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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 57
ON the appeals against the assessment on the ratable property in the city being called on in the court yesterday Major Bolton, as on the previous day, took his seat beside Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Charles Hawkins charged his three sons—William Charles, Joseph, and George Hawkins—with assaulting him at his residence in Station-street, Waratah, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Parramatta Quarter Sessions this afternoon John Schultz, an old offender, was sentenced to six years' penal servitude for passing a forged £5-note on the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, 49, a labourer; John Williams, 61, miner; and Samuel Curry, 44, accountant, were fined 5s, or in default, 24 hours' imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CONSTANTINOPLH, Tuesday.—The trial of Merdjan and Christo, two Bulgarians, for being concerned in the murder of M. Vulcovitch, late Bulgarian agent in this city, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE hearing of the appeals of ratepayers against the valuation and assessment of all property in the borough for the ensuing year was continued from the previous day Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. M. Brooks, P.M., and Dr. Walker, J.P., Thomas Robinson was charged with stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A case of supposed murder occurred at Prince of Wales Island. A young man named Patrick M'Kiernan, a diver, in the employ of Mr. Cussens,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ARTHUR MONTAGUE , a dark-complexioned young man, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having forged a cash-slip, with intend to defraud Hoffnung…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Friendly Appeal Court was held on Wednesday night to hear appeals against the assessments. There were present—the Mayor and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A LABOURER, named John Fairweather, was brought up on remand from the 5th inst. as a person of unsound mind and was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday.—Lieutenant-General Greaser, the Governor of the city and the head of the police, who some days ago was mysteriously poisoned, died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WILLIAM WALKER, 28, labourer, was charged before Mr. J. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court this afternoon, with having assaulted John Clamp. Prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MAN named William Baker, alias Jones, has been committed for trial, at Barringun, on a charge of attempting to commit an assault upon a married women named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday.—The Honorable Patrick Nugent was brought up to-day charged with assaulting a lady in a Brighton railway carriage. The prisoner pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE valuations on the property of James Gray, Adamstown, which consisted of six four-roomed cottages assessed at an annual value of £16 5s each, were confirmed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE were no charge of drunkenness on the street. Desertion. Frederick Booack, [?], a German seaman,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. PRING, instructed by Messrs. Cope and King appeared for the plaintiff in support of a demurrer to the defendants sixth plea. Mr. Haydon, instructed by Messrs. Ellis,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A ROW with drunken German sailors occurred at Port Adelaide on Saturday night. The Germans insulted some passers-by, and when dispersed by the police they drew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SQUIRE LIVERSAGE was charged with being drunk in Devon-street, Plattsburg, on Friday, the 13th instant. Constable Williams deposed to the…
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