Police Court
At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Wilkinson, J.P., Charles W. Parkes was brought up as a person of unsound mind, and was remanded…
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Courts & crime, 1896
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Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, July 22. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) The Only One
A "£4-a-monther" in the person of Thomas Collins, alias Carney, toed the line charged with drunkenness. Carney's left peeper was in mourning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, July 22. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Messrs. A. E. Ayerst, and W. Knox, Js.P.) LANGUAGE
HENRY CAIRNS, miner, West Wallsend, was charged with using obscene language. The accused pleaded guilty, and informed his Worship that the offence occurred on the day…
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A CLEAN sheet was presented to Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An application for the transfer of the license of the Mount Vincent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, July 23. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
GEORGE MASON was charged with using obscene language in Morehead-street on Wednesday night. He pleaded not guilty. Constables Mahood and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, July 23. (Before W. E. Henry, P.m.) Obscene Language
JOSEPH PARKINSON, charged with making use of obscene language, admitted that he had been indulging so freely that his memory failed, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Thursday, 23Rd July. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Brandy Snaps
Two strangers in the town, giving the names George Evans and George Thompson respectively, were charged on arrest with stealing a bottle of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swansea Police Court. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., Thomas Parton, and R. F. Talbot, Js.P.)
JAMES PRICE, a miner, summoned by Constable Gibson for being drunk and incapable in the principal thoroughfare of Catherine Hill Bay township, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, July 23. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.P.) Two Tars
JAMES HALL and Ben Hansen, two tars who o'er the ocean sail, dived into too much beer the previous day, and they lost the use of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, Registrar.)
Re Robt. M'Ewen.—Bankrupt, lately a hotelkeeper at Waratah, but now a coal miner, attributed his insolvency to a falling off in the hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. E. Henry, P.M., and T. Fryar, J.P.)
The quarterly report of Sergeant Coughlan was presented and dealt with. The sergeant drew attention to several hotels requiring repairs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. (Before J. Mair, W. H. Shaw, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms. Music on the Premises
Theresa Smalishaw, licensee of the Newcastle Hotel, Watt-street, was summoned by Senior-sergeant M'Vane for having permitted music on her…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M, occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Charles Parkes was brought up as a person of unsound mind, and on the evidence of Drs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, July 24. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
MARGARET DELANEY summoned her husbend, Thomas Delaney, for maintenance. The Police Magistrate made an order for the payment of 6s per week, to date from last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Alleged Theft of Cigabettes
AT the Central to-day a Chinaman named Willie Gee was remanded until Tuesday upon a charge of obtaining 1900 packages of cigarettes, of the value of £17 13s, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. The Murder of M. Stambuloff Approaching Trial of Conspirators
LONDON, Friday.—The trial of the conspirators, for the murder of M. Stambuloff, will be commenced at Sofia in September next. The trial is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, July 24. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., D. Ludlow, and J. Thorn, Js.P.) One Too Many
NINA M'DONNELL, a half-caste lady, endeavoured to introduce some of her backblock tricks into this fair city of ours by getting uproariously drunk in Hunter-street…
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At the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday last, before Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., Patrick Meagher was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lookup, for having been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Police Court. Saturday, 25Th July. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Assault
AH Bow, a Chinaman, charged Petro Abilia, an Italian, with assaulting him at Waratah on the 21st instant. Defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, July 25. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M). Full of Tricks
JUST as readily as a sailor turns to the call of Jack, two inebriates, John Pickman and Thomas Mitchell, admitted that they were as full of beer…
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