Police Court
Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Dr. Wright, J.P., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Margaret Perry, who had been remanded…
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Courts & crime, 1896
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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, 10Th June. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Language
JAMES HOGAN, Minmi, charged with using obscene language, was found guilty, and fined 10s, or 14 days in Maitland Gaol. The fine was paid…
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THOMAS BURNS pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Church-street. on Thursday night. Fined 10s, or 48 hours. Andrew Moore was fine 5s, or 24 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, June 12, 1896. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Obtaining Money Under False Pretences
ALBERT RICKARD, a man about 55 years of age, was charged with several offences—the first being obtaining the sum of 2s 6d from Mrs. C. Reen, of the Imperial Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central Criminal Court. Alleged Defamatory Libel. Sydney
AT the Central Criminal Court, presided over by Mr. Acting-Justice Rogers, at Darling[?]urst to-day, John Ferguson, editor of the Cumberland Times, published at Parramatta,…
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THE sittings of the District Court were brought to a conclusion yesterday before His Honor Judge Gibson. A Wharf Accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, June 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The Cricket Collapse
JOHN PICKMAN, so as to be in the fashion, interested himself in the cricket match, and as soon as he saw the announcement "Australians all…
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MESSRS. H. CROTHERS and J. D. Prentice, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An inebriate, who had spent Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 15. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Bourke, J.P.) Drunkenness
HENRY COSGROVE was the only "drunk" before the Bench, and, admitting the soft impeachment, he was called upon to contribute 10s to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 16. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow and J. Thorn, Js.P.) We are Three
A TRIO of sorry-looking inebriates named respectively James Jones, James M'Auliffe, and Charles Friend, toed the mark and said guilty. M'Auliffe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Decision by the Full Court
The action brought by Mr. Edwards against the Metropolitan Board of Works for damages for fire caused by the board's employees, was decided by the Full Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italy and Abysinnia. the Italian Defeat. End of the Court Martial. the General Acquitted
LONDON, Monday.—The report that General Baratieri, the late Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces in Abysinnia, who is undergoing trial…
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At the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, before Judge Gibson, Dr. Samuel Alcorn was sworn in as a magistrate of the territory…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Unseaworthy
GUSTAV TITZLAFF, seaman, collided with about 14 pewter pots, the contents of which he poured down his capacious throat. There was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District. Police Courts
MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. W. A. Norris, an ex-captain of the Imperial army, and a grandson of Captain Marryat,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CABLEGRAMS. Sticking up a Bank. a New York Sensation. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Critical State of Victim and Assailant
LONDON, Tuesday.—A great sensation was caused to-day throughout New York when it became known that there had been an attempt made to…
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MR. H. CROTHERS presided at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An inebriate, who had been looked up during Wednesday evening, was admonished and…
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The District Court will open at the East Maitland Courthouse at half-past 9 o'clock this morning, when the following list of cases will be taken:—Hector v. Hector,…
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THE business of the Police Court was disposed of inside five minutes, thus giving the officials ample time to peruse the work of the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder of a Chinaman. In a Sydney Gambling Den. Sydney
LATE last night, during a quarrel in a gambling shop in Goulburn-street, a Chinese miner named Jun Tong was stabbed Police-sergeant Jeffs was passing along the…
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