French Court Trials
At a French trial the prisoner is brought into court by soldiers heavily armed: the dock always faces the windows, so that the light falls full on his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1900
957 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 48
Newcastle Police Court Friday, August 31. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness
For drunkenness in Hunter-street on Thursday night Carl Olsen was fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murders by Blacks. the Fugitives Twitting the Police. Merriwa
The cold windy weather is expected to have the effect of exhausting the black fugitives. After leaving Leggett's their tracks were followed to P. F. M'Garrigle's, still on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, September 1. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness
James Carlin, for drunkenness in Hunter-street on Friday evening, was fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, September 3. (Before Mr. Love, D.S.M.) Indecent Language
Alexander Lang, charged with making use of indecent language in Kenrick-street, Plattsburg, on the 25th August, pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, September 3. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Five first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Carl Olsen was fined 10s, with the option of three days' gaol, for having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Love, D.S.M.) Transfer
Ellen Jane Cox, widow of the late John Cox, of the Reservoir Hotel, Lambton, applied to have the license transferred to her own name. There being no police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, September 4. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Stephen Earl, an old offender, was fined £1, with the alternative of 14…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marine Court. Sydney
Judge Backhouse, sitting in the Court of Marine Inquiry, delivered the finding of the Court this afternoon respecting the collision in the harbour between the Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)
Andrew Penfold v. George Penfold, for board and lodgings, £3 4s 3d. Verdict for plaintiff, with 6s 6d costs. P. Maher v. E. Fenwick, for goods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing in a Dwelling
John Hughes, a tailor, pleaded guilty to having, at Newcastle, on 5th August, stolen in the dwelling-house of Benjamin Henry Reillyâthe Brighton Hotelâa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, September 5. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)
The charge laid against M. Gilmour by Police Constable Barry, Lochinvar, for cruelly dragging a live cow on the Main North-road, near Anabah, and part heard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hamilton Case. Wolley Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment
Frederick Woolley, a labourer, was presented on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Cook, at Hamilton, on 16th July, and stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, September 5. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Six first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Indecent Language. James M'Glinn was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District West Maitland Police Court
Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. In the adjourned case of John E. Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stealing in Company. Two Boys Convicted
David Hayes, Edward Gordon, James Johnson, Charles Jones, and Walter Wilson, boys between the ages of 16 and 18 years, were presented on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, September 6. (Before Mr. Love, D.S.M.) Wife Desertion
Agnes Ann Wilson sued her husband, Robert Wilson, for having since the 1st of January last left her without any means of support…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness
Three first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged, Thomas Grace, an old offender, was fined £1, with the alternative of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Bankruptcy Court Thursday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, District Registrar
The single meeting and public examination in bankruptcy were declared in:— Re John M'Clusky, who said that he…
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