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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 48
WILLIAM O'CONNOR, 65, a labourer, John Treanor, 42, a labourer, and Peter Nelson, 40, a seaman, were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN reference to a recent cablegram that hostilities had broken out between British Guiana and Venezuela, the following will show the extent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →HAVING occasionally read in London papers that the police find difficulty in securing cabs for the conveyance of prisoners arrested in numbers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →JOSEPH O'BRIEN, labourer, for being drunk in Hunter-street, was fined 5s, or twentyfours in the lookup. Alleged Assault…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EVERY day adds to the belief that the blackfellows who speared the settler at Dora Dora on the 2nd instant have succeeded in b[?]lling the police and trackers. Among the theories…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WILLIAM HOPKINS, 47, a labourer, and James Brown, 31, a seaman, were fined the usual sums for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE above council on Thursday night last held a friendly court of appeal, at which any ratepayers feeling aggrieved at the assessment made on his or their property,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A resident of the neighbourhood of Blackhall named Nicholas Heeney, aged 58 years, was brutally murdered on Saturday night. About 7 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.—The Anarchist trials at Rome have been concluded, and 165 of those who took part in the May Day riots, when a number of persons were killed, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEO. COTTIER pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Morehead-street on the 18th instant, on the occasion of Mr. Melville's political meeting, and was fined 10s,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FRIENDLY APPEAL COURT was held last night in the council chambers. The Mayor (Alderman Edden) presided, and the full council was present…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ANNIE HAMMOND, 35; William Pace, 28, a labourer; and John Langtry, 35, a Seaman, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of twenty-four hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT Spennymoor, near Bishop Auckland, England, a man named Hardy, better known as "Sailor Jack," is alleged to have shot Sergeant Applegarth, of the Durham county force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY M'DONALD, inspector of nuisances, appeared to .prosecute persons for allowing stock to stray in the public streets, resulting as follows:—Wm. Skelton, fined 1s, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OVER fifty ratepayers, including several ladies, attended at the chambers last night to appeal against the assessment on their properties; but, in consequence of their not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MORRIS COLLIS, 55, a shoemaker, and Thomas Cleary, 56, a draper, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of twenty-four hours' lockup, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Indian named John Billa, who is known in the city as the "Doctor," sued a countryman named James Cream for assault…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JOHN MALONEY, 31, a labourer; Catherine Maxted, 26; and Annie Hammond 33, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hy. Dockrell, an old man at Ballarat, accuses himself of the murder of Heeney, but he is generally looked upon as a lunatic. BURNT IN A LIFE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Marine Court inquiry concerning the wreck of the Craigburn has been concluded, and the Court delivered their decision this morning. They exonerated the pilot from…
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