Alleged Specimen Stealing. Broken Hill
THE case of Harris, the man charged with stealing specimens from the Consols mine, has been adjourned for a week, to allow of evidence being called for the defence…
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Courts & crime, 1891
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 48
Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 11. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw and C. Upfold Js.P.) Drunks
PETER FRENCH, 42, a boiler-maker, and Edward Anderson, 57, a labourer, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup,for drunkenness…
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THREE youths, Arthur Miles, Dawson Edwards, and Frederick Dobie, aged 14, 12, and 13 years respectively, were last night given in charge of the police by Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 12. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Indecent Exposure
ALEX. MILLER, Isaac Griffiths, jun., Gilbert Ridley, Henry Anderson, and James Smith, five boys, were charged with wilfully exposing themselves on the 1st instant, at a wharf at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pagllists in Court. MELBOURNE
The two principals in the late prize fight at Wodonga, Reuben Pierce and Joseph Hatch, has each been fined £5, for committing a breach of the peace, with the alternative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 12. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Inebriety
RICHARD M'NAMARA was fined 5s, or twenty-four hours, for drunkenness. D. and D. Thomas Cleary, a draper, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Thursday, February 12Th, 1891. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Wine License Transferred
AN application for the transfer of a colonial wine license for premises at Ridge-street, Merewether, from James Mason to John Clyde, was granted, there being no objection…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 13. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Drunks
ELIZA BARNES, 39; Edward William Stuart, 37, a seaman; Henry Charles Pulham, 29, a collar-maker; Peter Donnelly, 52, a seaman; and Joseph Howard, 45, a seaman, were each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 13. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and W. R. Curran, J.p.) Sunday Drinking
ROBERT COOPER and James Donnelly were each fined £1, and costs; in default, seven days in Maitland gaol, for being drunk on Sunday last at New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland. Death in Maitland Gaol
The Coroner (Mr. J. N. Brooks) held an inquest a few days ago respecting the death of a woman named Mary White, a confines in Maitland gaol, who was recently convicted…
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LONDON, Sunday.—In connection with the murder at the East End, a man named Sadler, a ship's fireman, has been arrested. Several persons identified him as having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Inebriety
David Innes and John M'Kenna were fined 5s or 24 hours, and 10s or 48 hours respectively, for drunkenness. A Dead Head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death in Maitland Gaol. An Inquiry
INSPECTOR BEENNAN held an inquiry at his office on Saturday afternoon, respecting the arrest of a woman named Mary White, who died in Maitland girl a few days ago. The…
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LONDON, Monday.— Saddler, who was arrested charged with the murder of the woman in the East End of London, made a statement to the police in which he admits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder on the High Seas
BHAGWAR JASSIWARA, a Hindoo, aged 29, formerly cook on the ship Buckingham, was charged at the Liverpool Police Court recently with the murder of Captain Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill News. Broken Hill, Monday. Alleged Specimen Stealing
AT the police court to-day a man named Jas. Kennedy, working at the Consols mine, was charged with stealing silver ore from the mine, and remanded for a week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Alleged Criminal Assault at Lambton. Bail Refused. SYDNEY
IN Chambers, this morning, his Honor Mr. Justice Foster gave his decision on the application for bail made on Friday by Mr. Pring on behalf of Thomas Suffield, now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 16. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw.) Drunks
JEREMIAH DUNN, 28, a seaman, and George Lawler, 22, a seaman, were fined 5s and 10s respectively for drunkenness. D. and D…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault and Robbery
George William Coventry Newman alias Cockney George, on remand from the 10th instant, was charged with assaulting and robbing in company with Henry Gallaghan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Will Out
HERE is a plot for (Gaboriau from real life. About two years ago an outrage was committed in Canada similar to one which has just raised a storm of fury in the north…
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