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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 48
KUHN V. HANSEN. In this case Mrs. Kuhn, of North Waratah, sued S. Hansen for £10, for damage done to flowers and vegetables in her garden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THOMAS CLEARY, age 54, draper; Daniel Pollock, 33, a miner; and William Jones, 41, labourer, were each fined 5s or twenty-four hours, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COOLEY, the Richmond murderer, is to be executed on the 17th. He received the intimation with calm indifference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MARY ECKFORD, age 42, a married woman, was fined 10s, or 48 hours, for being drunk and disorderly in Auckland-street on the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOAH CARTWRIGHT pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and, after being admonished, was discharged. There was, however, a second charge of profane language,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAM HENCY BURCHELL, aged 12, was charged with stealing a cigarette holder, from William Murphy, at New Lambton, on the 5th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COOLEY, the Richmond murderer, has made a confession to his spiritual advisers. He admits he shot Mrs. Ogilvy, but says it was an accident. One of the principal witnesses,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the residents of West Maitland was held in the Town Hall, last Friday evening, to consider the advisableness of urging upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Francis Parry, 54, a publican, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted one Henry Burgess at Merewether on the 8th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ELIAS JOHN FROST, a young man, received six months' hard labour for brutally assaulting a woman of the town, named Matilda Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THOMAS CLEARY, 54, a draper; Chas. Moore, 28, a seaman; Sarah Chapman, 37; Daniel Pollock, 30, a labourer; John Hughes, 37, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HIRAM LONGDEN pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and was admonished and discharged. David Wilkinson also pleaded guilty to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RHOM BUX, a Mahotan hawker, was committed for trial to-day, for attempting to shoot Abdul Rhaman, his landlord, with a revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEORGE NASH, of Warkton, near Coonabarabran, applied to his Honor Sir William Windeyer, this afternoon, for a decree for a dissolution of marriage with his wife, Emily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two larrikins, named Carbis and Dayster, wore fined £5 each or two months' imprisonment, at the police court, for assaulting a man named Cove, without any cause, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DAVID WALSH, 25, a seaman; John Tyrell, 24, no occupation; Alfred Tyrell, 22, a labourer; James Crawford, 23, a labourer; John Naylon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JOHN WILLIAMS, of Waratah Commonage, a young man, was charged with drunkenness and using obscene language. Having been in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →E. ENGLISH pleaded guilty to riding on a laden three-horse dray, and was fined 10s and costs. The Rev. Archibald Shaw was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A WOMAN named Rosie Anskey, who stated that she resided at Waratah, pleaded guilty to having been" drunk and to using indecent language in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WILLIAM DUNN, 44, a labourer, and William Martin, 23, a seaman, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
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