Maitland District. Police Courts
AT the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M, a young man named Arthur Styman was brought up on remand as a person of unsound mind, and…
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Courts & crime, 1896
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 52
Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 8. (Before Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Disobeying a Summons
PERCY DALTON, a clerk, 23 years of age, surrendered to his bail to answer the charge of disobeying a summons wherein he was charged with failing to maintain his wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of Mr. Stokes. Major Lothaire's Acquittal. a New Trial Asked
LONDON, Thursday. — The British Government is dissatisfied with the result of the trial of Major Lothaire, who was recently acquitted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
MATHEW BURRIDGE and Patrick O'Doyle for drunkenness were fined 5s, or 24 hours' each. Damaging Property…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
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AN ingenious method of theft is being practised by a London thief. One who has been victimised by him writes :—What appeared to be a note…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 11. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk
GEORGE SNEDDON pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Macquarie-street on the 9th inst. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) a Sailors' Outing
THE strike of coal miners did not interfere with the fun of the blue jackets, who with their 5s in their pockets set forth from the Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Confession of Murder. Hareford's Case. Sydney
WARDER ARMSTRONG, who was seriously assaulted by a prisoner named Charles Hareford, alias Williams, while conveying him from Newcastle to Sydney, has now almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cuban Insurrection. Capture of an American Vessel. Five Sailors Sentenced to Death. Protest by President Cleveland
LONDON, Monday.—Further friction has arisen between Spain and United States owing to the sentence of death which has been passed" by a Spanish…
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At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Ewing, J P., the young girl Margaret M'Briarty, who had been under medical treatment, was brought up as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Ludlow, J.p.) a Solitary Drunk
CHARLES WILCOX appeared, sorry and sad, as the only man guilty of drunkenness, and was fined 5s or 24 hours. Alleged Assault…
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AT the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. D. Prentice, J P., a young man named Henry Morris was fined 5s, with an option of three days' gaol, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Wife Murder
At the Police Court Jonathan Langland was charged with the murder of his wife at Bulimba. The evidence showed that the prisoner was jealous of his wife, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Riotous Behaviour
DAVID RICHARD JONES and John Pickman, seamen, pleaded guilty to fighting in the street, and were fined 10s, or 48 hours. Frederick Lord, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Reported Theft of Bullion. Missing Gold Found
LONDON, Tuesday.—It was recently reported that bullion to the amount of £3000 was missing from one of the mail steamers running between Dover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Police Court
MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M, and Messrs. H. Crothers and J. Roucke, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN GALLOWAY and James Brandon Sloan, seamen, for drunkenness, were fined 5s, or 24 hours; and Edward Thompson, for indecent behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 14. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
THE only cases were:—One of obscene language in the bar of the Victoria Hotel, for which a fine of 2s 6d, with 7s 6d Court costs, and 7s witness'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Shaw, J.P.)
Sub-inspector Saunders proceeded against Frederick Chambers, the licensee of the Changing Station Hotel, Islington, for having his…
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