West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Alex. Wilkinson, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Two inebriates were fined 5s, with the…
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Courts & crime, 1899
956 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 48
A "Push" Assault. in Darby-street
Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Frederick Dawson Edwards, John James Paine, Richard Patterson, Thomas Edwards, and…
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Daniel Corbett, a man of about 28 years of age, was charged, with stealing from the person, at Newcastle, on 3rd July, property to the value of £3…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Murder Near Winton
Information was received at Winton, Q., on the afternoon of 31st August, that the dead body of a man had been discovered four miles along the Longreach-road, on…
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Henry Smith, a ship's steward, was presented on a charge of burglariously breaking and entering the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, on 16th July, and stealing therein…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 4. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
William Edgar, for drunkenness in Hunter-street on the 2nd instant, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' gaol. For drunkenness and disorderly conduct in…
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The principle of association was in a prominent position before the courts in Newcastle yesterday. At the Quarter Sessions the assembly generally known as the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—At the Court-martial yesterday, Major Hartman gave powerful evidence in favour of Captain Dreyfus…
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The following cases are listed for hearing at the District Court to be opened before his Honor Judge Docker to-day, or as soon as the Sessions are over:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 5. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Without Leave
For having, on the 4th instant, absented themselves without leave from, the ship Ellisland, Charles Wederstrom and Frank Seversensen were each sentenced to seven…
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LONDON, Monday.—Owing to the hostility of Colonel Jouast, the President of the court-martial at Rennes, M. Labori, one of the counsel for Captain Dreyfus, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, September 5. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Breaches of the Bylaw
Herbert E. Dees, Robert Brown, and John O'Hara were each fined 5s and 4s 10d costs for driving vehicles on the footpaths of the municipality. The informations were laid by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Actual Bodily Harm. an Old Offender Sentenced
John Powell, a labouring man of about 34 years of age, was presented on a charge of assaulting one Thomas Davies, at Broadmeadow, on 15th July, occasioning…
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William Campbell, a wheeler, employed at the Burwood Colliery, was presented on a charge of assaulting another wheeler named William Pendlebury, occasioning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft of a Clock. Nine Months' Hard Labour
Henry Smith, a ship's steward, who was presented on a charge of burglariously breaking and entering the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, on 16th July, and who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Seamen's Cases
For having on the instant disobeyed the lawful commands of James Edward Pearce, master of the British-registered vessel Fleur-de-Lis, lying at Newcastle,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Evidence of a sensational character wan given at the Rennes court-martial yesterday. It was proved that although the prosecution in 1894…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abduction of a Young Girl. Prisoner Sentenced to Three Years' Penal Servitude
William John Sparks, the man who was found guilty on a charge of taking away one Florence Victoria May Spark a girl under the age of 21 years, to wit, 16 years and 11…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.)
The business of the Newcastle District Court was commenced shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday, before his Honor Judge Docker. A case in which the Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 7. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Sunday Selling
A. Gilmoure, licensee of the Red Lion Hotel, Wallsend, pleaded guilty to selling liquor on Sunday, the 27th August. Sergeant Coghlan explained that there…
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