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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 55
An ox-shepherd named Jas. Patman, living at Orroroo, shot his wife dead on Sunday, and then poisoned himself. When found he was clasping his wife's body in the last agonies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CONSTABLE HAYES dropped across a namesake on Saturday night, but the latter was badly disguised in liquor, so he had to take him to the station to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE case of Lenthall v. Gazzard was before Mr. Justice Windeyer in Chambers to-day. Gazzard had been summoned before Mr. Addison, S.M., under the Adulteration of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., took his seat on the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court at the accustomed hour yesterday forenoon, and disposed of one case. James M'Lurkin, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN SHEEDY v. Michael Sheedy, claiming £8, lent to the defendant (his brother) on two separate occasions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT might have been the unevenness of the footpath in Hunter-street West that caused the eccentric method of progression adopted by Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Meaghor, the governor of Sale Gaol, who was assaulted by a prisoner, is recovering. Captain Evans returned from Sale this afternoon, and submitted a report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., a verdict was given in favour of the Waratah Council, who sued E. Hollingshead for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN SEAW and William Shaw, two boys, aged 13 and 14 years respectively, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing coal of the value of 4d from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JAMES CONNELLY was charged with riotous behaviour in High-street on Sunday evening. He ple[?]ded not guilty. Constable Mahood deposed that on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AGNES O'NEAL admitted that she had been intoxicated in Victoria-street, Adamstown, which led to adverse criticism on the lady by Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A FRENCHMAN named Alfred Grenon, alias Loporte, alias Mitchell, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having shot Thomas Heavey, a night watchman, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. H. Crothers and J. D. Prentice, Js.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, and fulfilled a very light task. The only item on the sheet was one,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FRANK HICKSON, pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Cowper-street, Carrington, at noon on Wednesday, and was fined 5s, in default 24 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the case of Thomas Hetherington, of Merewether, a special meeting was held, an adjournment having been granted from the previous Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An application from William M'Clure, licensee of the Boatrowers' Hotel, Stockton, to have music and dancing on his premises to-night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DURING the cholera scare some months ago a rule was established in Vienna that persons visiting restaurants were not to be allowed to squeeze the small…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BEING a holiday, the court, according to the now regulations, was opened at 9 o'clock, and this enables the police to be free for duty, and the court officials do not, as before, lose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MRS. EMBLETON, a recent arrival in Plattsburg, was brought up as a person doomed to be insane. Sergeant Grennan deposed that he arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE police have received a report of a most brutal murder at Benalla. The victim is George Glynn, and the murderer is a young man named Daniel Tough. The latter is…
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