Swansea. a Popular Police Officer
Constable Bowen, of Swansea, who has been appointed to take charge of the Minmi station, was entertained by a number of his Swansea friends prior…
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Courts & crime, 1895
1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 57
Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, May 9. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar)
JAMES WHITE, Adamstown, miner, attributed his insolvency to pressure of creditors, want of employment, and sickness in family…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Death on the Railway. Supposed Murder. Body of a Woman Found South of Sydney. Sydney
AT an early hour this morning two railway platelayers, while inspecting a portion of the line in the vicinity of Menangle station, came across the dead body of a young woman lying…
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Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and D. Wright, J.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis Maloney was charged with neglecting to…
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AMY GREGOUY was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court, London, recently of the murder of her infant child, whose body was found during…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) Aggravating the Offence
IF Thomas Donovan had stuck a bit of blue ribbon in his button-hole, and stuck to the principles it indicated he would not have fallen foul of Constable Dwan, and he would…
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At the East Maitland Police Court on Saturday last, before Dr. Wright and Mr. J Cunningham, Js P., Roseanna M-Kay was brought up from Morpeth as a person of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, May 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Intoxicated
JOHN JOHNSON, seaman, got inextricably tangled in the mazes of conflicting liquids, and Constable Lewis picked him up as an unconsidered…
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Mesdames. Hinks, Oswald, Richardson, and Ferguson, and Miss M'Blane, who have refused to pay their fine of 10s 6d each, for tin-kettling during the strike, were…
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MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and G. Buxton, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and (Mr. A. Ross, J.p.) Stealing
SARAH ANDERSON, a married woman, was charged with stealing the sum of £1 8s from Walter Emery on Friday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Glass-emptiers
DAVID EDMUNDs, miner, arrested by Constable Turnbull in Scott-street, on Saturday night, owned up to it; 5s or 24 hours…
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MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Daniel Cane was brought up for drunkenness and discharged. William J. Edwards was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, May 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) New Lambton Municipal Appeals
THE following appeals against the assessment made by the New Lambton Council were dealt with (Messrs. T. A. Bourke and T. Johnson were the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow, Thorn, and Christie, Js.P.) Drank
VICTOR MATZEN, seaman, whose features indicated that he had run against a snag, was found in Hunter-street West by Constable Lewis in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Indecent Language
JOHN PALMER, seaman, drifted into that idiotic stage of drunkenness when a man "knows nothing about it, your Worship," then used filthy talk in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Wednesday, May 15. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Larceny of Whisky
THOMAS WHITEHEAD was charged with stealing a bottle of whisky, valued at 5s 6d, from the Lambton Arms Hotel, the property of Thomas Weaver, on…
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MR. J. N. BROOKs, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and M. Murray, Js P., occupied the Bench at the West Mairland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN CAIN was an able seaman, and his appearance on the wharf on Wednesday afternoon proved him an able imbiber also. Constable Olsen took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 16. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Stone Throwing
JOHN MITCHISON, a boy, was charged with using a catapult to the danger of persons passing. As the boy's mother appeared and became responsible for…
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