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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 48
PETER ANDERSON, a labourer, was fined 5s, or in default twenty-four hours in the lockup, for over indulgence in strong drink. Annexing a Jug…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →David Evans was summoned by one Peter Morris, a coloured man, on a charge of assault. Mr. Readett appeared for the plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CHARLES RICHABDSON pleaded guilty to being drunk on the Waratah Railway Station plat. form on the 3rd instant, and was fined £1 or, in default, seven days in Maitland gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the assault case of John Ellwood against John Sells, a constable, being celled, there was no appearance of the complainant, and it was struck out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM BEGNILL, age 30, a seaman; Bernard Manly, age 32, a labourer; and John Murphy, age 24, a miner, were each fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for having been drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A lad named William Pankhurst was charged on summons with having ridden furiously, at Wickham, on the 30th ult. Defendant's mother pleaded guilty for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM BETTS, 30, a seaman, was fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and Obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the inquest held today on the Lowenthal tragedy, evidence was given showing that Lowenthal brutally illused his wife soon after they were married, often dragging her out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JENKIN EVANS was charged with being an habitual drunkard, and further with stealing a glass decanter and a corkscrew, from the bar of the Reserve Hotel, on the evening of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHAT, as far as present circumstances indicate, appears to be a cool and deliberate case of horse stealing occurred at Hamilton on Thursday morning. Mr. Joseph Woodcock,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR EDWARD BRADFORD has announced to the Metropolitan Police Force that commencing on December 17, there will be a general increase of pay. Superintendents…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →EDWARD WILLIAM STUART, age 57, was fined the usual 5s, or in default 24 hours' gaol, for having been drunk on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JUDGE BLAKE'S court, at Spokane Falls, United States, was on December 4 the scene of an exciting fight between Mayor Clough, Attorneys Graves and Flynn, and the officers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Herbert Grill, a youth, was charged with having bathed within view of the public, on the Stockton beach at noon on Sunday last. Constable Duffell stated that on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANNIE FANNING, Samuel Boyce, and Mary White were fined 10s, 5s, and 20s, respectively, for drunkenness. Ship Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hans Anderson was sued by Richard Bennett for assault. Mr. Gorrick appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sparke for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JOHN M'ABEE, Annie Lawis, Charles Nelson, Edward Doherty, and W. Jones were each fined in the usual amounts far over-indulgence, in strong drink…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MICHAEL ROSANAN, 36, a seaman; Thomas Cleary, 57, a draper; Benjamin Cooper, 30, a miner; Edward Doherty, 52, a labourer; and James Webster, 43, a labourer, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HENRY BLAKEY pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner in Young-street, on the 7th instant, and was fined 10s. DRUNK…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A DEPUTATION from the Newcastle Council, consisting of Aldermen M. J. Moroney, J. Thorn, J.P., and J. R. Rodgers, proceeded to Sydney yesterday morning for the purpose…
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