Alleged Theft
MICHAEL CULLEN, age 28, a wharf labourer, well-known to the police, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Water-police constables Cook and Hayes, on a charge of stealing…
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Courts & crime, 1891
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 48
The Fremier of Quebec. Charged with Corruption
OTTOWA, Thursday.—The Sir Hector Langevin affair is completely overshadowed by the charges of corruption brought against the Premier of Quebec. Theo papers declare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 14Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases
THE following parents were summoned by Mr. Bernard, school-attendance officer, for neglecting to send their children to school, and were fined as follow:—James Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunks
GUSTAVE OLSN, aged 28, a Norwegian sea" man, was fined 5s, or in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in Market-street, on the previous evening. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
JOHN GALLEY, age 25, seaman, was fined the usual 5s, or in default twenty-fours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burglary in Pitt-street. Sydney
ON Sunday morning the premise of G. J. Waterhouse, general importer, of Pitt-street, were burglariously entered, and cutlery and clothing approximately valued at £20 stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
JAMES M'FARLANE, 39, a labourer, John Stapleton, 32, a seaman, Joseph Heapy, 31, a larbourer, William Herrington, 36, a shipwright, and Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, August 18. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
Edward M'Guire, a seaman recently from the Sandwich Islands, was charged with being drunk and using indecent language on the 17th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 18. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drink Again
ROBERT KENNING pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language, in Morehead-street, on Saturday. In consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Court. Wife Desertion
James Alfred Davies, a miner, was charged by his wife, Jane Davies, with having deserted her, and turned her from his dwelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Murray, J.P.) Drunks
MICHAEL JAMES, age 34, Hugh M'Farlane, age 28, seaman, and John Gurley, age 27, labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
JOHN FLOCKHART, 40, a labourer, and William Sling Pie, 40, a labourer, were each fined 5s, with an option of twenty-four hours' lockup, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, August 19. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Sunday Selling
JOHN NELSON licensee of the Traveller's Rest Hotel, Young Wallsend, pleaded guilty to keeping his premises open for the sale of liquor on Sunday, the 9th instant, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland. Brutal Assault
An aboriginal named Thomas Perry made a most savage and cowardly assault on a woman named Mrs. Shiner with a tomahawk, at West Maitland, at a late hour on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
JOHN HOWELL, a fetler, hailing from Teralba, on remand from last Tuesday, was charged with deserting his four children, and leaving them without any adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.p.) a Solitary
CARL OLSEN, age 28, a Norwegian seaman, was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours gaol, for having been drunk on the previous evening. He elected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Alteration of a Name
On the application of George Marsden, the lincensee, the name of Walsh's Family Hotel was allowed to be altered to Oriental Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Court. Breaches of the By-laws
Inspector Lloyd had his usual weekly batch of 'busmen and cabmen before the court, charged with committing various breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Before the Full Court. Mr. O'connor's Creamy. Sydney
BEFORE the Full Court, to-day, the plaintiff in the suit of O'Connor v Ridsdale demurred to the plea set up by defendant. The suit was one for libel, contained in an article…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., Registrar.) Public Examinations
The meeting of creditors in the estate of David Jeffrey, miner, of Hamilton, was declared closed, as no debts had been proved. The…
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