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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
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THOMAS CLEARY, who was evidently much in want of a shift to some place where drink is not abundant, was arrested drink is not Constable M'Gill, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and M. Murray, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →KATE LAWRENCE, alias Beale, was asked if what Constable Dwan said about her was true, and replied, "I don't remember it at all. It was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JOHN TROY, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Murnain-street, Wallsend, on the 12th inst., was let off with the nominal fine of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MRS. ANNIE TURNBULL and William Burchell, who were adjudged by the coroner's jury, on Monday night, to be guilty of the manslaughter of Mary Bryant,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DAVY v. W. Jackson, claiming £3 93 for goods. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. New Lambton Council v. James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SENIOR-CONSTABLE MEARA furnished another trifling instance of the importance of Carrington as a bibulous centre by introducing Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRUSSELS, Monday.—The trial of Madame Joniano, who was arrested in April last on a charge of poisoning her sister, her brother, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. W. F. ROBERTSON J.P., occupied the Bench at the Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Fulton was charged with having obtained money by false pretences. Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THOMAS SNEDDON was found guilty of having been drunk in Hunter-street on the 15th inst., and was fined 10s, with 48 hours' gaol in default…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BENJAMIN JENKINS was proceeded against by the inspector of nuisances for allowing three horses to stray in the public streets. He was fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As old man named Philip Luscombe died at the residence of his son, Bourke-street, Waterloo, to-day, from the effects, it is believed, of maltreatment at the hands of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE progress of business at the local Police Court is admittedly slow in some instances, and these instance occur, nine times out of ton, in summons cases, when solicitors appear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. H. GORDON, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Pierce Duff, an elderly offender, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN DESMOND pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk in Nelson-street on the 16th instant. Senior-constable Mundy deposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sub-Inspector Saunders proceeded against Mrs. Eliza Clough, licensee of the Paragon Hotel, Hunter-street, for an alleged breach of the Licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RE John Halbert, Customs officer. Bankrupt stated that his statement of affairs was correct. No creditors appeared and the meeting was closed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MERRS. Henry Gordon, P.M., and J. Cunningham, J.P., presided yesterday. James Fulton presented a somewhat "seedy" appearance as he faced the Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GEORGE LYNCH, formerly a miner at the Sea-ham Colliery, sued J. B. Turnbull, the manager of the mine, for £1 14s 2d as wages, claimed to be due for work done by contract…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ROME, Thursday.—A shocking murder was committed in the city of Milan to-day, when the Public Prosecutor was fatally stabbed by an…
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