Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. E. Henry, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.P.)
David Thomas applied for a conditional license for an hotel to be erected on a new township at present being surveyed by the Wallsend Coal…
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Courts & crime, 1896
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Police Court
Mr. G. F. Scott,. P.M., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Elizabeth Jowett was brought up on remand as a person of unsound mind, and was ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, May 13. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
AT the above Police Court on Wednesday Constable Duffel, of West Wallsend, brought the following six cases before the notice of Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M…
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THE Hamilton Council met on Thursday evening last, and held a friendly appeal court. There were 36 appellants against the valuator's assessment for the present year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, May 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) Drunkenness
WILLIAM HANSEN, Erick A. Echlan, Robert Walker, and James M'Call, all seamen, were charged with drunkenness, and were fined 5s, in default 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, May 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Sailors' Wages
ALBERT ERICKSON, Charles Smith Leveret Edgett, Joseph Anderson, and Charles Hansen were charged with disobeying the lawful commands of…
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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. David Fairball was fined 5s, with an option…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 18. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Saturday Offences
CARL Ross, a Fin, was fined 20s, or seven days, for disorderly conduct in Hunter-street; Svanite Liedholm, William Vincent, and Sam Matson, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 18. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunk
THOMAS HARRIS was charged with being drunk on the 16th instant. This being his first offence he was admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 19. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) Shipboard Offences
OSCAR OLSEN, 21, pleaded guilty to being absent without leave from the Ballychulish, and was sent to gaol for one week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 20. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Larceny
KHAN MAHOMED and Geenot Ali, Indian dealers, were charged with stealing five sheepskins valued at 12s 6d, the property of John Welsh, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Curious Case. Alleged Contempt of Court by a Shipowner. Sydney
A PECULIAR case was heard in the vice-Admiralty Court to-day, before the Chief Justice. Mr. Yeager, the owner of the steamer Oaklands, was cited to appear to…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alexander Neddrie was fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs, for having driven in the borough of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a Wyong Burglary
AT the Central Police Court to-day, Martin Johnson, 24, and Charles Peterson, 22, were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Nicholas Boyaze, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sentenced Reformers. Further Commutations. "Formal" Sentences
LONDON, Thursday.—A further announcement has been made with regard to the decision of the Transvaal Executive with respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN PARKER and John Jones, for drunkenness, were fined 5s, or 24 hours. John Dalton, described as a clerk, pleaded guilty to the charge of…
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The license of the Great Britain Hotel, Market-street, was transferred from George Bunn, deceased, to his widow, Kate Bunn. A booth license…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Northern Territory Outrage. Murder of Chinamen by Blacks. Port Darwin
A NATIVE supposed to be concerned in the Daly River outrages, which resulted in the death of two Chinese, has been apprehended. The murders appear to have been a horribly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar.) Examinations. Re Thomas Bryant, Jun
IN this case bankrupt deposed that he was a labourer, and resided at Wickham, and had never been bankrupt before. He attributed his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Small Debts Court. Thursday, May 21. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
EMILY BANFIELD v. Thomas Griffen. A verdict was given for the amount claimed, 8s, with 5s 6d costs. O. G. Steel v. Charles Quinlan, for…
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