Maitland District. Police Court
MESSRS. ALF. CULLUM, J. Windross, and J. Cunningham, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. REMANDED FOR OBSERVATION…
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Courts & crime, 1895
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Bankruptcy Court
At the East Maitland Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, acting District Registrar, James Murray was publicly examined. Bankrupt, a miner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 13Th. (Before Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness
"JOSEPH DAVIDSON, 31, seaman," said Sergeant Hickey, "you are charged with being drunk in Hunter-street at 4.45 p.m. yesterday. How do you plead?" "Guilty"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Suspicious Death of a Child. a Verdict of Murder
THE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a newly-born female child, the offspring of an unmarried woman named Lillie Louise Mitchell, a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Elizabeth-street Murder Inquest Continued. Evidence of Mrs. Graham. Sydney
THE inquest concerning the death of Jessie Nicholls was continued to-day. John Seawell, one of the accused, was cross-examined by Mr. Wilshire. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. Third Day. Friday, September 13. (Before Judge Murray.) Williams v. Fisher
IN this case Benjamin Williams, miner, of Merewether, sued Margaret Fisher to recover the sum of £68 10s, alleged to be due as board and lodging. The plaintiff's case was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Police Court
MR. W. E. HENRY, P.M., presided at the Wallsend Police Court on Saturday. John Hogarth, one of the Co-operative miners, was charged by Constable Hughes…
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FOR many years past the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate for Newcastle has been locally advocated, and the administration of justice in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 14. (Before Messrs. Martin and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunkenness
J. MURRAY and Timothy Clifford, for drunkenness, were fined 5s or 24 hours, and Irene Munro for the same offence was fined Munro for the same…
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Messrs. H. Crothers. W. H. Mullen, and S. S. Moore, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Patrick Hickey was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, September 16. (Before Messrs. Martin, O'Mara, and Burke, Js.P.) Saturdays Offences
TIMOTHY BARRY, for using indecent language in Hunter-street at 10 p.m., was fined 20s, or seven days. Charles M'Gurley, for disorderly conduct, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suicide in Gaol. End of a West Maitland Convict. Sydney
AN inquest was held in Parramatta Gaol on Saturday on the body of a prisoner named Henry Sinclair, alias St. Clair, alias Wallace, who died that day from injurious self-inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, September 17. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Maintenance Case
MARGARET JOHNSON sued her husband, Samuel Johnson, for maintenance, and deposed that he had worked hard but spent all his money in drink. She…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 17. (Before Messrs. Ludlow, Thorn, and Christie, Js.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN M'KENNELL was fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness, and Henry Ryan and Anthony Scharberg were punished by fines of 2s 6d or 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Police Court
The four prisoners, Sheridan. Thomas, Chapman, and Seawell, were again brought up at the Water Police Court this morning, and further remanded till to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Disorderly Conduct
WILLIAM WALTERS, 28, miner, for being drunk and disorderly in Laman-street at 1 p.m. on Monday, was fined 10s, or 48 hours…
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The District Court will commence at 10 o'clock this morning at the East Maitland Courthouse. Judge Murray will preside, and as the list is a lengthy one of some 30 cases,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Elizabeth-street Murder Inquest Resumed. Herbert May Gives Evidence. Sydney
THE adjourned inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Jessie Nicholls, whose body was found in a mutilated condition in a box in Woolloomooloo on the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 19. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) a Disorderly House
THOMAS PRINGLE was charged with keeping a disorderly house. Mr. Reid pointed out that the summons was to the effect that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness
CHARLES DUNCAN, 37, labourer, was charged by Constable Scott with being drunk in Scott-street, and was fined 5s or 24 hours. He was then charged…
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