West Maitland Police Court
Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, and disposed of the small list in a few minutes. Sydney…
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Courts & crime, 1894
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Burglary at the Markets
AT 10 minutes past 9 o'clock last night Constable stable M'Kellar arrested three youths, named Joseph Presbury. William Bridges, and Edward Mahony, aged 17, 17 and 11 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 17. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness
JOSEPH IRVINE, charged with being drunk in Mary-street, was fined 5s. Theophilus Welsh, charged with a similar offence, was admonished and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder by a Father. Prisoner Insane. Melbourne
James Setford was placed in the dock at the Criminal Sessions to-day charged with the murder of his own child at Richmond on August 24. He wept bitterly, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, September 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. O'Mara and Webb, Js.P.) Refreshments
JOHN LOUGHRAN, seaman, got fogged over a simple proportion sum on Sunday night. The question was:—" If 18 points of beer cost all the money a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unstamped Bank Deposit Receipts. a Supreme Court Decision. Sydney
THE Full Court, consisting of Judges Windeyer, Innes, and Foster, to-day delivered the reserved judgment of the Court in the special case of the Attorney-General v. the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Water Board Cases Against the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company. Decision of the Full Court. Judgment for the Defendants. Sydney
IN the Full Court this morning judgment was given in the cases of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board against the Newcastle - Wallsend Coal Company,…
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Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, and disposed of two offenders. The first, who revels in the name of John T. Slingo, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN WILLIAMS, seaman, arrested on the above charge by Constable Stapleton, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, with 24, hours in the lockup as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, September 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Stealing
MORTIMER WHITE, aged 10 years, and William Freeston, aged 11, were charged with having stolen from a stall in the Borough Markets, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District Court
The Maitland District Court will be opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, at 10 o'clock this morning. The list is a light one, and it is anticipated that Judge…
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Yesterday was the regular sitting day at the West Maitland Police Court, but Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and H. Crothers, J P., who constituted the Bench, had a very light…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 20. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Language
GEORGE MITCHELL was charged with making use of indecent language within the hearing of Constable Clark on the 14th inst. As this party had…
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Irvine Keddio v. Evan Morris, claim £15. In this case the Police Magistrate remarked that the parties had agreed that a verdict be entered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria Melbourne, Thursday. Not Guilty of Murder
The trial of Annie Sealey and Emily Fitzjames, midwives, on a charge of murdering Alberta Jarrett by performing an illegal operation, was concluded this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Profanity
BY the admission of James Gray to the Bench, that wrong-headed seaman didn't remember getting looked up, or anything else, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Maitland Police Court
Mr. J. N. Brooks, P. M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, and dealt with the case of Clara C. Cowley, who was brought up on remand as a person of unsound mind. Dr. R. G. Alcorn gave…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District Court
The District Court was re-opened, before Judge Backhouse, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and the business was concluded during the forenoon. JACKSON v. KELMAN…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness
CHARLES HENDERSON, seamen, got too much mixed to take care of himself at Carrington, so Constable Brown took the responsibility. Five shillings or 24 hours…
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The September sittings of the Circuit Court will be commenced before the Chief Justice in the East Maitland Courthouse at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. There is only a small…
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