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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 54
Two boys, named James Dodds and David Murray, were charged with stealing a cow bell and a leather strap attuched, value 6s, the property of A. J. Mason, watchman at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALEXANDER RODGERS, a seaman, was charged with being absent without leave from the ship Glenfyne, at Newcastle, on the previous day. The accused pleaded guilty, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named John Rail was yesterday fined £40 by the Ballarat Bench for attempting to force his way into a widow's house; and for striking the woman, her son, a lad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEORGE SELWYN DUVAL, a middle-aged aged man described as a school teacher, and deemed to be insane, was charged with wandering about under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.—A confession by the prisoner Butler that he murdered a sergeant of the United States Cavalry at Washington in 1888, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Commons last night a bill introduced by Mr. E. H. Pickersgill to provide for the establishment of a Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inspector of the Borough of Plattsburg proceeded against Gustave Ernest Norden for that he did, on the 14th inst, create a nuisance by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE "boys in blue" made a record during Saturday and Sunday, the charge sheet showing no less than 27 names. The delinquents were mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday Joseph Wilks was charged before Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., with having been drunk and disorderly. The man was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bernard Olson was charged with having on 6th February, 1897, on the high seas on board the British registered ship Orellans, committed an indecent assault…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ARTHUR WARD alias Albert Crook, Reginald Lawson alias Sydney Johnson, and Hugh Healey alias James Thompson, three boys, were charged with stealing in company 14lb…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In giving judgment in the extradition proceeding Commissioner Heacock said: If there was over a case that Shakspeare could possibly have imagined wherein one should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Butler was first brought before Commissioner Heacock, in the U.S. Circuit Court, his attorney, Mr. Stone, said: It is expedient at this juncture, in defence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EVAN DEDWITH, who was introduced to the Bench on Monday, again appeared yesterday morning, and for being drunk was fined 10s, in default 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER the despatch of the first portion of the report of the Hines case the jury returned at 9.25 with a verdict of guilty. The prisoner, in answer to a question as to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pryor Bros. versus Thomas Fuller, goods sold and delivered, £1 11s 5d. Verdict for the plaintiff, full amount with costs. Pryor Bros. versus George Pooley, goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS was an action to recover possession of a certain piece of c[?]p. land, situated near Wollombi, originally taken up by William H. King and afterwards transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Edward Hughes, licensee of the Caledonia Hotel, Watt-street, was charged with selling liquor during prohibited hours on Sunday last. The defendant pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDWARD HUGHES, on bail, was charged with being drunk on the public wharf the previous day, to which he pleaded guilty. The accused was further charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN exceptionally heavy list of cases is being presented at the Circuit Court. It is probable, however, that the criminal business will be finished to-day. Excellent progress…
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