A Happy Father. Celebrations Forbidden in Gaol
A YOUNG man named William La Forest appeared at the Water Police Court this morning, on a charge of having unlawfully attempted to introduce fermented spirits into…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, July 20. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness
THOMAS JAMES, of Minmi, was charged with being drunk at Wallsend on the 19th inst., and, after being admonished, was discharged. ALLEGED DETENTION OF PROPERTY…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Imperial Land, Building, and Deposit Company. The Officers Before the Court. Sydney
AT the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, D.S.M., the hearing of the charge against William Percy Smairl, William Graham Cameron, James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sinking of the Victoria. Continuation of the Court Martial. Rear-admiral Markham's Evidence
LONDON, Wednesday.—The naval court martial on the officers of H.M.S. Victoria and Camperdown, in connection with the recent collision off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters in Sydney. The Result of the Ballot. Charges Against a Captain. Two Crews before the Court Sydney
The seamen's strike is virtually at an end. The shipowners find no difficulty in obtaining an ample supply of non-unionist labour, and consequently they are not inclined to confer or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No New Development in Sydney. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney
There is nothing now to chronicle in connection with the maritime strike. Matters remain quiet, and the steamship owners continue to disregard the strikers altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, July 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN BURGESS, 60, hawker, and Patrick Hayes, 29, labourer, were each called upon to pay 5s, or suffer 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, July 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
GEORGE BRADFORD miner, was fined 5s for being drunk, or in default of payment 24 hours in the lookup. Drunk and Disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, July 24. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Larceny
FRANK THOMPSON was brought up on remand on a charge of larceny of certain articles of furniture from the premises known as the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, July 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Burke, J.P.) Drunkenness
MAUD SAULT and two labourers named Thomas Aubrey and James Fraser, were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s, with the usual alternatives, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opening of Term. a Full Court Judgment. Sydney
THE opening of the third law term of this year took place to-day, when No. 1 Court was crowded with ladies, members of the legal profession, and others. The Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Bankruptcy Court. Monday, July 24. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, Registrar.)
HUGH HUMPHREYS, miner, Plattsburg, wasexamined, Mr. T. Cronin appearing on his behalf. Bankrupt stated that he had a wife and three children to support. His average earnings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, July 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Solitary
JOHN RICHARDSON, aged 27, miner, was fined the usual 5s, or, in default, 24 hours in the lockup, for having been drunk in Hunter-street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. the Assault on a Wife
The depositions of Mrs. Armstrong, whose skull was fractured by her husband with an iron dog, were taken to-day. Armstrong was brought up and remanded at the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, July 25. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
JOSEPH F. DICKSON pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at Dudley in the presence of Constable Weir, and was fined 2s 6d and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeals to the Full Court
With regard to the conviction of a number of seamen of the steamer Wodonga for disobeying the commands of their officerse, in the Full Court this morning, Sir Julian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Outbreak at Pentridge Guilty of Attempted Murder. Melbourne
THE trial of the prisoners accused of assaulting Overseer Jackson at Pentridge has concluded. The jury are considering their verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. Breaches of the Bylaws
Inspector S. Richardson, of Wickham, had a number of people before the Court for committing various breaches of the bylaws…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sinking of the Victoria. the Court-martial
LONDON, Monday.—Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Calme Soymour, president of the court-martial now sitting at Malta to inquire into the recent naval…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Alleged Assault and Robbery
Patrick Rutledeg, a cabman, has been arrested for assaulting and robbing a countryman named Martin Blohm, who engaged him to drive him round. A woman is supposed to…
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