Referee's Court. The Burwood Dispute
THE dispute with regard to the yardage rates between the Miners' Association and the Burwood Coal Company will be laid before Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.P., the Referee, in the…
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Courts & crime, 1892
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Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named John O'Brien was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lock-up, for drunkenness. Juvenile Wanders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Port Glasgow. Crew Before the Court. SYDNEY
THE whole of the crew of the barque Port Glasgow, who were arrested yesterday after laying a serious charge against their captain before the Marine Board, appeared in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, November 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
ABRAHAM GILLS, a miner, for being drunk on the previous day, was fined 5s, or 24 hours in the lockup. Disobedience at Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Referee's Court. Adjusting the Burwood Dispute. Contradictory Evidence
THE dispute at the Burwood Colliery, between the management and the miners, with regard to the prices paid for driving crosscuts, was placed…
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The man John Makin and his wife, Sarah Makin, appeared, on remand, at the Central Police Court this afternoon, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Suttor's Residence. Another Attempted Burglary. SYDNEY
ANOTHER attempt at burglary was disceverel at the residence of Mr. F. B. Suttor, Wollahra, last night. Some members of the family left the house about 8 o'clock, but,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, November 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
EDWARD HANSON, 32, seaman; Thomas Heyward, 59, cook; Thomas Donovan, 32, seaman; William Bisson, 52, miner; Neil M'Gregor, 23, seaman;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gaol Hill
IN the old days when Newcastle was beginning to assert itself as the coal-producing centre of Australia, the Bluff, known as the Old Gaol Hill, at the eastern end of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, November 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named William Ericson was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness. Alleged False Pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Walcha Murder. Jimmy Ah Tong Executed. ARMIDALE
THE execution of Jimmy Tong, for the murder of Harry Hing at Walcha, in November last, took place this morning at Armidale Gaol. The prisoner had been attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. BURGLARY
A youth named Thomas Masters was charged at the Police Court to-day with breaking into the counting house of William Ligerwood and stealing there from £120. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Morpeth Tragedy. Morton Sentenced. Penal Servitude for Life. SYDNEY
AT the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Murray, the young man George Morton, convicted yesterday (with a recommendation to mercy) of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 29. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
PETER. ANDERSON was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Ada-street on the previous night. Constable S. Daly deposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, November 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Desertion
WILLIAM FLETCHER, 46; Charles Johnston, 29; Paul Belzier, 34; John Doyle, 30; and Walter Bank, 24, pleaded guilty to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder through Jealousy
LONDON, Wednesday.—A young man Williams has been committed for trial on a charge of murdering a young man and woman, who were lovers. The tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Howard-street Tragedy. Conlon Sentenced. SYDNEY
AT the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Murray, the young man Thomas Conlan, convicted yesterday of the manslaughter of Sarah Nolan at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 1. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Indecency
Two seamen named Charles German and Wm. Petrie were fined £2, with an option of 14 days' gaol for having behaved indecently in Scott-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS. H.M.S. Howe. the Court-martial Concluded
LONDON, Thursday.—The court martial concerning the loss of H.M.S. Howe, one of the vessels belonging to the Channel squadron, which recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Breach of Contract. Case Settled out of Court. SYDNEY
THE case brought in No. 3 Jury Court before Sir William Windeyer and a jury of four by Richard Read, William Longworth and Thos. Longworth to recover £500 from J…
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