Alleged Daring Theft. a Tale of Two Buggies
THE police in this city on Thursday last received information from Sydney to the effect that two buggies and two horses were missing under circumstances which pointed to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1892
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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, July 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Drunks
WILLIAM GARRETT, 42, a labourer, and Alexander Funton, 30, a seamen, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. G. N. Taylor in Court
Mr. G. N. Taylor, the notorious building society defalcator, was brought up on further charges of conspiracy and fraud to-day. At the same time his wife, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Banking Company. Francis Abigail in Court. the Witness Hourigan. Abigail Committed for Trial. SYDNEY
THE Water Police Court was crowded this afternoon when Francis Abigail was charged with fraud in connection with the Australian Banking Company, Limited. The specific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oroya's Officers. Charged at the Police Court. ADELAIDE
CAPTAIN LAVINGTON, of the R.M.S. Oroya, and Dr. M'Pherson, of the same vessel, were charged at the Adelaide Police Court to-day with giving false answers as to the sanitary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mutiny in Grafton Gaol. The Police Called In. SYDNEY
IT has transpired that a mutiny of prisoners took place last week in Grafton Gaol, during which the warders were overpowered and considerably knocked about, so much so that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Tuesday, July 26. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Charge of Bigamy
SOME little excitement was caused at the local Police Court, when it became known that a former resident of Wallsend, and one who, whilst residing in our midst, gained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, July 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Drunks
MARTIN LINDSEY, 25, seaman, and Charles Oxford, 20, fireman, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the railway line on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, July 26. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. T. Grierson, J.p.) Drunkenness and Obsornity
ALEXANDER HALL pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language at Charlestown on the 22nd instant, and was fined 5s in each case—he having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summons Court. (Before Messrs. T. Brooks, G. Martin, and C. Christie, Js.P.)
William Grothan, William Lyons, and James Fox were charged with having stolen a quantity of nuts the property of the Railway Commissioners. It will be remembered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, July 27. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Straying Animals
JAMES GRAY was fined 1s and 2s 6d costs for allowing two horses to stray within view of the inspector of nuisances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, July 27. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks
TWO labourers, named Thomas Parsons and Richard Kelly, and a fireman named James Thompson, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beltcheff Murder
LONDON, Wednesday.—Four of the men convicted in connection with the murder of M. Beltcheff, the Bulgarian Minister of Finance, in March of last year, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, July 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
A MARRIED woman named Elizabeth Bell, and a seaman named Thomas Denis, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Comforts. to the Editor
Sir,—Now that the authorities are so thoughtful as to lend their kind consideration towards reconstruction of the police quarters, would it not be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Thursday, July 28. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
GEORGE BLACK was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Nelson-street on the 23rd instant, and was fined £1 and 5s 6d costs, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, July 28. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptey.) Re Thomas Bernard Rooney
BANKRUPT stated that he was a dealer, and that he had not kept any books of account. His insolvency had been caused by sickness and death in his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. the Murder of Richard Bell
At the inquest on the body of Richard Bell, who was murdered near Winton on Thursday night, evidence was given to the effect that the deceased before expiring told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, July 29. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunkenness and Obscenity
HENRY WILLIAMS pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language at Charlestown on the 22nd inst., and was fined 5s and 5s 6d costs, also 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sending Round the Hat in Hyde Park. Curious Action of the Police
AT the time of the great dock strike in 1889, it will be remembered that large sums of money were collected in Hyde Park. Both before and after…
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