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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 57
JOHN LONSDALE pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Regent-street, New Lambton, on the 18th instant, and was fined 10s, and 5s 6d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALBRED COMPTON, 89, a seaman; John Saunders, 44, a seaman; and Patrick Thallion, 47, a fireman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HENRY D. NEILSON, age 33, seaman, was charged on warrant from Sydney with having, on or about the 22nd instant, stolen a canvas bag…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE shop of Mr. Edmund [?]anfield, draper of Hunter-street West, was broken into on Sunday evening, and a quantity of clothing stolen. In opening the shop yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—M. Henri Rochfort, the French journalist, who is now residing in London, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment by the French courts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Michael M'Catthy sued Charles Marsh on a charge of assault. Mr. Readett appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Spark conducted the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE only business of the Court was the Inspector of Nuisances, Borough of Wallsend, v. Thomas Smith, a youth 15 years of age, for driving a loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JOHN STRWART, 29, a labourer, James Hamilton, 49, coaltrimmer, John Clark, 27, a labourer, and William Collins, 40, a seamen, were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Glide, a schooner for years engaged in the collier trade between here and Sydney, was last year purchased in Sydney to replace the schooner Endora, which was lost at the Islands. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In your issue of the 26th instant appears a paragraph headed as above, which ought to move all interested in the welfare of this city and port; and though it is terse…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HAS excited as much interest here as elsewhere, although the notorious adventurer does not seem ever to have practised his craft in Adelaide, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CURIOUS burglary took place on Tuesday morning at the Import Company's Stores, Grenfell-street. Peter Martin, one of the partners in the firm, found, on walking into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAM RYAN, 33, seaman, and Lewis Lynch, 38, miner, were each fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ONLY one delinquent toed the mark, that being John Alfred Taylor, charged with deserting his wife at Charlestown some time ago. The accused was arrested at Woogoola…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A YOUNG man of respectable appearance named John Kneip, was charged at the Central to-day with having committee bigamy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albert Oakley, a carter, was charged by the Australian Agricultural Company with having stolen one load of ashes, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THREE seamen, named John Smith, James Burns, and John Miller were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN PAYNE OWEN JONES, a leading agitator among the unemployed, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, at the Police Court to-day as an idle and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES GREY, of Burwood Extended, appeared on his own recognizance, and informed the Police Magistrate that he had been unable to arrange for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GEORGE LEIR, 42, builder, was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in Hunter street on the previous evening. Having no…
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