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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 54
GEORGE JOHNSON, a young man 25 years of age, was brought up charged with being of unsound mind. From the evidence of his father, William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GEORGE SMITH and Mary Woods pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and were each fined 5s. John M'Lean, for drunkenness and language, was fined in all 25s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. HENRY CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Lucy Tumeth, for having been drunk and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALFRED SMITH and Thomas Bennett, on remand, were charged with stealing in company from the person of Walter Bolton, on board the s.s…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MESSRS, G, F. Scott, P.M., Henry Corthers, Alex. Wilkinson, J. Roarke, G. Maher, and C. W. Holmes, Js.p., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JAMES CARTWRIGHT, on bail, charged with being drunk in John-street on the 31st July, failed to appear, and it was decided to issue a summons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THOMAS DESMOND, a hawker, charged with drunkenness in Perkin-street, and with using obscene language at the same time and place, was fined in all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday.—In a des. patch to the Belgian Government. Lord Salisbury states that the results of the trial of Major Lothaire for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WILLIAM CHISMONS, charged with being drunk in Pearson-street on the 31st of July, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s. Robert Lonsdale, charged with using…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →James Hemir was charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing £15 worth of scrip. Thomas Henderson, the informant, was promised a billet as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W. Davies and Sons summoned David Elias for the sum of £16 10s 3d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiffs for full amount claimed and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MICHAEL MOLONEY, a seaman, who had been previously convicted for riotous behaviour, indecent language, and for having stolen property in his possession, pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE were only two cases on the charge sheet. Richard Dixon, a bookbinder, aged 30, for being drunk and disorderly on the public wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. G.F. Scott, P.M., H. Crothers and Alex. Wilkinson, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Robert Clynes and James Griffin were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CHARLES LEWIS and William Rae, seamen, admitted having been drunk. The former was fined 5s and Rae 10s. Absent Without Leave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The asphalt formation at the park tennis court is nearly completed, and its appearance, is a proof that the contractor, Mr. Alexander, has conscientiously carried out his contract…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Monday.—Farther details of the assassination of Senor Canovas show that a Neapolitan named Renardi, alias Golli, visited the baths…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Small Debts Court yesterday Joseph Broughton, a stevedore, proceeded against Captain Crombie, of the ship Inverlyon, for the recovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANY LAIRD, 31, a widow, charged with drunkenness in Hunter-street, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours. Richard Dixon, a bookbinder,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Monday.—The anarchist Golli, who shot the Spanish Premier (Senor Canovas del Castillo) while reading in a bath on Sunday last, is…
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