Police Changes
CONSTABLE BRADY, of Newcasle, is about to be transferred to Carrington, and his place in this city will be taken by Constable Grainger, who comes from the depot…
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Courts & crime, 1892
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Lambton Police Court. Friday, April 1. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Reconciliation
JOHN A. TAYLOR was charged on demand with deserting his wife at Charles-town on the 21st January last, and leaving her without means of support…
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THE Maitland Circuit Court commences in east Maitland on Tuesday next, his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen presiding. There are several important criminal cases for trial,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 1. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Disobeying a Summons
An Indian fisherman named Jim Polls was charged by warrant with having disobeyed a summons for allowing a horse to stray. The accused pleaded guilty, and were fined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
EDWARD VIPEN, 28, and Gustavis Ackland, 28, seamen, were fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' gaol, for having been drunk on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Court. Alleged Assault
Samuel Gint was called upon to answer a charge of assaulting one Francisco Moto, but the complainant did not appear, and the case was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmania. Escaped From Gaol
Charles Ford, who was undergoing a sentence of seven years for robbery with violence, and Arthur Ward, serving five years for housebreaking,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
MARY PEGRUM, 38; Thomas Cleary, draper, 57; John Ryce, 50, a labourer; Alexander M'Intosh, 38, a miner; Benjamin Cooper, 34, a miner; John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend-Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, April 4. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.p.) Drunks
WILLIAM WATSON, charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 1st April, was discharged. Robert Dixson, charged with being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summons Cases. Assault
Elizabeth Evans sued one Mary Risdale for assault. Complainant stated that she lived with her husband at Carrington, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Caution
A LITTLE lad named George Fiddler was charged under the 4th section of the Industrial Schools Act with habitually wandering the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend-Plattsburg Police Court. Tuesday, April 5. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
A. COLEMAN was charged with being drunk in John-street on the 4th inst. and discharged. A further charge was preferred for a breach of the tramway bylaws, to wit,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, April 5. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) a Garrulous Defendant
WILLIAM SMITH, an elderly miner, was charged with using insulting language to Sergeant Salter on Saturday night in Grainger street, also with using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →President of the Land Court. His Resignation. SYDNEY
MR. F. ROGERS yesterday sent in to the Minister for Lands has resignation of his position as President of the Land Court. It is understood that Mr. Rogers has taken this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Circuit Court. Opening Day. Tuesday, April 5. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen.)
The Circuit Court commenced at East Maitland yesterday morning before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen. The whole of the cases were committed from the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault on the Police
THE sentence passed on THOMAS SPEEDY at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday ought to disabuse the minds of any who imagine that they can with impunity fell the police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Circuit Court. Charged with Embezzlement. SYDNEY
THE Albury, Circuit Court opened to-day before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Darley. Edward Pocock, lately chief goods clerk at Albury Railway Station, pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing From the Person
Margaret Fenwick, William Reilly and Alfred Wilkins were charged that they did at Islington on the 22nd March last steal £9 10s, one pawn ticket, one pocket knife, one…
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Thomas Speedy and James Finnigan were charged that they did at Newcastle on the 14th March last maliciously wound one William M'Guigan, with intent to do him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Brutal Assault. The Accused Remanded
James Deane, 40, a West Indian, and keeper of a boarding-house, was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on John Ryan on the previous evening…
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