Great Demonstration in Paris. Fight with the Police. 150 Students Arrested
LONDON, Sunday.—A great demonstration in favour of Greece was made in Paris to-day. Fifteen hundred students paraded the streets, shouting…
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Courts & crime, 1897
1,072 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 54
Maitland District. Police Courts
AT the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Crothers, J.P., Edward Size was brought up for drunkenness and was discharged. George Butcher was further…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 23. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) a Scott-street Row
GEORGE HUGHES and Evan Evans, watermen, were charged with riotous behaviour in Scott-street the previous afternoon. According to the evidence Hughes and Evans had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah. Electoral Revision Court
On Tuesday the usual monthly Electoral Revision Court was held at the Police Court before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M. Mr. W. Harris, registrar, was in attendance, and…
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George Butcher, the man who had been twice remanded on suspicion of being John Lester, an individual who failed to appear at the Sydney Quarter Sessions to answer a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, February 24. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten.) LANGUAGE
OWEN GORMLEY, for making use of indecent language, was fined 10s and 5s 6d costs, or seven days in Maitland Gaol.—Paid. RIOTOUS CONDUCT…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 24. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) The Only One
MARY COLSON was locked up on Tuesday night on a charge of drunkenness, and she merely replied "guilty" when asked if it was true that she had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, February 24. (Before G. F. Scott, S.M., and A. Pryor, J.P.)
MRS. F. SPEIGHT against her husband, F. Speight, for desertion. A summons in this case had been issued and served on the husband, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, February 25. (Before Mr. Mair, S.M.) Alleged Malicious Wounding
AN SUN, on remand, was charged with maliciously wounding one Loo You, at Newcastle, on February 19. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. the Semaphore Murder
The Semaphore murder case, in which the man named Andrew is accused of murdering John King at Semaphole railway station on January 25, while under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney City Treasurer Sentenced. a Deficiency of £5000. Sydney
THE ex-city treasurer of Sydney was to day brought up before Judge Cohen at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of embezzling £3699 2s 2d, the property of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal. the Volksraad and the High Court at Logger Heads
LONDON, Wednesday.—A cable from Pretoris states that a deadlock has occurred between the Volksraad and the High Court of Justice in the…
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At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., Patrick Ryan was charged with having used indecent language in Lawes-street. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 26. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
JAMES JOHNS, Dawson Dial, George Kelly, and Benjamin Jones, all youths, were charged that they did wilfully place stones on the tramway at Lambton on Sunday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 26. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M.) The Sixth Time
WILLIAM MICHAEL, MOLONEY, a seaman, appeared for the sixth time within a fortnight for drunkenness, and unless he pays a fine of £, he will just miss the Federal elections by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deadlock in the Transvaal. the Volksraad V. the High Court
LONDON, Thursday.—Later cables from Pretoria in reference to the deadlock between the Volksraad and the High Court of Justice state that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Contempt of Court a Fine of £50 Sydney
THE Full Court had before it to-day an application made on behalf of William Freeman Kitchen, editor of a Sydney weekly for the issue of a writ of attachment against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butler in San Francisco. Proceedings in Court. the Extradition. Expected Prolonged Delay. London
The inquiry regarding Butler's extradition is proceeding at San Francisco. Detective Roche identified a coat found in Butler's hit as belonging to Preston. Butler…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P , occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. An information was laid against Ann…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burglary at Greta
SOMEONE entered the Greta Colliery office through the window on Saturday night, unlocked looked the safe door, and extracted the cashbox. This was found 20 yards behind the…
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