Police Courts
At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr H. Crothers, J.P., John Griffin was brought up for drunkenness, and discharged For having used obscene…
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Courts & crime, 1897
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District Court
The March sittings of the District Court will open at the East Maitland Courthouse at 10 o'clock this forenoon. Altogether there are 15 cases set down for hearing, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 16. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Cooked
SOOREN JONSEN, cook on board the ship Glenfyne, was guilty of disorderly conduct on board, and the captain had him locked up. When…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Determined Attempt at Wife Murder. Melbourne
JOHN WILSON, keeper of the Democratic Club Restaurant, city, attempted to murder his wife, Catherine Wilson, this afternoon. Wilson had been paying some attention to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brady Murder Case. Evidence for the Defence. the Accused in the Witness Box. Melbourne
THE Crown case against William Myles Phillips, charged with the murder of William Brady, closed this afternoon. A number of witness for the defence testified that Brady…
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AT the East Maitland Police Court yesterday before Mr. P. Brook, J.P., John Burns was brought up on remand from Newcastle as a person of unsound mind. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Charge of Murder
The trial of Charles Hall on a charge of murdering his wife at Eaglehaws was continued to-day. The most notable evidence given was by Doctor Them, who examined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, March 17. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) An Empty Dock
FOR the first time since Mr. Payton took his seat on the Bench at Newcastle there was an empty dock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Murder of Brady. the Accused's Evidence. Sentence of Death. Melbourne
THE trial of William Myles Phillips for the murder of William Brady was continued to-day. Philips, who yesterday commenced giving evidence on his own behalf,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Extradition of Butler. Appeal to Supreme Court Refused
LONDON, Tuesday.—With regard to granting the extradition of Butler, it is now stated that the Californian Circuit Court has refused to grant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Court. Wednesday, March 17. (Before Acting-Judge Wade.)
THE Court opened at the East Maitland Courthouse, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Thompson, acting for the lower branch of the legal profession, tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster. Court of Inquiry. the Finding. Messrs. Dixon and Humble Commended. the Manager and Under-manager Censured. a Further Inquiry to Be Held. Sydney
THE Minister for Mines, when he received a telegram on the 4th December last apprising him of the accidents at Stockton mine, expressed the opinion that it was a case in…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Walter Lawson, the man who had been remanded from the preceding day on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, March 18. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Demonstrative
FRITZ PARSSON and Charles Nelson, two Swedes, strange as it may seem, were the only two to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in anything like a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Court Incident
During the sittings of the Maitland District Court yesterday, Daniel Reen, a witness in the case Borough of West Maitland v. Denny, upon entering the box was asked if…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District Court. Thursday, March 18. (Before Acting-Judge Wade.) Payne v. Bourke
THE court re-opened at half-past 9 o'clock, and the hearing of the case Payne v. Bourke, held over from the preceding day, was resumed…
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Mr G. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the Bench at last Maitland Police Court yesterday. George Black, who had been remanded from Wallsend as a person of unsound mind, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, March 17. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Drunk
JAMES OSBORNE pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street, Plattsburg, on the 18th inst, and was fined 10s or the option of 48 hours in Newcastle lo[?]kup…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, District Registrar, prosided in the Bankruptey Court at East Maitland Courthouse yesterday forenoon. Re John Clark, farmer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, March 19. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) The Big Fight
EDUARD JEDIN, John Smith, and William Todd toasted the winner of the big fight to such an extent that they found themselves considerably mixed when the clock told them…
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