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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
984 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 50
Margaret Watt summoned Joseph Summer for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. Mr. Reid appeared for the plaintiff. Defendant did not appear when called…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For having on Thursday evening been found intoxicated in Hunter-street, John M'Namara was fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., a young man named George Mitchell was charged with having, at West Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A first offender, who was drunk in King-street on Friday afternoon, was admonished and discharged. Juvenile Vagrant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., Robert Scoble and E. E. Wright, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Arthur Hogan was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Indecent Behaviour. Hans Hamerson was fined 10s, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Tuesday, February 5th, before Mr. J. Dill, J.P., Thomas M'Williams, William Punton, Matthew Bloomfield, and Samuel Brown were charged with "burglariously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Edward Sinnott, an old offender, was fined £1, with the option of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John R. Evans was brought up as being deemed to be of unsound mind. Constable Clark depose to the youth wandering about the street in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. John Wilson, for having on Wednesday evening been found inebriated in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Verdicts were given as follow: Newcastle Borough Council v. Hugh Morgan, claim for rates: verdict for 5s costs of court, as amount of claim…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., yesterday, the following cases were heard:—Police versus William Scott, indecent language; fined 5s, with 4s 10d costs. In the Small Debts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas Selway and Frederick Selway were charged on an information laid by Constable Webster with stone throwing at Jesmong on the 3rd inst. They pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Indecent Behaviour. Hugh M'Dougal was fined 10s, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For having on Friday been found inebriated in Hunter and Thorn streets respectively. Dominic Owens and Chas. Bourne were each fined 2s 6d, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Saturday.—Surgeon Walker was thrice wounded at Modderfontein. A Boer then battered his head with a stone, killing him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Newcastle Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., 19 wheelers and drivers, who recently threw the Stockton pit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. G. F. Scott P.M., and R. Scoble, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Four inebriates were cautioned and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police-constable A. Williams, who served with the Australian Horse in the South African War, and was invalided to London, where he remained four months, returning…
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