The Court-house
Messrs W. Taylor and Sons, the contractors for the new Court-house at West Maitland, have almost completed their undertaking, as the whole of the heavy work is…
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Courts & crime, 1896
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 52
Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 24. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. O'Mara and Gillam, Js.P.) Absent Without Leave
THOMAS KYLE and Peter Ovenson, two seamen, belonging to the barque Rhuddlan Castle, were arraigned for being absent from duty on 22nd inst.,…
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At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. P. Burke, J.P., Ellen Walsh was brought up on remand as a person of unsound mind…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 25. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
JOHN KITTRIDGE, a labourer, for being drunk in Melville-street, was fined 5s or 24 hours. Bad Words…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. an Ex-mayor Charged with Forgery
At the Quarter Sessions to-day Hyam Asa Moss, ex-Mayor of Moss Vale, was charged with having forced and uttered a certain undertaking for the payment of £50. After…
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MR. S. S. MOORE, J.P, occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Henry Osborne was brought up for drunkenness, and was discharged. Jane Williams…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, August 26. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunk
HENRY DAVIDSON, on a charge of drunken and disorderly conduct, was fined 5s or 24 hours. For using language of an obscene nature Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, August 26. (Before Mr. J. F. Scott, P.M., and Dr. A.E.O. Walker, J.P.) D. AND D.
GEORGE SMITH was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Lochinvar on the 15th inst. Fined 5s, and 4s 10d costs…
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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. John Williams and James M'Clerkin were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minmi Police Court. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Messrs. A. E. Ayerst and W. Knox, Js.P.) Assault Case
ON Wednesday at the above Police Court a very complicated assault case was concluded, in which Agnes Robertson summoned James Leitch for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, August 27. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Selling After Hours
WILLIAM PETERS, Of the Grapes Inn, pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor after hours, on the 14th instant, pay-Friday evening, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, August 27. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness
THE only case on the criminal side of the charge sheet was one of drunkenness in Keightley-street, for which the accused, one John Grieve, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boggabri Murder. Narrabri
THE local coroner, Mr. Brougham, to-day continued the inquiry regarding the death of Ail Khan, at Boggabri. He made the extraordinary request that the evidence should…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, District Registrar in Bankruptcy, conducted the adjourned examination of George Smith, the elder, at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 28. (Before Messrs. Ludlow and Thorn, Js.P.) Drunk
DOUGLAS HAY was fined 2s 6d for being drunk in Newcomen-street, and Mary Murray, for a similar offence in Darby-street, was fined 2s 6d costs, or three hours' gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, August 29. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Affiliation Case
ELIZABETH LOCK summoned a young man named William Grant for the support of her illegitimate child. The youth admitted being the father of the child, and the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, August 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JULIUS HOLLWOLSEN, James Kelly, Carl Swinton, and J. Petersen, seamen, pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and were fined 5s, or 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Boggabri Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder. The Dedercrs Committed for Trial. Boggabri
THE inquest concerning the death of the Indian, Ali Khan, found murdered near Bungan, was concluded to-day, and the Coroner, who had requested that the…
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Mr. C. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, Joseph Cook was fined 5s, with an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, August 31. (Before Messrs G. C. Martin and S. Keightley, Js.P.) A Quartette
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, Peter Lish, Wm. Joseph Smith, and James Kelly were on Towns in the boatrace on Saturday and naturally enough they talked…
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