A Promising Trio. Convicted of Theft. SYDNEY
A TRIO of respectable appearance, consisting of two women and a man, named May Clarke, 25, dressmaker; Maud Davis, 22; and Vincent Sydney Davis, 35, were charged…
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Courts & crime, 1892
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 57
Commencing of the Shearing. More Police Despatched. SYDNEY
IN consequence of rowdyism on the part of rouseabouts the police force in the Albury district is being strengthened in some parts of the district, and a new police station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, August 18. (Before Mr. Mair, Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re Robert Beath
BANKRUPT stated that he had been insolvent about 15 years previously. He was an engine-driver in the Harbours and Rivers Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 19. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Straying Goats
Robert Cottier and John Harvey both pleaded guilty to allowing goats to stray in the public streets, New Lambton, on the 12th inst., and were fined 1s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, August 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) D. and D.
A LABOURER named Christopher Leonard was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lookup, for having been drunk and disorderly on the Maitland-road, Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Liquor
ALFRED CORTRELL, Peter Johnson, Ellen Morgan, Emily Morgan, and Emily Dyer were each fined in the usual amounts for over indulgence in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charged with Desertion. a Despicable Husband. SYDNEY
ALBERT GEORGE WRIGHT, 26, labourer, was charged before Mr. J. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, with having deserted his wife. Mr. C. T. Richards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, August 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunks
SQUIRE LIVERSIDGE, 38, a miner John Rice, 51, a labourer; Charles Johnston, 35, a seaman; and Annie Frederickson, 29, were each fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →POLICE v. Campbell. to the Editor
Sir,—In answer to a an effusion of legal intelligence emanating from "Argus" [?] the decision in the case Police v. Campbell, I beg to state for his information that there was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Licensing Court. Monday, August 22. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrot, P.M., and Messrs. T. Fryar and T. Croudace, Js.P.) Breach of Licensing Act
THOMAS DODDS, licensee of the Royal Hotel, was charged with selling liquor on Sunday, the 7th inst., at 10.45 p.m. Senior-constable Rogers deposed to seeing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Assault and Robbery
Two dark skinned seamen, named Charles Tucker and Edward Hynes, were arrested on board a vessel in the harbour yesterday forenoon on a charge of assaulting and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midnight Burglary. The Victim Robbed Before. SYDNEY
BETWEEN the hours or midnight and 6 o'clock this morning the residence, of Mr. A. R. Troup, Redmyre-road, Strathfield, was broken into by thieves, and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, August 23. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Attempted Suicide
A SEAMAN named Oliver Olsen was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the Market Wharf into the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the Murder of Sampson Cornwell
The trial of Frederick George Prato and Ann Louisa O'Brien, for the murder of Sampson Cornwall, the farmer, at Beulah, is proceeding. The evidence adduced against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Equity Court. The Appointment of a Liquidator. Judge Manning Speaks Plainly
In the Equity Court this morning, before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning, an application was made on summons for the appointment of an official liquidator in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, August 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Alleged Assault and Robbery
Two coloured seamen named Charles Tucker and Edward Hynes were charged with having assaulted and robbed one George Aston of a silver…
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Verdicts of wilful murder were returned at inquests on the bodies of two infants, one found at Brunswick and the other in the Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. a Murder Trial
The trial of Fredk. Prato and Annie O'Brian for the murder of Cornwell was continued to-day. Sergeant Daer stated that on arresting Prate he found a letter on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larrikins Again. a Serious Assault. SYDNEY
AT the Redfern Police Court to-day James Martin was charged with assaulting Magnall. Prosecutor stated that on the night of the 13th instant, on his way home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunk
A LABOURER named Charles Cavanagh was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Vagrancy…
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