Summons Court. Maintenance
Frank Arnold Mayo, a young man, was summoned by Elizabeth Williams with having left his illegitimate female child without adequate means of support…
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Courts & crime, 1894
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Newcastle Police Court Friday, March 9. (Before Messrs. Thorn and Martin, Js.P.) A Solitary
JOHN ECKLID, 28, a Norwegian sailor, for being drunk in Hunter-street on the previous evening, was called upon to pay the usual fine of 5s, or suffer 24 hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, March 10. (Before Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness
OSCARVILLE ARLANDSON, seaman, was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours'. lookup, for drunkenness, Laguage,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court. Second Day. Saturday, March 10. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Newcastle Shipping Company v. Jones
IN this case, part heard on the previous day, the Newcastle Shipping Company, Limited, sued Henry Jones, master mariner, for £200, for alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Burglary in Sydney. Three Men Arrested. Sydney
TWO during bucg[?] were attempted at an early hour yesterday morning at the establishments of Messrs. Bosch and Barthel, importers of watchmakers' and doatal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN M'CARTHY, fireman, and John W. Johnson, seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, March 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) School Cases
THE following parents were fined for neglecting to send their children to school during the half-year ending December, 1893:—Joseph Young, 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Boy Thieves
Two boys named Thomas Mowett and Frederick Wolley were charged with having, at Hamilton on the 12th instant, stolen a pair of traces and a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Solicitors Before the Full Court. Case of Mr. T. M. Williamson. Sydney
THE hearing of the application on an order made by the Court calling upon the well-known solicitior, Thomas Michael Williamson, to answer certain statements made in the…
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Mr. Thos. Pringle, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, was granted three months' leave of absence to enable him to proceed to work at Catherine Hill Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Absent Without Leave
JOHN DAVIS and Herbert Hemmingway, two seamen, were charged with being absent without leave from the ship Cambrian Chieftain, Both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts
EDWARD CHILTON v. Yeddan Welsh, goods supplied. Verdict for plaintiff, £1 and costs. Davies Bros. v. W. Carroll, goods supplied. Verdict for plaintiff, £2 7s 6d and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Police As Punters
Frank Pilcher, a tobacconist, laid the odds on the Bourke Handicap with two constables in a street in Prahran, and was to-day fined £5 for his trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Court. Second Day. Thursday, March 15. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Partridge v. Parkinson
BY consent this case (part heard on the previous day) was ordered to stand over until his Honor next sits at Maitland…
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ALICE, SMITH, a young married woman, living apart from her husband, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having broken and entered the dwelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) A Native's Festivity
MARGARET HUGHES, an aboriginal of 40 summers, for having imbibed too freely of rum on the previous day, and for acting in a disorderly manner in Watt-street, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Savage Assault. a Young Sailor Injured
AT about 10. o'clock on Saturday evening another of those savage assaults for which this city is unfortunately becoming notorious occurred in Hunter-street West, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
WILLIAM MADISON, miner, was fined 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Riotous Behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Conflict with the Police at Broken Hill. Free Use of Revolvers. Broken Hill
AN affray between a resident of South Broken Hill and two members of the police force shortly after midnight on Saturday had a fatal termination and is causing tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Burglary
THE recent burglaries in various parts of the city have been supplemented by another, which was carried out in the most daring manner. On this occasion the marauders…
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