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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,123 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 57
THE inquest concerning the death of Jessie Nicholls was resumed to-day. The four accused, Thomas Meredith Sheridan, John Seawall, Sarah Chapman, and Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Maitland District Court was commenced yesterday morning at the courthouse, East Maitland. The list was a lengthy one of some 30 cases,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The four prisoners, Sheridan, Thomas, Chapman, and Seawall, were, as usual, brought before the Bench at the Water Police Court this morning, and formally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE action brought by Donald E Trough-ton, Police Magistrate, of Moree, against Alexander M'Intosh, storekeeper, of Moree, to recover damages for slander, was continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MAYOR H. CROTHERS attended the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning and dealt with a Frenchman named Carl Denecke, age 47, who had been drunk over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ANTONIO C. LARSSON, alias Silverbridge, was charged, on remand, with stealing a pair of trousers with braces and 6s in silver from the Exchange Hotel, Lambton, on the 17th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHARLES LINDIN, 20, seaman, on the articles of the ship Chipperkyle, was charged on warrant with unlawfully assaulting David Mathew Paterson Wilson, master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE lengthy inquiry by the coroner and a jury into the circumstances connected with the death of Jessie Nicholls was continued to-day, the seventh day of the hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN this case, part heard on the previous day, James Heron Paul, contractor, West Maitland sued James Ralston, proprietor of the Font Hill Colliery, to recover the sum of £29…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DISSIPATED-LOOKING young girl named Sarah Johnson, alias Ross, alias Williams, appeared on remand charged with having no visible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS was a case in which John Whitehead a builder, of Scone, sued the firm of M. Benjamin and Sons, merchants of Was Maitland, to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MAYOR CROTHERS and Mr. W. F. Robertson, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. The only case…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN AVESTON was the victim of a misadventure on Saturday afternoon during a row with another man in King-street It is stated that Aveston was knocked down in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The half-yearly sittings of the Circuit Court will commence at East Maitland this morning. Mr. Acting-Justice H. E. Cohen is to preside, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN CALVERT, a young man, hailing from Waratah, pleaded guilty to the charge of having been drunk and disorderly, and used obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDWARD CAREY and James Stephens were each fined 10s, and John O'Neal 5s for being drunk. Indecency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As had been anticipated for some days Sir J.F. Garrick, Q.C., presently Agent-General for Queensland in London, was on Saturday week last gazetted a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the opening of the Circuit Court at East Maitland yesterday a funny scene was witnessed. The associate of Mr. Acting-Judge Cohen, who is a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Circuit Court was commenced at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning. The Judge travelled from Newcastle by train, and alighted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RICHARD TANKARD, 29, seaman, was charged on warrant with disobeying lawful commands on board the barque St. Monan…
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