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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 57
DAVID THOMAS was charged with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into an underground tank of water at Lambton on the 10th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AH CHUM and Lun Sing, the banker and croupier respectively in the Goulburn-street fan tan den, which the police raided so successfully, and full particulars of which have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE bankrupt in this estate, a baker residing in West Wallsend, passed his examination. He attributed his bankruptcy to sickness. No creditors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JAMES SHILVERS, licensee of the Federal Hotel, Stockton, was charged with having committed a breach of the Publicans' Act, in that he did…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ah Sing, a Chinese prisoner undergoing a sentence in connection with the late post-office gold robbery, died at Fanny Bay gaol. DEATH OF MR. T. K. PATER…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE charges of conspiracy and fraudulently publishing a false statement against the managers, directors, and auditors of the Australian Banking Company were called on for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JAMES GIBB, 27, labourer; Henry Richards, 45, seaman; and Edward Warrington, 33, fireman, were each ordered to pay 5s, or go to gaol for 24 hours, for having been drunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School attendance Inn[?] or Ling had a large number of parents be [?] the Court on charges of neglecting to [?] their children to school for the prescribed [?]shber of days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SHOCKING case of wife murder and suicide recently occurred in Birmingham. The man, who was named Frederick Goodhand, aged 60, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A SEAMAN named Thomas Williams was fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Night Wanderers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The hearing of the charge of conspiracy in connection with the Australian Banking Company was continued to-day Francis Abigail, Roderick Macnamara, James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FRENCH seaman who gave his name as "Blucky Monto," aged 38, was called on to pay 5s, or go to gaol for 24 hours, for having been drunk on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. J. G. LEGGE, A barrister-at-law, has for some time past been preparing a collection of early decisions of the Supreme Court, which are only to be found now in old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquest on the old man, Christopher Pinniger, of Richmond, disclosed some peculiar circumstances. The constable who found the man lying dead and went for a cab…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SERIOUS fracas occurred between the police and the fish poachers at Sandy Bay. Constable Sullivan collared a man under suspicious circumstances, and two others rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. R. I. PERROTT, the Police Magistrate, has received a further temporary appointment to the position of Police and Licensing Magistrate for Wallsend and Waratah. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A YOUNG labourer named Alfred Smith was fined 16s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for having been drunk and disorderly in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Between last Friday night and Sunday morning some thief or thieves, forced the lock off the door of the Wesleyan Church, Station-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A LABOURER named William Adamston, and a butcher named Joseph Hammond, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A MARRIED woman named Annie Clarke was brought up on a charge of vagrancy. Constable M'Keller stated that he…
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