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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 57
ABRAHAM BUTTERWORTH pleaded guilty to being drunk on Sunday, January 31st, and was fined £1 and costs, the usual Sunday drinking fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HENRY LEWIS, 53, a labourer, Joseph Sharkey, 28, a labourer, John Durrune. 19, a seaman, and James Toomey, 60, a labourer, wore each fined 5s, with an option of 24…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buxton's jeweller's shop was broken into to-day, during the absence of the owner, and £400 worth of articles were stolen. The detectives as yet have been unable to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HANLEY BUHIOA, 53, a clerk; Henry White, 40, a seaman; and Thomas Laughton, 42, a seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY appeared charged with attempting to commit a rape on Rebeces. Lundgren, a widow, at Minmi on the 5th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Blackfriars Estate, George-street Went, was the scene of a murder of the most brutal description late on Friday night. The victim of the deed was a married…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. WHITE, R. Casey, M. Daley, T. Smith, J. Dillon, J. Waiters, E. Dixon, and T. Uran were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JOHN MILLER and Robert Dawson, members of the Salvation Army, were charged with riotous conduct on Sunday, the 7th instant, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Monday evening 200 doors were unloaded from the steamer Ardle for Messrs. Dalgedy and Co., and were left on the wharf all night. Yesterday morning one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN NOLAN, 37, a fireman, and Thomas Cleary, a draper, were fined 5s and 20s respectively, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BENJAMIN WILLIAMS was admonished for drunkenness and discharged. TRESPASSING. Eight youths named B. Robinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MARY PORTER, 40, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Riotons Behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHORTLY after 8 o'clock on Wednesday night a complaint was made to the police that a serious offence had been committed by a man named James Gwynne, a miner, at Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THOMAS TAYLOR, 34, a moulder, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness, and Christopher Leonard, 49, a labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LAST night, at about 11.45, Constables Edward Twiss and Henry Dawbins had occasion to arrest two women in Hyde Park. While they had the women in custody three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DANIEL JONES was charged with using obscene language in Michael-street, Jesmond, on Sunday, the 7th instant. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GEORGE JOHNS, a labourer, was fined 5s with the usual option for drunkenness. Language. George Coleman was fined £2, with 5s 6s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THOMAS O'REILLY, an old man of 70, who has spent the best part of his life in gaol, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having solicited alms in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday evening the caretaker's premises at the Bogey Hole swimming bathe were broken into and looted by a band of young larrikins. Not content with stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is rumoured that Mr. E. Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police, intends shortly to retire. It is not improbable that upon his leaving the force the police service will…
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