Summons Cases. Assault on the High Seas
James Lacey summoned Alex. Watson for an assault on the high seas. The defendant did not appear. Senior constable Harrison deposed to the…
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Courts & crime, 1896
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 52
Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 6. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.P.) Language
SETH BUFFIT, a seaman, was more than half seas over in Thorn-street on Thursday night, and when Constable Bartlett appeared on the scene Seth was just about to engage in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 7. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Celebrating Pay-Friday
JOSEPH SPARK, Edward Prentice, and John Thompson overstepped the line in celebrating pay-Friday, and eventually found themselves in the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 9. (Before Mr. G. C. Martin, J.p.) a Dock Full
MARY WOOD, Thomas Dyas, Frank O'Dean, Annie White, Andrew Williamson, August Johnson, Wm. Watson, and John Bell all admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Ocean Tragedy. a Negro Cook Gone Mad. Murder and Suicide
THE ship Blengfell, which arrived at Brisbane on Sunday from New York, reports a tragic occurrence during the passage which was attended by fatal results so far as two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, November 10. (Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M.)
JAMES WILLIAMS, aged 9, William Young, aged 9, Cecil Jones, aged 6, and Leslie Jones, aged 7, were charged by the Lambton Council with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, November 10. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) a Big House
THERE was a very large attendance at the Court Theatre yesterday, there being "standing room only" when the curtain rose for the first act. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vice-regal Visit to Norfolk Island. Installing the Resident Magistrate. Sydney
THE Governor, Lord Hampden, attended by Captain Sloane Stanley, A.D.C., and Colonel Spalding, C.M.G., the late Colonel commanding the N.S.W. artillery forces, left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, November 11. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Three Only
THERE was only three inebriates in the dock when the curtain rose yesterday morning, and their names were John Wilson, Hugh Blakely, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. F. G. Adrian, J.P.)
RE Thomas Young. Mr. H. J. Brown represented the official assignee. Thomas Michael O'Neill, manager of the A.J.S. Bank, Newcastle, said…
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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. Henry Evans was charged with stealing,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, November 12. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) a Short List
RICHARD SHORT, seaman, overloaded to such an extent the previous day, that he was considerably below the Plimsoll mark when he anchored off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, November 11. (Before Mr. H. J. Chisholm, P.M., and Messrs. R. Durie, and A. E. Ayerst, Js.P.) Profane Language
WILLIAM JOHNSON, licensee of the Museum Hotel, West Wallsend, was charged by Constable Duffel, with making use of profane language on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Venezuelan Settlement. a General Protectorate. Permanent Court of Arbitration
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Times says that by the settlement arrived at Great Britain virtually concedes to the United States a general protectorate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 14. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.P.) One Inebriate
CHARLES MARSTON was the only inebriate to too the mark, and pleaded guilty. He was called upon to pay a crown or retire from the public gaze for a period of four and twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court of Arbitration. Time Allowed for Award
LONDON, Friday.—The agreement between Great Britain and the United States for the settlement of the Venezuelan dispute stipulates that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A. W. Steel" Again. His Identity Established. Forgot to Pay His Tailor. What He Told the Court
IN connection with the inquiries made in Melbourne for "A. W. Steel," it now transpires that this enterprising individual laid the Derby and Cup double several times over,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Purse Stealing Case. Hannah Reay Before the Court
Hannah Reay, on bail, was charged with stealing the sum of 39s, the property of Hugh Shedden, at Newcastle, on the 13th inst. The accused, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, November 14. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Absent Without Leave
Four seamen belonging to the barque Valdivia pleaded guilty to being absent without leave from that vessel, and refusing to go on board. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 16. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) a Quintette
WHEN time was called no less than five inebriates toed the mark. Their names were William Watson, Frenhan Veishman, John Williams,…
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