Maitland District Court. First Day. Thursday, December 12. (Before Judge Backhouse.)
THE District Court was opened at the conclusion of the sitting of the Quarter Sessions. UNDEFENDED CASES…
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Courts & crime, 1895
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Police Court
Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Walter Newcombe was charged on an information formation laid by the inspector of nuisances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, December 13. (Before Mr. Henry, P.M.)
PRUDENCE TUNNICLIFFE, a married woman, was charged with assaulting Robert Cooper at New Lambton on the 4th inst., by beating him with a broom…
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A special meeting of justices residing within the district of Maitland was hold at the East Maitland Courthouse at noon yesterday for the purpose of revising the jury…
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THE sittings of the Maitland District Court were continued before Judge Backhouse yesterday. PICKERING V. SAUNDERS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) Drunkenness
SAMUEL THOMAS HOLMES pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s; in default, 24 hours. William Mansfield, a sad-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, December 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Larceny
AXEL RUSSELL, a seaman on board the Invercauld, was presented on a charge of stealing dungaree jumpers, trousers, etc., valued in all at 10s, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Court. Alleged Threatening Words
Robert White, an old man describing himself as a fruit-seller at Hamilton, sued Walter Scott Cook, a cab-driver of Newcastle, for using…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court Yesterday. Rowland Fulford was fined 20s, with 6s 8d costs, for having behaved riotously ; and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder of a Husband at Guildford. a Woman Surrenders to the Police. Killed in Self-Defence. Sydney
A MARRIED woman, named Annie Matilda Trenchard, was brought up at the Parramatta Police Court this morning upon a charge of murdering her husband at Guildford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, December 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.P.) "The Three Jacks."
JOHN MURPHY, alias John South, 36 years of age, an American seaman; John Murphy, 26, an Irish seaman; and John Wickland, 26, a Swedish…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 16. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Mr. A. Ross, J.p.) Drunkenness
PATRICK KENNEY pleaded guilty to having indulged too freely on the 14th instant, and was in consequence unable to bridle his tongue. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, December 17. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts
W. J. DAVEY v. Joseph Wardell, claiming £2 9s 7½d for goods sold. Same v. Edward Salt, £4 2s 10d. Same v. Henry Spears, £9 14s 1d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Ludlow, J.P.) Stone-throwing
BENJAMIN DICK, Joseph Auder, Leo Baynard, Joseph Kelly, James Young and William Green were, at the instigation of Constable Brown, fined 2s…
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MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Albert Douglas, a young man, was fined 5s, with an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, December 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
GEORGE PEACOCK pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and using obscene language. For the first offence he was fined 5s, in default 24 hours,…
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AT the East Maitland Police Court on Wednesday forenoon, Charles Hawley was brought up on remand before Mr. J. Ewing, J.P., as a person of unsound mind. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, December 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN IVESON pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours. J. Wallace, for a similar offence, was fined 5s, with an additional fine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 19Th. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Stolen Goods
ALFRED M'NEIL was charged with being in possession of goods reasonably supposed to have been stolen, consisting of a rug and about 20yds of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 19. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Mr. T. Fryar, J.p.) Unregistered Dogs
SIMON RIDLEY, Ellen Cartwright, and John Cox were each fined 10s, with 5s 6d costs, for neglecting to register their dogs…
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