Summons Division. (Before Mr, Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P. Assault
Ernest Wm. Weaver proceeded against Lionel Percy Lewis, for assault. Mr. Low appeared for the…
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Courts & crime, 1895
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Maitland District. Police Court
Messrs. H. Crothers and S. S Moore, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, November 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Assault
RICHARD SNEDDON summoned George Jenkins for assaulting him on the 2nd inst. It appeared from the evidence, that Sneddon was on his way home…
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It will be remembered that when Mr. J. N. Brooks, police magistrate, was granted leave of absence owing to ill health, Mr. R. Scobie was appointed to conduct the licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, November 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) "He Stood on His Hands."
JAMES CAVANAGH was charged with being drunk and disorderly, but indignantly denied the accusation. The police evidence went to show that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, November 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Larceny As a Bailee
JUDAH BARSHT was brought up and charged in a number of cases with larceny as a bailee. The first taken was that of Mrs. Greenhaugh, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.)
The license of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Cook's Hill, was transferred from William Densly to James Jones, and the license of the Burwood Inn,…
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AT the East Maitland Police Court, before Dr. Wright, J.P., on Thursday forenoon, a man named Matthew Casey was charged with having forged and uttered a cheque at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Twice Sentenced to Death
THE unusual case of a man being twice sentenced to death is mentioned in a Consular report from the island of Perak, in the Malay Straits. A Chinaman was arrested in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Burglary at the Metropolitan Colliery. Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney
THE alleged Helensburg burglars, Ross-bridge and Forbes, were at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with breaking and entering the counting-house of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strange Suicide. The Deceased Accused of Theft. Sydney
A PECULIAR case of suicide occurred to-day at the Emu Inn, Redfern. This morning Sergeant M'Coll, of Kogarah, went to the place and questioned the man about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud. An M P. and Ten Others Charged. Sydney
AT the Water Police Summons Court to-day, J. C. Watson (M.P. for Young), A. Sinclair, Samuel Smith (secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union), Edward Ellis, W. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Absent Without Leave
CHARLES THURSTON, 41, seaman, was charged on warrant with being absent without leave from the B.R barque Parknook, off the coast of Brazil, on September 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No. 2 COURT. (Before Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Desertion
Fritz Doorries. George Koch, Franz Kammertiag, and Adolph Ruhsten were charged on warrant with deserting from the German barque Auguste on the 12th instant…
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James Kenny was introduced to Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court last Saturday, and having admitted the potency of the flowing bowl, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Murder
A murder was committed at Grassy Flat, near Bendigo, on Friday night, when a Spaniard named Salvadore Sapano, according to his own confession, killed his mate,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault in a Train. Two Prisoners Attack a Constable. Sydney
CONSTABLE HEALY, while in charge of two prisoners in the train from Cowra to Blayney on Friday night was set upon by the men when the train was between Mandurama…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, November 18. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
ROBERT KENNEY pleaded guilty to the soft impeachment of having been drunk and disorderly. Constable Hughes stated that shortly after 8…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Murder of Stokes. Lothaire to Be Tried
LONDON, Monday.—The authorities of the Congo Free State have promised to bring Major Lothaire to trial for the murder of Stokes, the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, November 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) Drunkenness
JAMES NELSON, for drunkenness, was fined 10s, or 48 hours, and Martein Rickneuse, who was guilty of indecent behaviour, was fined 20s, or seven…
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