(Before Messrs. Mair and Thorn.) Assault
John Fisher, on remand, from the 13th instant, was charged with assaulting one Frank Parry, occasioning him actual bodily harm, at Merewether, on the 6th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1891
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 48
The East End Murder
LONDON, Monday.—Owing to the strong case made out, the police have decided to charge the ship's fireman, Saddler, with the murder of the woman in the East End of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Supposed Murder of a Chinaman
The body of a Chinamas has been found at Yeppoon, near Bookhampton, riddled with shot. The police believe the man to have been murdered, and the murder to have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Ninemile Murder
The Government has offered a reward of £100 for the discovery of the murderer of Samuel Montgomery, a miner, whose mutilated body was found on the 8th instant at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 17. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn and J. Beveridge, Js.P.) A Spree
JOSRPH HOWARD was fined 5s, or 24, hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Ho was also fined £3, or one month's imprisonment, for resisting Constable Wensor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The East End Murder. Not "Jack the Ripper."
LONDON, Tuesday.—Sadler's papers show that he was absent from England on the occasion of several of "Jack the Ripper's" murders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, 18Th February. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Breach of the Licensing Act
DAVID JONES, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Plattsburg, was charged with permitting music in the bar parlour of his hotel, and having it open as a public resort without…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 18. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P M., W. H. Shaw, and C. Upfold, Js.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN RULY and Samuel Boyce were each fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness. July Robinson, a servant, for being drunk and disorderly, was found guilty, and fined £1 or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →(Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., Shaw, and Thorn, J's.P.) Alleged Assault by a Constable
John Ellwood summoned Constable John Sells for assault. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Gorrick for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 19. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P M., G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunkenness
Samuel Boyce, seaman, and Matt O'Brien, labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default 7 days' gaol. Language…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault by a Policeman. Case Dismissed. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., Shaw, and Thorn, Js.P.)
The adjourned case of assault by Constable Sells, of Carrington, brought by John Ellwood, was resumed. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inspection of Police
YESTERDAY afternoon the quarterly inspection of the members of the police force of the city and suburbs took place in the barrack-yard, Hunter-street. Some thirty-two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 20. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, Upfold, Asher and Beveridge, Js.P.) Drunk
OWEN HOLYWOOD, 25, a seaman, was fired 5s; in default 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Deemed to be Insane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Attempted Theft
UPON arrival of the steamer Namoi at Newcastle yesterday morning a man, giving has name as Henry Pickering, was given into the custody of Constable Olsen on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunks
MORRIS COLLESS, 55, a bootmaker, and John Mumlard, 54, a labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania. Hobart, Sunday. Court Martial
The court martial aboard the Royalist resulted in T. Hearn, of the Orlando, who pleaded guilty to desertion, being sentenced to six months' herd labour; and Abraham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Cases. Alleged Assault
Mary Stanbridge, a married woman, was charged by Nellie Frost, with having assaulted her on the 17th instant. Mr. Readett appeared for the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, February 23Rd. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J,P.) Drunks
WILLIAM MONOGHAN, age 49, a seaman, and Benjamin Cooper, age 80, a miner, were each fined 5s, or in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment, for being drunk on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Missing Clergyman. Appearance Before the Court. Remanded to Sydney
IN the police court yesterday, before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P., the Rev. Edwin Henry Wright, of Marrickville, Sydney, was charged with having, on the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brutal Murder in Gaol Prisoner Kicked to Death. MELBOURNE
ANOTHER brutal murder, was perpetrated to-day, this time the victim being Charles Stewart, an old man aged 77, who was kicked to death by Cornelius Burke. Both men,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →