The Hobart Gaol Escapee
FROM investigations conducted at the Hobart Gaol, by order of the Attorney-General, in reference to the escape of the prisoner Littlejohn, it seems…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1893
1,071 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 54
Newcastle Police Court Friday, April 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunkenness
A LABOURER named Benjamin Lawrence was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Disorderly Conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, April 21. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Misconduct by a Constable
JOHN. M'GILL, constable, stationed at Charlestown, was charged with misconduct as a constable by using certain words to Mrs. Ralph at Durham, near Dudley, on March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, April 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
EDWIN EMERSON, 48, labourer, was called upon to pay the usual 5s, or suffer 24 hours' gaol, for having been drunk in Scott-street on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, April 24. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness
ROBERT REAY, of West Wallsend, was brought up on two separate charges of being drunk and disorderly, and was called upon to pay fines amounting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, April 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, Thorn, and Christie, Js.P.) Drunk and Disorderly
A LABOURER named Benjamin Lawrence was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for having been drunk and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, April 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
John M'CALL, 46, seaman, was fined the usual 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Court. An Affiliation Case
Samuel Beaumont, a young man, was charged by Ellen Bellingham with neglecting to support his illegitimate child, which was born on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, April 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named Daniel Stewart was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and Disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS The Strike at Hull. Reinforcement of the Police Force. Application for the Withdrawal of Naval and Military
LONDON, Tuesday.—A squadron of mounted police has been despatched to Hull, to reinforce the local constabulary, who are not equal to the task…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced to Death
THE men Smedley and Carolan, at present lying under sentence of death in Tamworth Gaol (reports an exchange), are taking their fate in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, April 27. (Before Mr. W. E. Honry, P.m.) Maintenance Case
CHRISTINA GRAY, of Parkes applied for a maintenance order against Herbert M'Allister, of Sydney, tailor, for the support of a female child, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, April 27. (Before Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P. Drank and Disorderly
A SEAMAN named Findlay Smith was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for having been drunk and disorderly, and was ordered to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, District Registrar.)
Walter Butterworth, of Lambton, miner, was examined, Mr. Cronin appearing on his behalf. His cause of bankruptcy was pressure of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Circuit Court. a Case of Manslaughter. Broken Hill
AT the Circuit Court to-day, before Judge Windeyer, John Bell, a man about 35 years of age, was charged with the murder of Michael O'Shannasay, at Naryil Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, April 28. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn, Asher, and Christie, Js.P.) Language
A SEAMAN, named John M'Call, was fined £2, with an option of 14 days' gaol, for having used indecent language. Summons Case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CABLEGRAMS Firearms in a Public Place. Alleged Attempt to Shoot Mr. Gladstone. an Australian Charged
LONDON, Thursday.—A man was early this morning arrested for firing a pistol near St. James's Park at midnight. It is alleged that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 1. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Burke, J.P.) Drunkenness
A MARRIED woman named Ellen Lewis, three labourers named Daniel Pollock, James M'Donald, and John Kelly, and three seamen named…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, May 1. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.p.) Dray Driving
JOSEPH EADE was charged with that he did , on the 25th inst. in Thomasstreet, Wallsend, drive a dray and two horses by riding on his dray without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
Two labourers named George Lang and John Dillon, and a seaman named Denis Duggan, were each fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours'…
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