Stealing from the Person
Margaret Johnson, age 26, was arraigned on a charge of having, on the 1st instant, stolen, a purse containing the sum of £92 and two pieces of…
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Courts & crime, 1892
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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 8. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
CHARLES BERESFORD, clerk, and Harry Thompson, a seaman, were each fined 5s, or in default of payment 24 hours in the lockup, for being drunk on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 8. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Obscene Language
CHARLES LORD, charged with making use of obscene language at Teralba, was fined 5s and 7s 8d costs. DRUNKENNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M. and Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) After Hours
Alexander Bankier, licensee of the Rouse Hotel pleaded guilty to keeping his premises open for the sale of liquor after hours. A fine of £3 was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Court. Alleged Detention
L. Hinke, a boarding-house keeper, was sued by a seaman named Peterson for detaining some money of his. Mr. Forster appeared for the plaintiff, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Asher, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN RISE, labourer, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, for being drunk on the previous day. Disobeying a Summons. Alee Hanson, a labourer, was charged by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Music and Dance Permit
John Allanson, Terminus Hotel, Globe, was granted permission to have music and dancing in his premises on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court. Friday, December 9. (Before Judge Wilkinson.)
THE December sittings of the District Court were commenced at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and a large list of cases was set down for hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
A EAMAN named Charles Line was fined 5s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and disorderly…
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William Boyd, master of the ketch Progress, was charged with having permitted ballast to be thrown into the harbour from his vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Misappropriation by a Solicitor. Wild Sentenced. SYDNEY
AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Murray, John Green Mileham Wild, the solicitor who last week was convicted of dishonestly appropriating £1000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, December 12. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN CLARK, seaman, Thomas Donovan, seaman, William M'Leod, cook, Henry, Cosslett, labourer, Alexander Bonnor, fireman, John Robinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, December 12. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.p.) Discharged
JOHN DAVIDSON and Edwin Gill, charged with being drunk in Nelsonstreet, were admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court. Monday, December 12. (Before Judge Wilkinson.) Jury Case. Ryan v. Dalgety and Co
In this case, Michael Ryan sued Dalgety and Co. for the recovery of £200 as compensation for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the falling of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Burglary. Sydney
DENIS CARNEY, John Scott, and James Montgomery appeared at the Quarter Sessions this morning on a charge of having, on the night of November 9, unlawfully endeavoured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Cases. Assault
Hyam Mandelson charged Joseph Fulton with having assaulted him. Mr. Foster appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Gorrick conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anarchists in London. a Magistrate Threatened
LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir John Bridge, the Chief Magistrate at Bow-street Police Court, where the anarchist Francois was recently brought up on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
LAWRENCE MURPHY, 21, seamen; Edward Morgan, 46, miner; and John O'Brien, 20, fireman, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, December 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Appeal Against the Water Rate
THIS being the day for hearing appeals against the assessment of the Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Mr. Hart, assessor, appeared and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Liberator Building Society. Two Accused Before the Court
LONDON, Tuesday.—In connection with the arrest of Wright, the solicitor of the Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society, it is…
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