Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
D. Howell and Son v. George Humphreys; goods sold and money lent. Verdict for amount, £3 12s 1d. and 5s 6d costs. Hugh Young v. William…
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Courts & crime, 1897
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Police Court
Mr. J. Cunningham, J.P., occupied the bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Owen Dougherty, on the information of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 24. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
ALEXANDER BEESTEN, 28, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk in Watt-street. Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, September 24. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
JOHN FENWICK, milkvendor, was summoned on an information laid by the Lambton Council for allowing a cow to stray in High-street, on the 15th instant. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. an Unprovoked Assault
A FARMER named Fred Kurz was standing in a hotel in Lower George-street last night when a Norwegian sailor entered and demanded a drink at his expense. When met…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, September 25. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) a Tattersall's Sweep
A YOUNG Adamstown miner named John Tattersall made a clean sweep of everything on Friday night, and after a consultation with Constable Vincent…
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Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., Henry Crothers, and Alex. Wilkinson, Js. P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Mr. Scott adjudicated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, September 27. (Before Mr. C. N. Payton, S.M.) Deserting His Children
SYDNEY CHAS. WILLKINS was charged with unlawfully deserting his legitimate mate male children, Arthur Wilkins and Edgar Wilkins, since the 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 27. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunk and Disorderly and Indecent Language
JOHN SMITH, alias Fenwick, described as a groom, and hailing from Newcastle, was charged with being drunk and desorderly and making use of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summons Cases. Alleged Assault at Stockton
An assault case, Wilkinson v. Schieffer, was called on, but on the application of Mr. Low an adjournment till Thursday was granted with a view to a settlement being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, September 28. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Bad Language
A SEAMAN named John Ball pleaded guilty to having used indecent language at Carrington, and was fined £2, with 4s 10d costs of court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, September 29. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) a Solitary
ANNIE ASHER for drunkenness in Watt-street the previous night, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Assizes. Wednesday, September 30Th. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Simpson. THE Court re-opened at 9.45 a.m. a Stockton Case
William John Wholert was arraigned for that he did, on 14th June, at Stockton, without her consent, ravish and carnally know Elizabeth May Portus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Gribben Sentenced
AFTER the jury had retired last evening to consider their verdict re Simeon Joel's connection with the fire at his shop in Hunter-street, Newcastle, Thomas Joseph Gribben…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 30. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Drunk
ELLEN STEWART, a stranger, was charged with being drunk in Nelson-street on the 28th inst., and was fined 5s or 24 hours. She retired…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cairo Incident. Assaulting British Soldiers. Offenders Severely Sentenced
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Egyptians who were arrested recently for stoning a party of British soldiers have been heavily sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 30. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) On the Vag
Louisa TROTTER has trotted off to Maitland Gaol for a period of three months, the S.M. having adjudged her guilty of having no lawful visible…
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Mr. Willoughby Marsh, J.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police court yesterday. Robert Dixon, on the information of his wife, was charged with child…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, October 1. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Drunk
ALEXANDER BLACK pleaded guilty to being drunk at New Lambton on the 24th of September, and was fined 5s, and 2s 6d costs. David Lindsay and John Monagle pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hunter-street Fire. Simeon Joel Sentenced to Four Years' Imprisonment
AT the Maitland Assizes yesterday, Simeon Joel, of Newcastle, who was found guilty of arson, was arraigned before Mr. Justice Stephen to receive sentence…
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