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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 54
THERE were no less than 20 cases set down for decision, the majority of them being charges of drunkenness and bad language. Maggie Bullock, the well-known aboriginal,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the Water Police Court to-day Arthur Leigh Godwin, 19, pleaded guilty to stealing £77 18s 3d, the property of the New South Wales Club. The accused was employed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOHN NUTTALL, a dealer, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Hunter-street West. He pleaded not guilty "under provocation." Constable Dwan said he heard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HARRY ANDERSON, a seaman, and Nina Denham, pleaded guilty to the use of indecent language in Watt and Scott streets respectively, and were each fined £2, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the West Maitland Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. A. Wilkinson, J.P., John Hume was fined 1s, with 5s 6d costs, for, having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WILLIAM MICHAEL MOLONEY, aged 44, a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in Hunter-street on Wednesday. Being an old offender, he was fined 20s, in default…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Public examinations were held and concluded in the bankrupt estates of John Robson, Mathew Ridley, George Mitchell, David Porteous, and John Morgan. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ERNEST VILES pleaded not guilty to the above charge. Constable Holt deposed that he was on duty in Kendrick-street on the 5th instant, and heard the defendant make use of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Water and Sewerage Board proceeded against a large number of persons. Mr. Hart, assessor, appeared on behalf of the board. A large number were settled out of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THOMAS BURNS and John Brown were before the Court with charges of drunkenness opposite their names. Burns was let off with a fine of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two seamen, James Patrick Manning and William Curran, for being drunk and disorderly on the public wharf on Sunday, were each fined 10s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALFRED CROKER was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with offering a return railway ticket for sale on Redfern station. The accused, who had come from an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Joseph Cranston was brought up for drunkenness, and was discharged. Mathew Swan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JOHN THOMPSON, a cabman, for being drunk and disorderly whilst in charge of his cab, was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GEORGE JOHNS, a labourer, was not only drunk in Hunter-street but he declined to go quietly with Constable M'Alister when that officer requested…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN accident occurred at the Newcastle Council's crane at the foot of Merewether-street early yesterday morning, resulting in the death of one of the council's night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. G. F. Scott and A. Wilkinson occupied the bench at the West Maitland Court yesterday. Eliza Edwards and John Moylan were granted booth licenses for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PATRICK RYAN and Arden Malcolm were each fined for drunkenness—the former 10s, in default 48 hours; and the latter 5s, in default 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALFRED PAVIOUR pleaded guilty to having had a dangerous dog, which had threatened one William Morgan on the 26th March. Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STEPHEN EARL and Frank Chambers were charged and found guilty of drunkenness on the 9th and 11th inst. (Sunday). Both were fined 10s and…
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