Collision Between Torpedo Boats. Finding of the Court Martial
LONDON, Sunday.—The Court-martial appointed for the trial of the officers and crews of the twin-screw torpedo boat destroyer Thrasher and…
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Courts & crime, 1897
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Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, 31St August. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Trespassing
WM. DURHAM was charged with trespassing on the A.A. Co.'s estate. Constable J. T. Hayes said he found the defendant on the estate, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, August 31. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness
OLAF OLSEN, a seaman, arrested by Constable T. Mulcahy, for being drunk in Hunter-street, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Native Editor Sentenced
LONDON, Tuesday.—A cable from Bombay states that Keshalkar, the editor of "Mahrani," a native journal published at Satars, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, September 1. (Before Mr. C.N. Payten, S.M.) The Only One
THERESA CARPENTER, a widow, charged with drunkenness in King-street, was fined 5s, and for using indecent language was fined 10s, in default,…
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Mr. W. Marsh occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. An inebriate was fined £1, with the alternative of seven days imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Epidemic of Burglary
The burglary epidemic has again broken out in the city. The residence of Mr. George Parsons, East Terrace, was ransacked while the family were absent during yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 2. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN M'MAHON and Jas. Fraser were charged with drunkenness. The latter was also charged with using indecent language also charged with using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Transfer of License
The license of the Club House Hotel, Watt-street, was transferred from E. Bellvale Krieser to Thomas Chas. Banford, there being no police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS. Indian Frontier Fighting. Advance of British Troops. Murder of Native Levies
LONDON, Wednesday.—Two leading chiefs have fled to Afghanistan, and large bodies of villagers are following ever the border. The headmen are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, September 3. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
PATRICK RILEY, drunk and disorderly in Devon-street on the 30th August, was fined 10s for being drunk, or seven days, and £2, or 14 days, for the disorderly conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, September 3. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Charge of Trespass
H. PRITCHARD, H. Bell, A. Bell, R. Robinson, H. Jones, T. Booth, L. Brown, S. Robinson, J. Gills, H Robinson, W. Young, H. Hepton, and M. Jones were all charged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 3. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M). Breach of the Coal Mines Act
MR. W. HUMBLE, Government Colliery Inspector, proceeded against Thomas Screen, of Lambton, a miner employed at the Wicham and Bullock Island Colliery, for carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M., District Registrar.)
Re James Baird, of Stockton. The bankrupt stated that he did not desire to amend his schedule. He was a miner, and attributed his failure to slackness of work. His…
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On Friday evening the residence of Mr. H. Thurston Hall, at Lambton-street, Waratah, was entered and a quantity of linen, clothing, plateware, and jewellery stolen to the value…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Saturday, September 4. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.)
GEORGE ROBERTS, hairdresser, was charged with neglecting to support his wife, Ehza Roberts. Eliza Roberts stated that her husband had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 4. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
PATRICK HUMPHRIES, a labourer, on bail, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the wharf, was fined 10a in default 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Murder. a Deliberate Deed. a Wife Shot Twice. Bathurst
THIS morning Charles Do Clonet fired two shots from a revolver at his wife. One of the bullets was embedded in the back of her skull, the other entered at the back of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Police Court
MESSRS G. F. Scott, F.M., Henry Crothers, Alexander Wilkinson, and G. Maher, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Aldermen Crothers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stockton Burglary. a Heavy Sentence
James Jarvis, a coloured seaman, was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of one Thomas Oughton, at Stockton,…
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