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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 57
RICHARD RICHARDS was charged with permitting a drunken man to remain on his licensed premises, Minmi-road, Plattsburg, on the 2nd instant, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILLIAM Fox v. William Boyd, repairs to boat 12s 6d, non-suited; same v. same, for mating two coffins, £2 10s. Some misunderstanding occurred in this case. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two seamen named Ange Laclocte and Abraham Slostepson were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THINGS have been exceedingly quiet here to-day, and nothing occurred worth reporting. The police arrived about 1.20 a.m., but have had nothing to do all day. The usual mass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HENRY PIKE was at the Water Police Court yesterday charged with having stolen two cases of Guelic whisky, valued at £4 10s, belonging to the Sydney Bonded and Free…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SEAMAN named George Plamley was fined 5s with an option of 24 hours' lockup for drunkenness. The Recent 'Bus Accident…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JEAN RITT (52), Pierre Purtass (26), and Pierre Poside (29), living at Croydon, were charged at Lambeth Police Court with causing an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GEORGE AYLIFFE, miner ; James Brown, labourer; John Martin, labourer; Ellen Morgan, married women; Alexander Beeson, labourer;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANNIE CLARK, 28, a dressmaker, Laurence Murpby, 21, a seaman, John Brennan, 27, a fireman, and Cornelius M'Carthy, 32, a seaman,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Monday.—A French convoy has been attacked by Chinese pirates near Tenquin. The pirates massacred 12 of the passengers of the vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOLOMON HANCOCK pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Exchange Hotel on the 8th instant. Fined 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM GRIFFITH was brought before Mr. J. Giers, D S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having shot at James Hooper and Constable A. R. Hughes with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOR the first time for nearly a year the police charge-sheet was blank, there being not even a solitary drunkard in the dock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Madame Reymond, who was charged with the murder of Madame Lassimonne at Paris, was tried yesterday. The tragedy arose out of jealousy and an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN elderly and respectable-looking woman named Eliza Ann Morris appeared before Mr. Addison, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JOSEPH THOMPSON, 35, no occupation ; Edward Martin, 22, seaman ; Alex. M'Donald, 49, labourer ; and John Mandnal, 29, draper, were each fined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—In last Monday's issue of the Newcastle Herald your contributor "Antæus" takes up the gage thrown down by Mr. T. C. Ewing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EDWIN PUGH, a collier, was charged at Pontypridd recently with attempting to murder Dr. Edwards, of Rhondda Valley. The prisoner hid…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →JOHN BRENNAN, 27, fireman; George Francis, 36, seaman; William Caker, 42, carpenter; and John Buchanan, 28, seaman, were each fined 5s with an option of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Dodde, Llewellyn Prosser, and Andrew Bone, miners, were charged with stealing four apple trees, valued at £3, the property of George Oakley, of Redhead Flat,…
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