The Dreyfus Inquiry. Decision of the Court of Cassation
LONDON, Monday.—M. Blowitz, the "Times" correspondent at Paris, telegraphs that M. Lebret's bill stipulates that the decision of the Court of…
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Courts & crime, 1899
956 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 48
A Sydney Letter. the 5s a Half-year on Current Accounts. Lord Hampden's Going Away. St. Valentine's Day on the Down Grade. a Story of Tattersall's Sweeps. the New Norfolk Island Magistrate. About New Newspapers. a Popular Presbyterian Minister. General Booth's Australian Visit. Sydney
One would think, judging by the fun being made by "customers" through the papers, that it was not 5s but £5 the banks were charging on current accounts. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 14. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
Thomas Evans (apprentice) was fined 5s, in default three hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk on the public wharf at Carrington on the night of the 13th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Oxley Murder. The Case Against Wilson. BRISBANE
The police have made satisfactory progress with their investigations into the Oxley tragedy. It is believed that the police intend taking steps which will probably bring about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 15. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Riotous Behaviour
For having on the 11th instant been guilty of riotous behaviour, to wit, fighting in Hunter-street West, William Walter Wallace (labourer) was fined 10s, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 16. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
John M'Guire, painter, and Hugh M'Kechin, seaman, were fined for having been drunk. REMANDED…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, February 16. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, District Registrar.)
In the presence of proved creditors (Alfred William Robert Seltree and James Clark), the public examination was conducted and declared closed in:…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., presided at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Florence Gillespie was charged with obtaining the sum of £3 from William Bloore,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, January 17. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
Eugene Biard, seaman, was fined for having been drunk in Hunter-street West on the 16th inst. OBSCENE LANGUAGE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Petersham Tragedy. Briggs' Conduct at Newcastle Accused Sentenced to Death. Sydney
The trial of Stuart Christopher Wilson Briggs, on a charge of having, at Petersham, on December 14 last, murdered Maggie Binud Dutt, was begun at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oxley Murder. Opening of the Inquiry. BRISBANE
The inquiry into the death of the boy Hill was kept exceedingly, secret, consequently none of the public wore present, even the preen not being informed until a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 18. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
George Bell and William Ritchie (laborers) were fined for drunkenness. WITHOUT A TICKET. For having travelled from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Oxley Murder. Evidence of Wilson and His Son. Startling Statements
At the opening of the inquiry into the murder of the boy Alfred Stephen Hill, at Oxley, on December 10th, Wilson was put into the, witness-box in Brisbane Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Paddington Tragedy. Kelly Before the Court. Sydney
At the Paddington Police Court to-day, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., the man Michael Henry. Kelly, one of the principals in the terrible tragedy which took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and H. Crothers, J. P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Arthur J. W. Peak was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 20. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Charles Hunter, James Prinneville, Bartlett, labourers, and George Hayward, agent, were fined for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Courts
At the East Maitland Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Willoughby Marsh, J.P., Henry Duprez, and aged stranger, was ordered to be sent to Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 21. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Alexander Beeson (labourer) was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours gaol for having been found drunk in Scott-street on the evening of the 20th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, February 21. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) School Case
John Phillips was fined 5s and 5s 6d [?] for neglecting to send his danghter to school the required number of days. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sensational Murder Plot
The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily News" writing from there recently says:— Yesterday a railway porter, a big, burly man, entered the Central Police Station…
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