Maitland District. Alleged Daring Theft
LAST evening Miss Day, of East Maitland and a lady friend drove to West Maitland to do some shopping. The horse and buggy were left standing in front of the establishment of…
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Courts & crime, 1897
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 54
The Police
A posse of police, under Sub-inspector Saunders and Sergeants M'Vane and Thompson, patrolled the streets, but their duties were comparatively light as compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Alleged Horse-stealing
AT the Central Police Court a youth named George Davey was charged with stealing a horse valued at £4 the property of John O' Hagan and was remanded for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 31. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) New Years Eve
FRANCIS O'TOOLE, a seaman, very foolishly got drunk and became disorderly on Wednesday night, and the indiscretion will cost him a whole heap…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Stambuloff Murder Trial. End of the Case
LONDON, Wednesday.—The trial at Sofia of the persons accused of the murder in July, 1895, of M. Stambuloff, the Bulgarian ex-Premier, has…
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SUB INSPECTOR JAMES SMITH, aged 50 years, committed suicide this morning He got up as usual, and went round the barracks, and at 8 o'clock went back to his bedroom…
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The Mercantile Marine Service Association have had some important correspondence with the Board of Trade upon the subject of the costs incurred by Naval Counts abroad, relative to inquiries under the…
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At the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday last, Joseph Wilks was brought up for drunkenness before Mr. S. S. Moore, J.P, and was fined 20s, with the option of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 2. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
EIGHT cases of drunkenness were dealt with at the watch-house yesterday, and the usual fines were imposed. Edward Allanson, a miner, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Bush Murder. The Yarraldool Mystery. Narrabri
LAST March the body of a man was found floating in the Namoi River at Yarraldool, a station near Pilliga. The body was tied in a sack, and bore marks of violence. The…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crothers and A. Wilkinson, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, January 4. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunk
WILLIAM EVANS pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street, Plattsburg on the 1st instant, and was fined 10s or 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, January 4. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) The Effects of Drink
A MAN named Henry Gamble, who had a violent attack of the "shakes" as he endeavoured to stand up in the dock, was before the court as a person…
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At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. Birkenhead, J.P., Louisa Trotter was fined 5a, with an alternative of 24 hours' lookup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, January 5. (Before Mr. James Mair, S.M.)
THOMAS DEASE, who was charged with riotous behaviour in Elder-street on the 1st instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 or seven days. Fine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, January 5. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) The Darby-street Row
JOHN P KENNEDY was charged with unlawfully assaulting a Chinaman named Jack Sam, at Newcastle, on the 4th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petty Debts Court. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.)
Richard Ward summoned William Hyde for the sum of £13 3s, due for rent. Defendant admitted the debt, but pleaded for time to pay. Verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, January 6. (Before Mr. James Mair, S.M.) Withdrawn
A SEAMAN named James Baker was charged with disorderly conduct on board his vessel, but, promising to go to work, the captain withdrew the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M. Stambuloff's Murder. Confession Offered. Implication of High Officials
LONDON, Tuesday.—From Bulgaria it is reported that Nishkoff, one of the sentenced persons, offers to reveal the actual murderers of M. Stambuloff,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble in Bechuanaland. Murder of an English Trader. Native Revolt Feared
LONDON, Tuesday.—Reports from Vryburg, British Bechuanaland, state that the natives have murdered an English trader named Robinson. It…
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