Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunk
CHARLES DICKSON, 30, plasterer, was fined 5s, with an option of twenty-four hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
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Courts & crime, 1891
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 48
In the Bankruptcy Court. Estate of Murdoch M'Rae. SYDNEY
BEFORE the Registrar in Bankruptey to-day, Murdoch M'Rae was examined in connection with his failure. He stated that he had been 12 or 13 years in business at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
WILLIAM BOURKE, age 36, a fireman; and Hugh M'Farlane, a seaman, were each fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours' gaol, for having been drunk in…
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A daring but clumsy attempt was made to rob the Buln Buln railway station on Saturday night. The burglars unsuccessfully attempted to break open the safe, but nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunks
ROBERT JARVEY, aged 27, labourer, Camete Olson, 19, Norwegian, sailor, and Mary Ann Proctor, aged 40, were each fined 5s, or in default 24…
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At the inquest on the body of the newly-born infant, found under a seat in a railway carriage, the medical evidence showed death was due to strangulation some hours after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, August 25. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
MICHAEL SHEEDY, jun., pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Elder-street on the 22nd instant, and was fined 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 25. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Murray and Webb, Js.P) Drunks
CORNELIUS RYAN, 43, a labourer; Henry Harris, 50, a bellman; Hugh M'Farlane, 28, a seaman; and Thomas Dowd, 28, a seaman, were each fined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, Murray and Webb, Js.P.) Drunks
WILLIAM BOURKE, aged 36, a seaman, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for having been drunk on the wharf on the previous evening…
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AN old man named Ellis Rateliffe was arrested and taken to the lockup by Senior-Constable Robinson about half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, charged with having…
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Intelligence has been received from Stratford that a farmer named Joseph Freitog, residing about two miles outside Stratford, was murdered on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 27. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
THOMAS CAPEWELL was admonished and discharged on a charge of drunkenness. James Thomas, landlord of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, August 26. (Before Mr. J. A. Osborne and Dr. A. E. O. Walker, Js.P.)
JAMES SIMM v Edward Wilks, claim for wages. Defendant pleaded to the effect that he was not indebted. Verdict for the amount, £2 10s, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 27. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunk
AUGUSTE SMITH, 36, a labourer, was fined 5s, with an option of twenty-four hours' lockup for drunkenness. Alleged Maliciously Wounding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Adelaide Letter. ADELAIDE, Monday. An Eccentric Magistrate
THE Adelaide Police Court is always an attractive show for a number of people, and there is all the more eagerness among the "great…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 28. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Obscenity
HENRY PRITCHARD pleaded guilty to using obscene language at New Lambton, on the 22nd inst. Three witnesses stated that the language…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Asher and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunks
REUBEN MAY, 32, a tailor, was ordered to pay 5s, or go to gaol for 24 hours, for having been drunk in Murray street, Hamilton. Drunk and Obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salvationists in Court. a Queer Case. ADELAIDE
EIGHT Salvationists were charged at the police court with refusing to atop playing music in North Adelaide when requested to do so by the police. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
HENRY LUSTY, 67; Mary Ann Evans William Charlton, 31, a labourer; James Binus, 36, a seaman, were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s, with…
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Ellis Ratcliff, aged 64, was arraigned upon a charge of assaulting George Bell at the Glebe on the 27th inst. He pleaded guilty, and called Lewis Williams, a neighbour, to…
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