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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
956 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 48
For having, on the 23rd inst., been drunk in Scott-street, Robert Walker was fined 5s, with the option of three hours gaol. Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Maddison, of New Lambton, was charged with assaulting his wife, Mary Maddison, on the 22nd of October. The defendant pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"You cannot see anywhere such a bewildering blaze of uniforms and decorations as at a Court Levee or Drawing-room," says the writer of the paragraph "At a Court…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A first offender, a married woman, was admonished and discharged for drunkenness in Scott-street. Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. George Wall was fined £1, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alex, M'Gleesh, George Wells, Andrew When, and John Gorton, four lads, pleaded guilty to bathing in the waters of Lake Macquarie, within the park enclosure, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alfred Johnson and John Hall (seamen) and Robert Kenny (labourer) were charged with drunkenness. The two former were discharged, and Kenny was fined 5s. John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. J. P. Fitzpatrick, in his "The Transvaal from Within," given the particulars of this incident. He writes:—" The Boors when under the control of their leaders have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laurence M'Inerney duly celebrated the victory of the British at Belmont by getting tight, and for his indiscretion he was fined a dollar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →David Morgan, charged with being drunk in Bourke-street, Carrington, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours. Discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, John Banker and George Bowrey, on reman, were charged that they did, at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor, has removed from the Irish Magistracy the Nationalist Chairman of the Tipperary Council for moving a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Richardson and Walter Jones were charged with riotous behaviour in Council-street Piattsburg, on the 4th November, and pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two boys, aged 11, named Arthur Willis and Daniel Young, were charged with that they did, at Newcastle, on 28th inst., steal in company one with the other, two biscuit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Carrington Club Hotel license was transferred from John Champion to George Cousins. The Harbour View Hotel Scott-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Davies, a miner, from Minmi, deposed that he had previously been insolvent in Wallsend during the year 1895 or 1896. He did not obtain a certificate, and he had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A certain erratic member of the Legislative Assembly is seeking to provide against the free carriage of "deadheads" on the railways. By this it might be thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Smith, licensee of the Clyde Inn, West Wallsend, proceeded against Them as Hafey for being quarrelsome on his licensed premises, and refusing to leave when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Collins, of Dudley, summoned Thomas Gibson, of the same place, for deformation of character, in having told Elizabeth Hyde that he saw Mrs. Collins…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Donaldson, aged 25, a labourer, was brought up on a charge of drunkenesss in Lang-street, and was also charged with using indecent language when under arrest by…
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