Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 14. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Drunkenness
Anthony Rug Hivven was fined 5s, with the option of these hours gaol, for drunkenness in Hunter-street. Drunk and Disorderly…
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Courts & crime, 1899
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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 14. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Breach of Railway Act
William Miller was charged that he did on the 30th August, travel in a railway carriage between Hamilton and Cockle Creek without having paid his fare, and pleaded guilty…
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It is reported that between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning an elderly man named Harrison, a ship's steward, was cruelly assaulted and robbed, on a vacant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, September 15. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
W. Sheppard pleaded guilty to being drunk on the 10th inst. and was admonished and discharged. School Attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 15. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Riotous Behaviour
Thomas Peacock and James Flood were charged with having behaved in a riotous manner on the night of the 14th inst. C. Constable Dwan, who made the arrests,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Story in the Divorce Court
In the Divorce, Court, London, Justice Buckall recently heard what he described as the strangest story over told in that Court. It was the petition of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Push Assault. Stabbing, Kicking, and Bottle-throwing
Heavy sentences passed recently by a Newcastle Stipendiary Magistrate on a Darby street "push" that assaulted a couple of sailors have not been as effective a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, September 16. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Riotous Wanderers
Mary Elizabeth Byrnes and Martha Iles were charged with being disreputable persons, found wandering in Burwood-street, and behaving in a riotous manner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged "Push" Assault. Accused Remanded
Before Mr. L. s. Donaldson, [?].M., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Edward Copeland and Henry Toomey were charged with that they did at Newcastle, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District an Assault Case
At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., and M. Murray, a young man named Ernest Skinner was charged on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, September 18. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Without Leave
Wilson Stewart, who without permission absented himself from the ship Persian, was ordered to be sent on board. Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 17. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) School Attendance Cases
The following parties were dealt with for neglecting to send their children the required number of days to the Public School for the past half-year:âMrs. J. Watkin…
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LONDON, Monday.—A Jew named Silsner has been convicted and sentenced to death at Polna, Austria, for the ritual murder" of a Christian girl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 19. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Thomas Miller, and elderly seaman, was found staggering in Hunter-street. West at about midnight on the 18th inst. He was arrested and taken to the lockup, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, September 20. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.m.) a Serious Charge
James Melville, a middle-aged man, was charged under 46 Vic, No. 17, section 41 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act with that he did at Newcastle, on or about July 1 last,…
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At the above court on Wednesday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Senior-constable Bowen proceeded against Hugh M'Kinnon, Thomas Moore, and George Nichols for neglecting to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 21. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Protection
Adolph Muisa, the Spaniard stowaway, who on Wednesday night had a mile and a half swim, and was locked up for protection, was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 21. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) School Attendance
Mr. Hugh Wilking, who failed to answer the summons last court day, pleaded guilty to the charge of neglecting to send his child to school, and was fined 1s: and 8s costs.—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, September 21. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.)
Verdicts were given as follow:— C. E. Sorby add Co. v. J. M'Shine, claim £2 13s; judgment for plaintiff, with 7s costs of court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Friday, September 22. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Stealing
Henry. J. Iles, 11 years and Frederick E. Philips, 12 years, were charged with stealing two tins of salmon, value 1s 2d, the property of the New South Wales Railway…
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