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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
956 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 48
George Hudson applied for a renewal of the license of the Lake Macquarie Hotel, Teralba, and there being no police objection the renewal was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Patrick Morton was fined £1, with the option of fourteen days' gaol, for having, on the 30th inst., made use of indecent language in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mary Margaret Mercer was charged with being a child under the age of 16 years wit, 15 years and six months, having no fixed place of abode…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kate Nugent, alias O'Brien an old offender, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours gaol, for drunkenness in Pacific-street on the night of the 1st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hector M'Kinnon charged with indecent behaviour, failed to put in an appearance. Sergeant Coghlan explained that the accused had left the district before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alex, Frew, of the Tattersall's Hotel-Plattsburg, obtained a booth license for Lake Macquarie Park for the 9th inst., on the occasion of the Cockle Creek Boat Club…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wm, North v. George Gillespic. In this case there was no appearance of the plaintiff, and defendant obtained costs of 5s for loss of work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →George Messenger was granted a publican's booth license for the Highland Gathering sports on November 9. Transfer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alfred Smith, charged with being drunk at Charlestown on the 21st October, pleaded guilty, and was fined as, and 4s 10d costs. George Sharp pleaded guilty to being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stephen Earl, an old offender, was fined £1, with the alternative of a week's imprisonment in Maitland Gaol, for drunkenness in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Hughes summoned Henry Griffiths for the sum of £1 15s, due for rent. Verdict for plaintiff for the full amount, and 13s 6d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →George Eskman (22), C. F. Person (22), and Foster Lundberg (16) were charged with having deserted from the B.R. vessel E. A. O'Brien. Sentence: Three days'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas Cavanagh, a youth pleaded guilty to carrying firearms, to wit a gun, on Sunday the 29th ult., and was fined the minimum penalty of £2, and 4s 10d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richard Roberts, 47, for having been drunk in Hunter-street, was admonished and discharged. Alleged Serious Assault…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Joseph Mack, 40, and Edward Jessop, 22, were fined 5s each, in default three hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk at Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Samuel Johnson was charged by Constable Shaw with the following offences at Charlestown on the 2nd and 4th instant, viz.:—Indecent behaviour, drunk, on the 2nd, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Police Court Court, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., William Wallace pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent behaviour. Constable Brady explained that the offence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. A young man named Frank Robinson was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thomas Griffiths summoned Alexander Fear for having assaulted him, and defendant being found guilty, was fined 20s, and 21s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Haxwell Olsen, 32, and Robert William Roberts, 39, were admonished and discharged for drunkenness…
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