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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,085 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 55
ADVANCING age had not given Thomas Clinton enough experience to enable him to avoid the personal contact with "the foorce" after liberal imbibations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Messrs. H, Crothers and J. Rourke, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN CLARK, a stranger in this part of the district, was charged with stealing a quantity of carpenter's tools on or about the 17th instant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another mysterious murder was committed at Mackay yesterday. Jacob Ganter, who went fishing in the river two miles above the town, was found in a hole dead, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY BROWNS, a nautical person, called round to "see a man about a dog" in Scott-street so often that it militated strongly against a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A month has passed, and it is the evening of the first day of the Assizes. All day long the court has been crowded to suffocation. Now the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROBERT GRAHAM, butcher, was charged with using insulting language at Lambton on the 17th ult. to Mrs. Shakespeare…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FINE of 5s on Monday morning had no deterring influence on James Fraser's fondness for numerous "wee drappies," for that thirsty Scot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JOHN ELLIOTT, late licensee of the Railway Hotel, Wallsend, on being examined, deposed that he had a wife and five children to support. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Green, a stranger hailing from the pastures of the far north, was charged before Mr. Crothers, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court with having offended…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ERNEST and George Penfold were charged under the municipal bylaws with furiously riding horses in Crebert-street, Waratah, on the 11st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OBSERVING one of Henry M'Lachlan's feet aiming for the Custom-house while the other made spasmodic jerks in the direction of Stockton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Frankston scandal has developed rapidly into a tragedy. This afternoon Janet Chester, a girl of 18, was arrested, making the fourth person in custody on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DANIEL FERGUSON was charged, on the information of James D'Arcy, sub-inspector of breweries, with having a cask in his possession without a duty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers, M. Murray, and G. Maher, Js P., comprised the Bench yesterday. DISMISSED…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THOMAS ALLEN, seaman, quarrelled with another sailor in Scott-street on Wednesday afternoon, Constable Sells interfered; 10s or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henry Wilks was to-day committed for trial for the attempted murder of his wife and sister. The wife was terribly beaten, and gashed with a knife, and the sister was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JOHN HOWARD travelled all the way from Teralba to plead guilty to being indebted in the sum of 3s 3d for school fees. He stated that he had never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN appeal was made to the Full Court, consisting of Sir William Windeyer, Sir George Innes, and Mr. Justice Stephen, to-day in the case of Brady v. Brady from the order of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE suit of Boyd and another v. Elphinston and others came before the Full Court to-day on an application on behalf of the defendants to make absolute a rule nisi to set…
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