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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
956 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 48
John Joseph Callanan, labourer, was fined £1, with the option of a week's gaol, for having, in Hunter-street, been drunk and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For having, behaved indecently in Newcomen-street, George Munro (miner) vas fined 5s, in default 24 hours' gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In connection with the Gatton tragedy it is generally understood that the police have come to the conclusion that the person who was seen standing at the sliprail on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A certain place broke loose was Sydney on Saturday night. Unlike in other cities the police here permit the night of the 31st December to be ushered out by the people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →James M'Cann, James Farmer, and Daniel Burke were fined in small amounts for drunkenness. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About 90 hawkers' annual licenses were granted, more than half the applicants being Chinese. The others included Arabians, Syrians, Welshmen, Englishmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Coroner initiated an inquest to-day relative to the death of Robert Crooks, who died in Sydney Hospital yesterday from the effects of injuries received in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Peake (fireman) was charged with having, on the 3rd instant, at Newcastle, maliciously injured a globular lamp, valued at £2, the property of Lang and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charles Bollen, a stranger, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Nelson-street, and on account of having been locked up was ordered to be detained till the rising of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., H. Crothers, M. Murray, and G. Maher, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →O. S. Petterson v. George Taylor, goods sold and delivered, £1 16s 9d, 5s 6d costs; verdict for amount, to be paid 10s per fort night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Kelly's application for the renewal of the license of the Criterion Hotel, Maitland-road, was granted. COLONIAL WINE LICENSE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The decision of the Assembly not to allow the £5000 required for the Earls Court Exhibition has effectually knocked that project on the head. At the last meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Francis Grant was fined 5s, with 4s 10d costs, and Matthew Seymour 1s, with 6s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peter Hughes, seaman, was fined for having been drunk in Bolton-street on the afternoon of the 5th inst. ALLEGED LARCENY.—ACCUSED…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Dial, bankrupt, stated that his total indebtedness as per schedule amounted to £68 12s 0½d, assets nil. He was a miner at present at West Wallsend. He had no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Robert Dewar (miner) was fined for having been drunk in Hunter-street. George Rees was charged with being a habitual drunkard, thrice convicted for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The body of the missing boy, Alfred Stephen Hill, was found at Goodna to-day, covered over with bushes. The condition of the remains points to the conclusion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is reported that the police have discovered, near Darra, what is supposed to be portion of the incinerated remains of a second boy, who disappeared about the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Barrett, Malvin Anderson, and John Pearce (seamen) were each fined in small amounts for having been drunk. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…
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