Police Court
Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An application for the transfer of the license of…
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Courts & crime, 1896
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 52
Murderous Assault on a Warder
ON Saturday afternoon Warder Armstrong, of Darlinghurst Gaol, left by the train for Sydney, having in custody the prisoner Hareford, alias Williams, who figured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 4. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Language
DANIEL LEWIS was charged with making use of obscene language on the 2nd inst., and pleaded not guilty. Constable Hughes deposed that…
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LONDON, Monday. — The woman Annie Dyer, who was arrested on a charge of murdering a number of infants by throwing them into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. O'Mara, J.p.) a Stockton Contingent
THE Stockton police were evidently on the warpath on Saturday, fur six out of the eleven cases before th, Court were credited to Constable Knight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →May Day in Europe. Disturbances in Vienna. the Mob Charged by the Military. Fifty Persons Injured
LONDON, Monday.—The May Day Labour Celebration passed off quietly everywhere on the Continent, except at Vienna. In that city public feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg Appeal Court. Monday, May 4. (Before W. E. Henry, P.M.)
THE council clerk and Mr. W. Sparke, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the council, with Mr. C. Bonnett, one of the valuers. Mr. Baker, solicitor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) An Unenviable Character
KATE BEALE, alias Kelly, was charged with behaving in a riotous [?]er in Hunter street on the 4[?]tant. Constable Dwan said that the woman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN MURPHY, 29, a miner, and Martin Zouden, an aged seaman, were both fined 5s, in default 24 hours, for drunkenness…
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The public of Maitland will regret to hear that Constable Swinton, of the mounted force, is about to be removed from the local office to take up a vacant position at Scene,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
GEORGE FRANKLIN, a seaman, was fined 5s or 24 hours, for drunkenness. Alleged Wife Desertion. Percy Dalton, arrested on warrant,…
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The license of the Bellevue Hotel, at the corner of Hunter-street and Hannell-street, transferred from John W. Carpenter to Mary Mulqueeny…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. the Bundaberg Murder
The Executive has commuted the death sentences on the five kanakas convicted of the Bundaberg murder to penal servitude for life…
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A CONFINER in Darlinghurst Goal named Chas. Hareferd, slias Williams, who on Saturday afternoon last, whilst en route from Newcastle to Darlinghurst Gaol in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Riotous Conduct
D. REES and W. Dunn were charged with riotous conduct on the 29th April, and pleaded guilty under provocation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar.) Re Edward Liddell
In this case the insolvent stated that he was a miner, residing at Stockton. His liabilities amounted to £47 9s 4d, and his assets nil. He attributed his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Municipal Appeal Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
THE Mayor (Alderman Drummond) and the council clerk (Mr. B. Abell) together with the valuators (Messrs. Walker) appeared on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Appeal Court. Thursday, May 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) THE A.A. Company's Appeals
MR. BROWN, assisted by Mr. Mitchell, appeared for the appellants, and called as expert witnesses Messrs. Scholey, Dent, and Creer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adamstown. Police Promotion
First-class Constable John Anderson, who has been stationed at Adamstown for the past 11 years, has been appointed storeman at the Belmore Police Barracks. During his…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, district registrar, conducted two examinations in bankruptcy at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday forenoon…
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