Adamstown. Appeal Court
A Friendly Appeal Court was held in the Council Chambers on Friday night to hear appeals against the assessments made by the council's valuators, Messrs. John Davis and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1898
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Police Court
Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., Alex. Wilkinson and Henry Crothers occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. James M'Keogh and John Dahlan, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, May 2. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunk
Richard Hepplewhite was charged with being drunk at Teralba on the 23rd April. Pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, 4s 10d costs, or the option of four days. The fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, May 2. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Language, &c
John Graham was charged with using obscene language in the bar of the Crystal Palace Hotel on Saturday evening. Accused pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Municipal Appeal Court. Monday, May 2. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
The Mayor (Alderman H. Rushton), Mr. A. Cook (council clerk), and Messrs. John Sumers and Daniel Jones (valuers), appeared on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, May 3. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness, &c
John Kerrigan, charged with drunkenness in Newcomen-street, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, in default 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 4. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
J[?]. Robinson and Jacob Jacobson, for drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours. Medical Treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 5. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) a Solitary
John Disten, a sesman, for drunkenness was fined 6s, in default 24 hours. Disobedience. Alphonse Louis Serre, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
Lasker Bros. v. T. Davis, claiming £5, for suit of clothes supplied. Adjourned for a fortnight. J. Brumby v. Richard Robinson, claiming…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court
Howell and Son v William Brown, A. Ross garnishce, amount claimed £3 6s 6d. Amount paid into court £3 5s 6d, which sum Howell agreed to take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, 4Th May. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Wheelers' Troubles
W. B. Pendleton, manager Caledonian Coal Company, proceeded against J. Proudlook, W. Evans, R. Meiklejohn, and Gilbert Ridley, all of West Wallsend, for absenting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, May 5, 1898. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunk
William Shaw, a stranger and evidently a hard case, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street, Plattsburg, on the 4th instant, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plattsburg Council Appeal Court. Thursday, May 5. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.)
The Mayor (Alderman O. G. Steel), Mr. T. Abel (council clerk), and Messrs. David Forrester and John Mesa (valuers) appeared on behalf of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Stealing
William Shaw, on remand from the previous day, was charged with stealing a suit of clothes from Mr. Thos. Gale's shop, Nelson-street, on the 4th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 6. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Jas. M'Person, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Newcomen-street, was lined 10s, in default 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →France and China. Murder of Missionaries
LONDON, Thursday.—Gerard, the French Minister at Pekin, has notified his Government that a Chinese mob has murdered a priest and two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Police
Inspector Lynch and Sub-inspector Saunders have had an exceptionally busy time over since the week of the Maitland was first reported. The police office has been besieged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life on the Ocean Wave. Case at the Police Court. a Seaman Assaulted
At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M., Charles Russell, a seaman proceeded against Angus Grant master of the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 7. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Indecent Behaviour
Jas. Hunter, a stonemason, for indecent behaviour in Newcomen-street, was fined £1, in default seven days. An Old Offender…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ex-Water-police Constable Brown's Story
Ex-Water-police Constable Brown and his wife were passengers by the Maitland. Mrs. Brown is confined to her bed. She is suffering acute agony, being braised all over the…
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