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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 52
MAGGIE BULLOCK, a dusky native of the soil, with a passion for strong liquor and bad language, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ARCHIBALD MANDERSON, from Teralba, pleaded guilty to making use of indecent language. J. A. Neilson, manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ROBERT O'DONNELL and John Minto, both of West Wallsend, for riotous conduct, were fined 6s, with 5s 6d costs, or 14 days in Maitland Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the East Maitland Police Court yesterday before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., Mr. R. Scobie and Dr. Wright, Js, P., Thomas O'Brien pleaded guilty to a charge of having offended…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Messrs. G. F. Scott, R. Scobie, and Dr. Wright, L Ms., presided at the quarterly sittings of the Licensing Court held at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LOUIS DICKSON was presented on two charges, viz., being drunk and disorderly and using profane language. For the first offence a fine of 10s, in default 48 hours, and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A coloured man, a native of Jamaica, name unknow, was charged with being insance. Constable Brown deposed that at 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the Tamworth Circuit Court on Friday before Mr Justice Cohon, Elizabeth Miller was arraigned on a charge of murdering her husband at Uksbarley, near Coonsberabran,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquest on the body of Johanna M'Carthy, who was mysteriously murdered at Canadian, near Ballarat, on St. Patrick's Day, resulted in an open…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WILLIAM KARLOCK, for drunkenness, was find 5s, or 24 hours. Language. Kate Hourigan, for using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDWARD WILSON, a stranger, was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on Thursday evening, Constable Brady said accused was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. H Crothers J D. Prentice, and S. S. Moore, Js P, occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Thompson was brought up for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE disciples of Bacchus who imbibed too freely on Saturday were numorous, and the list of offenders at the court was large. Edwin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. H Crothers and J. Enright, Js P., Michael Humphreys was brought up for drunkenness, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MAN named Webb M'Kellar, for indecent language, was fined 20s, or seven days. Ship-board Offences…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The police have for some time past been making unsuccessful attempts to arrest the murderer of the late Henry Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The resolution passed at Monday's conference of municipal representatives in favour of the appointment of a court of arbitration, with a view to arriving at a decision which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARLES PICKETT and Thomas Quinn, seamen, were charged with being drunk and disorderly. A fine of 5s, in default 24 hours, was inflicted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. James F. Kerr writes:—Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P. complains in your issue of Thursday that misleading strictures have been east upon him in reference to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOR using indecent language in Hunter-street on Wednesday evening, Alfred Howard, a seaman, was on the evidence of Constable Sells fined…
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