Maitland District. Police Court
DR. WRIGHT, J.P., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Kerr was brought up for drunkenness, and was discharged. For having used…
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Courts & crime, 1897
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Manchester Police Scandal
THE police scandal at Manchester, which affects a force of over 1000 men, has developed another phase. Some months ago a superintendent of…
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The Court for the revision of the provisional list for the East Maitland electorate was to have been held at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday, but in the absence of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, April 23. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
WILLIAM PENDLEBURY, who was charged with using indecent language in New Lambton on the 4th instant, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and 9s 10d costs of court, alternative…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, April 23. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.). Breach of Navigation Act
SENIOR-CONSTABLE HARRISON proceeded against Captain F. Rumpff, of the barque Magellan, for a breach of the Navigation Act. The defendant pleaded not guilty…
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At the East Maitland Police Court on Saturday last George Russell was fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs, for having driven in the municipality after dark without a light…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 24. (Before Mr. Mair, S.M.) Remanded
WILLIAM SMITH, a stranger in Newcastle, was remanded till to-day on a charge of being an accessory after the fact to the larceny by a person, whose…
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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. Martin…
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The court for the revision of the provisional list for the electorate of West Maitland was held at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday morning, and 102 names were added…
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There were 86 cases listed for the Small Debts Court yesterday (at which Mr. Payten, S.M., presided), the majority of them being claims by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, April 26. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) a Full Charge Sheet
THERE were no less than 21 cases on the charge sheet, most of them arising out of drunkenness on Pay-Saturday night. Harry Ward, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, April 27. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Assault
JOHN TOBIN pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Charles A. Willis at Waratah on the 15th inst., and was defended by Mr. H. V. Harris. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Language
JAMES M'LEAN was charged with using indecent language in Plattsburg on the 24th inst., and as he admitted having indulged too freely to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, April 27. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Alleged Assaults
MRS. MARY ANN BULL and Mrs. Bridget Duffy, both of Newcastle, charged each other with assault on 9th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Streaky Bay Murder. Another Shooting Mystery. Beard Committed for Trial. Adelaide
AN inquest on the body of Walter Herman Richards was held to-day a Streaky Bay. The doctor who made the post mortem examination said that a bullet had entered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, April 28. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M) Only Two
DAVID BROWN and Ellen Elliott were charged with drunkenness—the former in Hunter-street, and the latter in Hamilton. Brown got the "rising," and the fair Ellon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Carrington Municipality. Annual Appeal Court
THE annual court of appeal against the assessments by the valuers (Messrs. A. Frewin and D. Hartigan) of the Carrington Council was held before Mr. C. N. Payten,…
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A FREINDLY Appeal Court was held before Mr. J. Witter Allworth (District Commissioner) and Mr J. Scholey at the occasional room of the courthouse yesterday, to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, April 29. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) D. and D.
WILLIAM KYTO, a seaman, in his drunken moments, was holding forth to a large crowd in Hunter-street, challenging all and sundry to fight. Evidently William had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia Adelaide, Thursday. the Streaky Bay Murder
The latest development in connection with the Streaky Bay murders is the discovery of the body of the man Marlo at Boko, which is 18 miles from Streaky Bay. The find was…
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