Greta Police Court. Wednesday, January 31. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) Drunkenness
J. KAISER was charged by Constable Snushall with being drunk and disorderly on Anniversary Day; also with using obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1894
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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, January 31. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.). Slaughtering Licenses
JOHN MENZIES and Thomas Gleeson made renewed application for slaughtering licenses to allow them to slaughter cattle in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Michael Davitt's Bankruptcy. Annulled by the Court of Appeal
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Court of Appeal has annulled the bankruptey of Mr. Michael Davitt, which was caused by his inability to pay costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Cruelty to a Horse
DANIEL LLEWELLYN, a carter, was summoned for working a horse with sore shoulders. Constable Grainger deposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burglary in Sydney. the Burglars and Police Fight. Five Constables Injured. Two Men Captured. The Police to be Armed. Sydney
A TERRIBLE affray between burglars and police took place in Bridge-street early this morning. About half-past 2 a.m. Senior constables Ball and M'Court and Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 2. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Indecent Language
HELEN JOHNSON, a single girl, was charged with using indecent language at New Lambton on the 16th ult. to Elizabeth Smith, a married woman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta Police Court. Friday, February 2. (Before Mr. Thos. Jones, J.p.) a Costly Spree
JOHN O'BRIAN, of Elderslie, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Thursday. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s. For leaving his horse tied up in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooranbong Police Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Mr. J. Gordon, P.M., and Mr. Thos. Russell, J.p.) Cases Dismissed
GEORGE, John, Ernest, and Francis Woodward, George Ronch, and James Frost, jun., were charged with having behaved in a riotous manner in Dora-street, Morrisett. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Deemed to be Insane
MARY ECKFORD was brought up on remand as a person of unsound mind, and was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bridge-street Burglary. The Police Rewarded. Sydney
THE premier expresses pleasure at the bravery displayed by the police the recent affray and considers their conduct worthy of prompt recognition. In a letter to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Burglary
BURGLARS broke into a tobacconist's shop in the Boulevard, Strathfield, last night. Mr. Matthews, the proprietor, retired at the usual hour, leaving all safe, and on rising in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hesper Mutiny. Four of the Mutineers Sentenced to Death. Appeal to the Supreme Court
THE American barque Hesper, on board which the notorious mutiny took place when on her last voyage hence to Honolulu, returned to Newcastle yesterday afternoon…
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THE affair in Bridge-street, Sydney, in which three escaping burglars at bay severely injured five constables, shows why policemen cannot be expected to have very amicable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Violent Customer
HARRY DUMPHEY, minor, pleaded guilty to charges of having been drunk and disorderly, using indecent language and assaulting Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bridge-street Burglary. Records of the Accused. Sydney
MONTGOMERY and Williams, the two men under arrest for burglary and a murderous assault upon the police, have been identified by a Constable Gallaher as two men seen by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN TALLISON and Frederick Chamberlain, labourers, and Michael M'Coll, seaman, were each fined 10s, with the usual alternatives, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dreadful Murder at Broken Hill. Woman and Two Children Killed. Broken Hill
NEWS has just been received of a shocking murder at Railway Town of a woman and two children. Particulars are not yet to hand, and will not be procurable for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. a Family Quarrel
John Herbert Thomas, a Hetton miner, was charged by his wife, Jane Thomas, with having deserted her by turning her out of the house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) An Old Offender
IRENA MUNRO, aged 40, better known as "Lady Munro," for having boon drunk in Hunter-street on the previous afternoon, was ordered to pay 20s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Tuesday, 6Th February. Legislative Assembly. The Coal Mines Act. Alleged Maladministration. The Stockton Mine. The Police at Stockton Colliery. Sydney
THE SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. COPELAND, for Mr. LYNE, in reply to Mr. BAVISTER, said that the Colonial…
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