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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 55
JOHN HOWARD, described as a married man with a family, was charged with stealing four dozen oranges from W. Bailey's garden, at Dudley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JAMES WHELAN, 38, a shoemaker, and Donald M'Casker, 29, seaman, were each fined 5s, or, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the railway station and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE appeal on the points reserved on behalf of John Cummins, who now lies under sentence of death in connection with the Barraba murder, was called on before Sir William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Thomas Gibb, furniture dealer and storekeeper, was sued by Edward Joseph Henry, commission agent, for unlawfully assaulting him on the 25th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PARIS, Friday.—The police have arrested two anarchists at Montpellier, in the south of France, in connection with the assassination of President…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senior-Constable Coughlin seized a quantity of meat unfit for food, which was offered for sale at the Co-operative Company's saleroom on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JOSEPH M'GEE, brickmaker, and James Fraser, labourer, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Cabinet held a special meeting yesterday to consider the case of Alex. Lee and John Cummins, sentenced to death at Tamworth for the murder of Mr. M'Kay at the Burraba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THOMAS M'GEORGE, Donald M'Cosker, John Gillies, Joseph Goodenough, and George Clifton, seamen, and John Murphy, miner, were each fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two swagamen quarrelled at Eurelia last night, and one stabbed the other fatally. The victim is John Collins, but he went by the name of John Sullivan. He was 35…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PAUL DONATH was charged with shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm to John Moss on Sunday, June 24, James Evans was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Solly was granted a renewal of his billiard license. William Johnson, of the Museum Hotel, West Wallsend, was also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MU[?]DOCH IVER, 28, a labourer, for having been drunk in Hunter-street on the previous evening, was fined 10s, and as he was on bail the money…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE adjourned case of Paul Donath and John Evans was resumed yesterday Mr. W. H. Baker, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the accused, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. MACKENZIE, Examiner of Coalfields, proceeded against Peter Bowling, miner, lately employed at Browns' No. 2 Colliery, Back Creck, for breach of J. and A. Brown's special…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CARL BACH, age 34, a Swedish seaman, who had been on a spree during the previous evening in Hunter-street West, was called upon to pay the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE startling confession has been made by a prisoner at Pentridge that he was concerned in the Barraba outrage. Thus far the authorities refuse to give his name, and throw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inspector Lloyd, of the City Council, had his customary batch of people before the Court, charged with having committed various breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →F. ALDRICH, Assistant Inspector of Fisheries, v. Ernest Brandt, fisherman, Lake Macquaire, for fishing with an illegal net. Brandt pleated guilty, and was fined £2, with 4s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MARTIN ANDREW, seaman, was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours lockup, for drunkenness. Assault…
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