter Sessions yesterday, John Latimer pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having broken into the shop of William O'Toole, at Balmain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CLARA DAVIES, 21, was charged with using obscene language in Hanbury-street, Waratah, on Sunday, the 8th instant. Two witnesses deposed to hearing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Metcalfe was charged with using obscene language in the bar of the Jesmond Hotel on the 7th inst. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROBERT DIXSON, 31, a watchmaker, and John Brown, 35, a seaman, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ROBERT DIXON, Charles M'Carthy, John Brown, and John Moore were each fined for over-indulgence in strong drink…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A young woman named Julia M'Carthy has been arrested at the Women's Hospital, for deliberately strangling her child, seven days' old, by twisting a night-dress tightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THOMAS RAMSSY placed guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, in Grainger-street on the 16th instant, and was fined 10s, default 48 hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE sensational breach of promise case, Ilma Vaughan versus Myles M'Rae, M.P for Morpeth, was resumed to-day. Several witnesses in evidence said they considered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The petition presented for the reprieve of Wilson is not likely to be successful. FIGHTING FOR THE MONEY. The Ferguson will case has been finished,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEORGE M'CARTY pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the Crystal Palace Gardens on the 26th January latest, and was fined £2 and coasts…
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