The Murder of a German Officer. Sentence of Three Years' Imprisonment
LONDON, Thursday. — Lieutenant Brusewitz, for the murder of an engineer in a cafe at Carlsruhe, has been sentenced to three years'…
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Courts & crime, 1897
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 54
Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, C. N. Payten, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms.) Renewals
James A. Young, of the Cross Keys Hotel, Carrington, was granted a renewal of his license. Isabella Short applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 29. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) Stealing A Parrot
JOHN COX, a stone-cutter, pleaded guilty to stealing a parrot, valued at 3s 6d, the property of Daniel Brent, at Newcastle, on the 28th instant. The accused pleaded guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, January 29. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) a Serious Charge
CHARLES LLOYD, a middle-aged man, was charged with an offence against a young girl named Sarah Ann Wooton, at Kahibah, on the 12th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 30. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) Deserting a Ship
HERMAN ANDERSON, an American seaman, was ordered to be imprisoned for two weeks with hard labour for deserting the British registered vessels…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Messrs. J. Gillies and W. S. Harrison, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m). Monday, February 1. MAINTENANCE
JANET LAWSON proceeded against W. Gibson for the support of his illegitimate child. An order for 6s per week was entered into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Monday, February 1. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
MAY RICHARDS, a little girl 14 years of age, was charged on remand with habitually wandering without occupation. A telegram was handed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 1. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) a Trio
ALEX. BONNAR, a fireman, fired up too freely on Saturday, and he was fined 5s, or the "rising." John Glen, seaman, loaded beyond the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 2. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Absent Without Leave
GEORGE SCOULAR, a seaman, was absent without leave from the ship Strathdown on the previous day. He went ashore saying he would only be away 15 minutes, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Poisoning Case in Japan. Mrs. Carew Found Guilty. Sentenced to Death
LONDON, Monday.—The trial at Yokohama, Japan, of Mrs. Edith May Hollowell Carew for the murder, by poisoning, of her husband, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anarchy in Crete. Wholesale Murder
LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible panic prevails at Canea, the capital of Crete, where Christians and Mahomedans are murdering each other. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 3. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) Three o' 'em
JOHN DYSON, Thomas Gray, and Geo. Clarke sat in the box nursing their heads, and the S.M. asked them to pay a crown or remain indoors for 24…
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At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G F. Scott, P M., and Mr. A. Wilkinson, J.P., John Moylan was fined 5s, and 5s 6d costs, for having supplied liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butler Before the Court. Charged with Preston and Weller's Murder. His Explanation of Weller's Death. Important Admissions. the "Other Man."
LONDON, Thursday.—Butler was brought before the San Francisco Police Court yesterday, and formally charged with the wilful murder of Preston and Captain Lee Weller in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rosebrook Murder. Terrible Confession by Mrs. Snell. Killed while Praying. Melbourne
FURTHER horrible facts have come out regarding the murder of Mrs. Lyfield at Rosebrook, near Port Fairy. The particulars of the confession made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 5. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.)
EDWARD BEANES, an aged man, was charged with refusing to pay for liquor supplied him by Mrs. Stoker, the landlady of the Miners' Home Hotel, Elder-street. He pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 5. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunk
WILLIAM BOWE and Elizabeth Trotter both admitted that they were too full to attend the weekly meeting of their lodges, and a fine of 5s, or the "rising" was imposed in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder in Japan. the Sentence on Mrs. Carew
LONDON, Thursday.—The sentence of death passed at Yokohama upon Mrs. Carew, for the murder by poisoning of her husband, Mr. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petty Debts Court. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.)
Beale and Company summoned Benjamin Walker for the sum of £9 16s 6d, being a balance due on a sewing machine sold and delivered. The defendant admitted that he…
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