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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,071 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 54
JOHN LEWIS, seaman, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Alleged Wife Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the District Court to-day, before Judge Gibson and a jury, Francis Harrington, a miner, and one of the recently-appointed Labour Justices of the Peace, sued James…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE adjourned inquiry into the alleged misconduct of the bailiff (Mr. Walter S. Collins) was continued. Mr. Collins was present, and denied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OTTOWA, Thursday.—Some time ago it was discovered that extensive frauds were being perpetrated upon the Canadian Government. Some persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THOS. ALNWICK was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 20th instant. Ho pleaded not guilty. Constable Granger deposed that on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MARY COULSON was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE District Court closed its sittings tonight. The case of March versus Aldridge, in which the plaintiff, a well-known mineralogist, sued the defendant for £164…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following case was heard with closed doors. Thomas Hyde was charged with unlawfully assaulting his son, Percy Hyde, a boy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A COURT-MRTIAL was held on board H.M.S. Katoomba this morning, to deal with a charge of drunkenness made against John Shea, ship's steward of H.M.S. Tauranga. Captain H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROBERT BAILEY, labourer, was charged with having committed an assault within view of a constable. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, with an option of 21 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fourteen aboriginals have been committed for trial of the murder of an aboriginal at Normanton. The body was found in the river horribly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →L. G. BAKER sued Harry Drudge for £2 16s 4d, for goods sold. The plaintiff did not appear, so the case was struck out. Ralph Peel v. J. M. Gray, for goods sold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alfred Jenkins sued James Howitson, master of the B.R. ship Esdale on a charge of assault. Mr. Sparke conducted the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions, Charles Woodhouse Shepherd, aged 36, clergyman, appeared in answer to two indictments for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONSDALE LOBLEY, labourer, was fined 5s, in default, 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Riotous Behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GEORGE WILSON, labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Frederick Allen. Prosecutor, an employee at the Soup…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM SMITH was charged by the police with allowing music in his licensed premises, the Settlers' Arms Hotel, Swan-street, without first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GEO. MITCHELL was brought up charged with stealing a horse, the property of Jas. Moore, Greta. Constable Snushall asked that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE news of a passenger being robbed in a railway train and then thrown out of the carriage has been reported. The outrage occurred last evening as the up western mail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAM TILLEY, seaman, was fined £2, with an option of 14 days' gaol, for having used indecent language. Alleged Wanderers…
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