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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 48
THOMAS DONOVAN, 40, seaman; Henry Matthews, 29, an aboriginal; and Findlay M'Guinness, 38, labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JAMES BENNS, seaman, and Edward Williams, miner, for being drunk, were each fined 5s, or 24 hours in the lockup. Vagrancy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM time to time in this journal warnings have been given to the parents who from apathy or something else allow their children to climb on to the coal waggons at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JAMES FRENCH, Alfred Bennett, John Collins, and William Evans, four youths, were charged with that they did on the 5th October steal from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN ROBERTSON, 29, a seaman; and Walter Kerron, 45, a contractor, were each fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' cells, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MARGARET METCALFE appeared in support of a charge against her husband, William Metcalfe, of wasting his means, and impoverishing his family,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN WILLIAMS, aged 60, a miner, was fined 10s, or 48 hours' imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street on Saturday last. On…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBRECIIT HOLMES, 19, Brune Bettagne, 19, Paul Shoemaker, 19, and Hans Mahlman, 17, pleaded guilty to having deserted from the German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GEORGE FLEMING, 27; John Conway, 30, miner; James Jenkins, 60, labourer; Robert Greenlish, 35, labourer; and Ann Foley, 40, widow, were each fined 5s, or in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hearing of the application of Mrs. Annie Blanch for a transfer of the license of the Brickmakers' Arms Hotel, at the Glebe, from George Hansford, was continued from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HERMAN SMITH, age 38, seaman, John Carroll, 28, labourer, and Edward Harrison, 38, seaman, were each fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A NEGRO fireman named Joseph Sargeant was looked up on Saturday evening on several charges. About midnight he was seen by Water-police-constable Hayes attacking the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Weir pleaded guilty to assaulting George Pellow at Carrington, and was fined £2 and 6s 6d costs, or in default 21 days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. CRONIN, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Mr. Fletcher, and Mr. Sparks, solicitor, on behalf of the defendant, Mr. Whitehead…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the Newtown Police Court John Wilson Burns, 28, pleaded guilty to having stolen two dozen oranges. He was fined £4, also 3s, value of the oranges, or two months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Irvine, a cab-driver, was charged on remand from the 16th instant with having assaulted and robbed one James Vincent Plucknett,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANGUS M'GUINNESS, 45, labourer; Thomas Parsons, 30, labourer; and Emerson Dixon, 38, miner, were each fines 10s, or in default 48 hours, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. G. H. Smithers, Acting-Police Magistrate during the absence of Mr. J. N. Brooks, officiated for the first time on Monday at the West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ELLIS RADCLIFF, 65, labourer, was sent up for 24 hours, as he had not the sum of 5s to pay the fine imposed for being drunk in Hunter-street on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. MAIR, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P., attended the Police Court yesterday morning, but they found that there was one solitary case…
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