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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 57
THE inquiry into the death of the young girl Jessie Martin, who died under suspicious circumstances on March 16 at the residence of her sister, in Penshurst street, North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Redfern Police Court this morning, a man named William Warner was charged with assaulting Constable Kidd while the latter was in the execution of his duty. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JOHN THOMAS, described as a sailor, was charged with having no lawful means of support. Constable Philips deposed to seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two seamen named Alick Neider and John Paton were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. W. H. BAKER appeared for Mr. George Froome, of Wallsend, a proved creditor. Bankrupt stated that he was a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Allow me a small space in your columns for a word or two on the above. To begin, I might state that I had not the pleasure of reading the letter of Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Your correspondent "Asmodeus" has seized the opportunity of ventilating a grievance to which either he or his friend has been subjected, and in his wildest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HENRY MA.JOR, 80, a seaman, Samuel Noble, a Turkish fireman, and George Ferris, 25, a labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment for having been drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE necessity which exists for telephone communication between the central police station in this city and the many outside stations has before been pointed out in this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JONATHAN HOLLAND, 41, a miner, was fined 20s, with an alternative of seven days' imprisonment, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE trial of Deeming was resumed and finished to-day. Mr. Deakin made an eloquett speech of two hours for the defence. After the addresses the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TIMOTRY LEARY, 40, A labourer; James Fraser, 57, a labourer; Mary Ann Beaumont, 37; Gustof Sindroth, 24, a seaman; and George Mason, 33,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BURGLARIES are becoming matters of daily occurrence. On Cup day Mrs. Fletcher, landlady of the South Australian Club Hotel, left a drawer in her bedroom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BENJAMIN CHELMAN was charged with having at Ballangarra, in the colony of New South Wales, on March 16, criminally assaulted one Leila Reed, a woman aged 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE curtain has fallen upon another sombre scene in the dark drama of the Windsor murder. After a trial extending over four days FREDERICK…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HENRY PHILLIPS, 25, fireman, was the only drunk in the dock, and he was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment. He went to the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Land Court is to meet on the 16th instant, on which occasion Mr. Oliver, the newly-appointed president, will sit in that capacity for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Acting-Justice Heydon, Sam. Hood and Thomas John food, who were convicted on Friday on a charge of having feloniously slain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAM CAMPBELL, 45, a labourer, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Disobedience…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Bendigo Police Court a married woman named Mary Ann Gill was charged with stealing a girl, aged 7, the daughter of Charles Martin, of…
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