Sentenced to Death
LONDON, Thursday.—The trial of the German butcher Schneider for the murder of a journeyman baker named Berndt by incinerating him in an oven…
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Courts & crime, 1898
1,032 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 52
Maitland District West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Robert York was charged, on the…
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William Henry Moore was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with maliciously shooting at Martin Schmidt with intent thereby to do him…
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William Porteous, on being examined, deposed that he was a miner working at the Co-operative Colliery. He was a married man with one child,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 15. (Before Mr. James Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Emanuel Jacobsen and Emanuel Vedel, seamen, were fined for having been drunk. RIOTOUS…
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The District Court was re-opened yesterday morning, before his Honor Judge Murray. The last case for hearing was that of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Double Murder at Petersham. a Fearful Crime. Opening of the Inquest. Viewing the Bodies. the Prisoner Violent. Sydney
An inquest on the bodies of Maggie Dutt and Margaret Miller was opened to-day, and formal evidence having been taken, the inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday…
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LONDON, Friday.—Fifty thousand rounds of Lee-Metford cartridges have been stolen from Hounslow barracks. There is no clue to the thieves…
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A single meeting of creditors and a public examination in the case of Daniel Horgan, farmer and cattle dealer of Martinville, was held at East Maitland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 16. (Before Mr. Jas, Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Charles Fredrick Mander, carpenter, John Hall, labourer, and Hugh Kennedy, fireman, were fined in small amounts for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, December 14. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
Benjamin Reattie, for being drunk and disorderly at West Wallsend, was fined 10s and 4s 10d costs, or seven days in goal. SMALL DEBTS…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →International News. New Departure at Pekin. a Reception at the Court
LONDON, Thursday.—The Dowager Empress of China yesterday received the wives of the foreign Ministers at Pekin. Lady Macdonald, wife of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 17. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Richard Powell, a miner, was fined for drunkenness in Darby-street on the 16th inst. INDECENT BEHAVIOUR…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Yarra Mystery. Suspected Murder. MELBOURNE
Two boys named Brown and Safo noticed a boot truck floating in the Yarra at South Richmond this afternoon. They pulled the box ashore, and saw it was tied round with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, December 19. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
Hugh Adair, James Stevens (labourers), James Walsh (coaltrimmer), Sarah Thomas (married), and Theodore Fasting (seaman) were fined in small amounts for having been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 19. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Indecent Language
Alex. Lang pleaded guilty to making use of indecent language on the 16th instant, and was fined 10s. Paid. ASSAULT…
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Late on Monday night last or during the very early hours of yesterday morning, a burglary was committed in Mr. R. Reid's warehouse in Brown-street. On making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 20. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
Moses Hughes, 64, was fined for having been drunk in Railway-street, Merewether, on the 19th instant. "JACK" ASHORE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, December 20. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Alleged Impure Milk
David Owen, sanitary inspector to the Waratah Municipal Council under the Public Health Act, appeared to prosecute Michael Torpey, charged with selling to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Earls-court Show
So the Earls-Court Exhibition, so far as we are concerned, is done! Why? Because honourable members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales are…
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