Newcastle Police Court Monday, October 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Softly Charged
DENIS MOLONEY was charged with being drunk at Stockton on Sunday, and was fined 5s, with 24 hours' lockup in default…
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Courts & crime, 1894
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LAIDLEY V. the Borough of Plattsburg. Hearing in the Equity Court. Sydney
THE hearing of the case Laidley v. the Borough of Plattsburg was commenced in the Eqnity Court this afternoon before Chief Judge Owen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, October 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Athirst
CONSTABLE DOUGLAS discovered Thos. Fleming, seaman, "blind" and "paralytic" in Newcomen-street on Monday night. 5s or 24 hours…
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John Garrard, a youthful free labourer, engaged as a wheeler in the pit, was summoned by a boy named William Waugh for having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Greta Assault Case. the Accused Before the Court
IN the Greta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. T. Jones and Dr. Walker, Js.P., William Anderson, age 59, John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, October 31. (Before Mr. Christie, J.P.) Attempted Suicide
JAMES JOHNS, carter, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself, at Adamstown, on the 30th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland District. Police Court
MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and M. Murray, Js.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, but there was no business on the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Riotous Behaviour
WILLIAM OUTRAM, John Outram, Jonathan Edwards, Edward Parker, and John Lewis, all young boys, pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, November 1. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Top-heavy
JOHN NATHAN, seaman, went round, sampling snake-juice until it lulled him into balmy slumber. Sergeant Hickey told him he would allow him a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar.)
A single meeting was held in the case of William Davey, labourer No creditors had proved, and the meeting was declared closed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.) Adjourned
MR. DART, who appeared for the parties, applied for an adjournment for a week of consideration of the application for the transfer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Police Magistrate
It is understood that Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., will leave West Maitland early next week to relieve one of the Stipendiary Magistrates in Sydney. It is not known who will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, November 2 (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.) [?]
GEORGE EVANS failed to respond to a summons charging him with disobeying an order of the Court to pay 10s per week for the support of his wife. A warrant was ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Police Court. Thursday, November 1. (Before Mr. W. E. Honry, P.m.) Youthful Hous[?]
Two small boys, brothers, named O'Neill, were charged with stealing six battles of lemonade and 13 packets of cigarettes from the shop of Mrs. Mary Ann Stephens, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn, Christie, and Asher, Js.P.) Swear Words
FOR having indulged in a quantity of observations which could not, by the severest stretch of the imagination, be construed as respectable, and which excited the virtuous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Greta Assault Case
IN the Greta Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Dr. Walker and Mr. T. Jones, J.P., William Anderson, John James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunk
INSTEAD of being asleep in his bunk aboard ship at the witching hour of midnight on Friday John Waugh got ridiculously drunk, and Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Murder in Victoria. Fatal Quarrel between Husband and Wife. Melbourne
ANOTHER terrible murder was committed at St. Kilda yesterday. A man named James Toner had a quarrel with his wife, who, it is said, was addicted to drink, and cut her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court
Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the Police Court, West Maitland, yesterday. Alfred Waight, who had been arrested at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Licensing
MRS. ANN PARKS applied for a transfer of the Grapes Inn to her son-in-law, William Peters. There being no objection, the transfer was granted…
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