Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m) Maintenance
CHARLES GREEN being called, Sergeant Coghlan explained that the summons could not be delivered, the defendant having left the district…
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Courts & crime, 1898
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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 24. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
Two seamen, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 6s, in default 24 hours. Sent to the Sabraon. A boy named Donovan, 9 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Conviction for Murder
James Gregan was found guilty of the murder of his father, but was recommended to mercy on the ground of provocation. CABMEN'S SHELTER…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, Registrar.)
Re William Bradley.—Bankrupt said he was a miner residing at Adamstown, and attributed his insolvency to inability to obtain employment. His earnings for the past two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vice-admiralty Court. the Arrest of the Aorangi
THE hearing of argument on the application made on behalf of the owners of the steamship Aorangi and George Stapleton Barnes, official receiver, for a stay of proceedings in…
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Messrs. Henry Crothers and M. P. Maher, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Giles was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, February 25. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Trespass
GEORGE and Thomas Smorthwaite were charged, on an information laid by Mr. F. Croudace, with trespassing on the Scottish-Australian Mining Co.'s enclosed lands…
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JOHN BAIRD, aged 52, a dealer, who was arrested by Constable M'Vicar for behaving in an indecent manner in Thorn-street, was fined £1 levy and distress, in default seven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 25. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Language
JOSEPH BYRNE, a seaman, was fined £2, in default 14 days' imprisonment, for using indecent language in Hunter-street. Behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grounding of a Warship. a Court-martial
LONDON, Friday.—Captain Anson Shomberg, of H.M.S. Victorious, which went ashore at Port Said while on the way from Malta to Chinas, is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rising in the Sierra Leone. Attack by the Native Police
LONDON, Saturday.—Serious rising has occurred in the Sierra Leone hinterland. The native police attacked the troops sent to quell it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Police Court
MESSRS. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. F. Moore was fined 5s, with the alternative…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 28. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.M.) Drunkenness
CHARLES MORGAN and Joe Wilson, aboriginals, were each fined 5s, or 24 hours, for drunkenness. Maggie Bullock (aboriginal) was charged with being drunk and using…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Charge of Murder
At the Police Court to-day William Archer, pisoner at St. Helena, was charged with the murder of a warder, Henry Dodd, by sabbing him. The evidence of Warder…
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Thomas Lindsay proceeded against John Scott for £3 3s, rent due by the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Weighing Question. the Full Court. Sydney
THE hearing of the appeal, Dixon v. Rogers, was continued in the Full Court to-day. Mr. Gregory Walker, Q.C., and Mr. Garland appeared for defendant in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H.M.S. Victorious. Result of the Court-martial
LONDON, Sunday.—The captain and commander of H.M.S. Victorious, which recently went aground off Port Said, have been tried by court-martial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, March 1. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Husband and Wife
WILLIAM IRVINE BARBER, a clerk, on remand, was charged with disobeying an order of the court for the maintenance of his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Weighing Question. What the Full Court's Decision May Mean. Interviews with Proprietors
THE decision of the Full Court, in upholding the magistrates of Wollongong, who decided that the construction to be placed upon the 38th section of the Coal Mines Regulation…
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Messrs. Henry Crothors, J. D. Prentice, and G. Maher, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Peter Taft was fined is, with the…
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