Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
NEL JACKSON, George Spildle, and Ellen Cosgrove all got drunk in Hunter street, and the two former were arrested by Constable Guilfoyle…
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Courts & crime, 1896
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 52
Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the Woolloomooloo Assault Case
THE condition of the man David Rea has considerably improved, and he was able to make a statement to the police this morning. Several arrests are expected shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 6. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M. and Mr. H. Rushton, J.p.) Drunkenness
JOSEPH EADE was charged with being drunk. Mrs. Bade appeared on behalf of her husband, and pleaded guilty for him. A fine of 5s, with 5s…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. A case in which J. T. Russell proceeded against M. Fitzpatrick on a charge of using…
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The police of East Maitland have received information to the effect that a burglary was attempted on the premises of Mr. Dalton, storekeeper, at an early hour yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Married in Gaol. Ethel Wright's Wedding. Tamworth
THE Gunnedah poisoning case has taken another sensational turn. Ethel Susannah Wright, who was sentenced at the sessions last week to four years' penal servitudo for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.). Stone Throwing
ANNIE HYDE, a little girl, pleaded guilty to throwing stones at Mrs. L. Taylor, in Dixon-street. After examining several witnesses, and eliciting that the assault was the result…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Damaging Property
CLARENCE HARRIS, boardinghouse-keeper, was charged, on remand, with maliciously damaging one are globe, valued at £2, the property of the Newcastle Borough Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Saturday Night Offenders
JAMES NAYLE, a labourer, tried to excuse himself for the bad language he made use of in Market-street on Saturday night by stating that he was…
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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. James Nancorrow was brought up for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 10. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Unregistered Dog
MRS. STEVENS, through her solicitor (Mr. Reid), pleaded guilty to having an unregistered dog in her possession. It will be remembered that on the last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Assaulting an Officer
GEORGE BROADLEY, a negro seaman, was charged with assaulting Hugh L. Pritchard, second mate of the ship Scottish Minstrel, at Newcastle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African Affairs. the Chartered Company's Police. Mr. Rhodes' Intentions
LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has placed the Chartered Company's police under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. The Russo-Turkish Treaty. Resented in Constantinople. the Police Alarmed
LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence is to hand from Constantinople stating that many of the leading Turks have openly resented the reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.) Drunkenness
JAMES FRASER pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and using indecent language, and was fined 5s or 24 hours for the first offence, and £3…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, February 12. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. T. Jones, J.p.) Larceny
GEORGE HODGES, John Hodges, Garnet Hodges, James Williams, and George Orchard, the six boys remanded from the previous day on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Metropolitan Police. Ministerial Inspection. Sydney
ALL ranks of the metropolitan police were put through a full-dress parade this afternoon at the depot, Belmore-road, the occasion being an inspection by Mr. J. N. Brunker,…
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Av the Wallsend Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P. M., Roger Fretwill was charged with indecent behaviour in Kemp-street, Plattsburg, on the…
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AT the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., Edward Turner was fined 5s, with 6s 8d costs, for having cruelly ill-treated a horse by allowing…
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It will be interesting to a large number of residents of the Maitland district to learn that Sergeant Forrest, of East Maitland, has been promoted to the position of…
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