Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 24Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
MARY (LADY) MUNRO and James Talbot were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Alleged Attempted Larceny…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1891
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Australian News. New South Wales. Stealing Battery Plates
A ROBBURY of copper plates from a crushing battery formerly held by the Hume Gold-mining Company at Hawksview is reported to have taken place. Last week the company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dr. Keatinge Sentenced. Mr. A. G. Taylor Censured. SYDNEY
THE trial of Oswald Keatinge, otherwise known as Dr. Keatinge, for an alleged attempted criminal assault on Mary Ann Brown, a girl aged 12 years and 10 months,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, February 24. (Before Mr. R. I Perrott, P.m.) School Cases
FINES were inflicted on parents in the following cases, for neglecting to send their children to school the required number of days. Mr. Bernard, school attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 23. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drink and Profanity
GEORGE PRATT was charged with being drunk in Mary-street on the 21st instant, and using profane language. Constable Spicer deposed to the language…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Shearing Trouble. Secession of Union Shearers. Police Act Decisively. Brisbane
FOUR Ipswich shearers, who had hitherto been union men, to-day seceded from its ranks, being, as they say themselves, quite disgusted with union proceedings, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced to Death. Melbourne
THOMAS WILSON, tram conductor, was found guilty of murdering his sweetheart, Stella Marks, by cutting her throat. His defence was insanity, and witnesses were called…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. The East End Murder
LONDON, Tuesday.—Saddler has again been remanded. There is a growing belief that he is innocent of the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bismarck before the Court
LONDON, Tuesday.—Le Figaro states that Prince Bismarck is to be summoned to appear before a court-martial, to declare upon his honour whether or no he was the author of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, February 25Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Alleged Fraudulently Appropriating
GEORGE FAIRBANK, 40, a labourer, was charged by warrant with having fraudulently appropriated to his own use a water-ballast roller, an iron rammer, and an iron barrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, February 25. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptey.) Be William Evans
BANKRUPT stated that he was a horse-driver, and that he had never previously been insolvent. His bankruptcy was caused by loss of time, and sickness. He was married, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Porrott, P.M.)
THOMAS ROWLEY, from Teralba, was charged with using indecent language on the verandah of the Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, on the 23rd February…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand. Two Women Sentenced to Death
At Christchurch, on Wednesday, Sarah Jane and Anna Flanagan, mother and daughter, were found guilty of the murder of the latter's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Charged with Robbery
Saville, lalias Phillips, charged with the robbery of bank notes from the Commercial Bank, arrived, in custody of Detective Lawton, from Goulburn by express this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, February 24. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
NOAH CARTWRIGHT, a young man residing at Pit Town, Wallsend, was charged with being drunk in Kemp-street, Wallsend, on Monday evening, and on a further charge of making…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 26. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Shaw and Martin, Js.P.) Drunks
THOMAS TALBOT, age 59, a labourer; Samuel Boyce, age 52, a seaman; and Edward Sanderson, 20, who had no occupation, were each fined 5s, or, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Evictions at Silksworth. Conflict with the Police
LONDON, Wednesday.—A considerable disturbance occurred at Silksworth colliery, Durham. The sheriff proceeded to evict a number of miners on strike from the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, February 25. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and W. R. Curran, J.p.). Horse-straying
MR. S. MACDONALD summoned John Davis for allowing one horse to stray in the street on the 20th inst. Fined 1s and costs. Nathan Hewson, for a similar offence on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Breaches of the Act
George Bunn, licensee of the Great Britain Hotel, in Scott-street, pleaded guilty, through his attorney, Mr. C. W. Readett, to a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 27Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Asher and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunks
CHARLES WRIGHT, 34, a bootblack, and Patrick Redden, 35, a seaman, were each fined 5s for drunkenness, and the latter received a further penalty of 20s, or seven day's gaol,…
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