Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, February 8. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Goat Straying
John Tobin was charged with allowing his goat to stray in Hanbury-street on the 1st inst. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
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Courts & crime, 1893
1,071 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 54
Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, February 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Licensing Vehicles Case
ROBERT TAYLOR was charged with plying for hire without a license in the borough of New Lambton on the 24th January, by driving a dray containing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Rodgers, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A LABOURER named William Coates and a miner named William Barnett were each fined 5s, with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Murderous Assault
A MURDEROUS assault is alleged to have been committed at the Junction at about 7 o'clock last evening, by a man named Frank Grocott. From the particulars to hand it appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunk and Disorderly
STEPHEN THOMAS, 30, an aboriginal, was ordered to pay 10s, or in default 48 hours, for having been drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Police Station
THE additions to the police station in Hunter-street have been completed, and the contractors handed over the building a few days ago. The extra storey gives a very imposing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petty Theft. Pleasure-Seekers' Tents Raided. SYDNEY
JOSEPH CHARLES HEATON was fined at the Water Police Court to-day in sums totalling £20, with the option of six months' imprisonment, for having committed numerous acts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larceny by a Clerk. Marshall Bayley Sentenced. SYDNEY
AT the Quarter Sessions to-day Marshall Bayley, late a clerk employed by the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., who was convicted of larceny on Wednesday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 10. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Indecent Language
TIMOTHY HINCKS was charged with using indecent language to Phoebe France at New Lambton on the 6th inst. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunkenness
Two seamen named Robert Robbins and James M'Farland were each fined 5s with an option of 24hours' lockup for drunkenness. James Findley was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Solitary
HENRY GRANVILLE, 63, labourer, was called on to pay the usual 5s, or in default 24 hours' gaol, for having been drunk in Laman-street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and Burke, Js.P.) Drunkenness
Two seamen, named William Roach and William Jones, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Rough Customer
GEORGE POLO, 24, an Italian seaman, was called on to pay 10s, or suffer 48 hours' in the lockup, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, February 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Insulting Language
MARTHA DAVIES was charged by Elizabeth Smith with using insulting language to her, by stating in the public street at New Lambton that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smith and the Newcastle Police
A rumour was current in this city yesterday that the missing man—who it appears has no right to the title of reverend—had left by the Caradog. The police however know nothing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. Riotous Behaviour
James Gibson, a young baker, pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a riotous manner in Hunter-street West on January 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Jewellery Robberies. Accused Before the Court. Sydney
GEORGE WALTER RUSSELL, alias James Maguire, alias Captain Roche, alias Burton, who was arrested recently in connection with the extensive jewellery robbery at Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wholesale Sheep Stealing. Sydney
A CASE of alleged sheep stealing was heard at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday. Two men named M'Leod and Howson were charged with stealing 1000 sheep, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Garrotter Charged. Sydney
CHARLES THOMAS M'PHESON, alias Thomas, was charged at the Water Police Court this afternoon with having garrotted an elderly man named Thomas Edward Barry and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. Animals Straying
Joseph Walker, Thomas Warburton, Edward Simpson, Henry Hughes, James Young, and Thomas Lewis were each fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs,…
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