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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 57
THOMAS SINGLETON, 46, labourer, and James Fraser, 57, labourer, were each fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →James Bowditch was charged with stealing two lathe-turning tools, valued at 7s 6d, the property of the Railway Commissioners. Mr. R. W. Thompson appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE coroner, Mr. J. N. Brooks, held an inquest in the East Maitland Gaol, on Monday, respecting the death of a confinee named George Lang, some 73 years of age, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN extraordinary outrage and attempted murder took place in Collingwood last night. A constable named Murphy on going his rounds found that a constable in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MARRIED woman, named Elizabeth Beal, was fined 5s, with an option of twenty-four hours' lookup, for drunkenness. Indecent Exposure…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A sensation has been caused by the arrest of a curate, the Rev. Mr. Bell, who is charged with having committed separate assaults on two young ladies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CLARA DAVIS, 21, a woman of low degree, was fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours, for having been drunk in King-street on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CECIL BROWN, 19, a labourer, was charged with having stolen from Thomas Brown, a 'bus-driver, a pair of trousers, valued at 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WILLIAM SAVAGE, aged 22, a labourer, who states that he is an American, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of stealing a sovereign from a box in the Royal Standard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The cases previously settled at the Friendly Appeal Court were mostly confirmed, with the exception of the following:— Mr. A. Rose, Wallsend Coal Company, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN ROY was charged with making use of obscene language in Devon street on Saturday, the 14th inst. Constable Williams deposed to the offence,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Andrew Robinson, of Adamstown, pleaded guilty, through his son, to a summons charging him with neglecting to send his child, a lad of 13…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →APPLICATION for transfer of the license of the Toronto Hotel from Mr. Irwin to Mr. Harry George Perrin. Sergeant Grennan pointed out the fact that there were a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MAN named Barrott, who was charged with horse stealing at Glen Innes, received a sentence of 10 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WILLIAM BROWN, Fredk. Bush, B. Regan, G. Salt, and J. Bashford, were charged with riotous behaviour at Dudley on the 15th inst. They all pleaded not guilty, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ISABELLA LOW, 34; James Campbell, 28, a boilermaker; Robert Frankland, 30, a labourer; Charles Jones, 25, a miner; George Garson, 24, a seaman; and Daniel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wallsend dispute came before Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.P., the newly-appointed Referee, in the small room of the Newcastle Court-house yesterday. The proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the early hours of yesterday morning an attempt at burglary, the cool impudence and daring of which is only equalled by its apparent purposelessness, was made on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LOUISA, KATON, 53; Benjamin Cox, 48, a labour; and James Markham, 22, a labourer, were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s, with the usual alternative, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Sunday.—The Privy Council has reversed the decision of the New Zealand Court in the case of Buckley versus Edwards…
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