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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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Two labourers named George Lawrence and James O'Donald and a waterman named Robert May were each fined 10s, with alternatives of 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SEAMAN named Michael Traynor was charged at the Police Court yesterday with having assaulted Captain Kerr in Scott-street on the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN aboriginal named Robert Phillips, a seaman named John Beaker, and a married woman named Charlotte Richards were each fined 5s, with an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BEFORE Justice Manning in the Equity Court this morning, an application was made for the sanction of a compromise arrived at at a meeting of depositors, creditors, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE Justices Innes, Stephen, and Foster, to-day, a special case was stated for decision under the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Act. It was in the nature of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. McManus was charged with having assaulted Rupert Peter McCarthy, a little child. Mr. Reid appeared for the complainant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MESSRS. Walters and Smith the contractors for the tramway extension in this city, now have some sixty men employed in the levelling of the old gaol hill. The work is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THOMAS BROWN, John Brown, Henry Collins, Arthur Collins, and Charles David, five small boys, were charged with stealing a quantity of powder and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A BAILIFF names James Cunningham, and two seamen named Thomas Greenhorn and Dougall Black, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William John Dunning was examined, and stated that his insolvency had been brought about by sickness and want of employment. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A LABOURER named George Johns was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup for drunkenness. Licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A SENSATIONAL murder and suicide was committed to-day at South Melbourne. A man named Jack Smith, who had recently returned from Broken Hill, shot a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Noah Cartwright, charged with obscene language in a public place, on the 12th inst., pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, and 5s 6d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. DART appeared for the bankrupt, who said he wished to amend his statement by noting Dr. F. W. Kane as a creditor to the amount of 15s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Constable M'Gill, who has boon stationed here for several months, has boon transferred to Newcastle in consequence of his being a single man and residing in Charlestown with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALFRED AUSTIN GALLAGHER, a mining manager, appeared this morning at the Water Police Court, on a charge of having a cheque for the payment of £248 8s, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A FISHERMAN named Thomas Ward was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Alleged Vagrancy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JOHN GREENWOOD pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Morehead-street, Lambton, on the 17th inst., and in consideration of it being the first offence he was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE above municipal council's appeal cases were again dealt with, and occupied the time of the Court from 2 p.m. till 7 p.m. Mr. Sparke, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A SEAMAN named James Purcill was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Drunk and Disorderly…
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