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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
962 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 49
The single meeting and public examination were declared closed in the case of Samuel Boyd, a miner, residing at Teralba. Bankrupt stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Forward, being examined, deposed that he was a miner, and had been a resident of the Newcastle district for the past 14 years. He had previously been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Audrew M'Intyre applied for the transfer of the Tattersall's Hotel, West Wallsend, to Mr. John G. Williams. Mr. Harris appeared for the applicant. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The license of the Prince of Wales Hotel; Carrington was transferred from Percy Ackroyd to William Hayes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →James Burns and Arthur Collis were charged with stealing four knives, the property of Mary Ann Thomas. Constable Drew deposed that on Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Murphy pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness at New Lambton on the 1st instant, and was fined 2s 6d. Anthony Seidenkamp was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The first sitting of the Arbitration Court has now concluded, and the decision of the arbiters will be awaited with the greatest interest. Upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hearing of the industrial dispute between the Newcastle Wharf Labourers' Union and the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co., was concluded at the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Water and Sewerage Board summoned Hannah Edwards for the sum of 10s, due for rates. Verdict for plaintiff for the full amount, and 5s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →James Riley was fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for indecent behaviour, and the same accused for using obscene language was fined 10s, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is reported that an armed man balled up, fired at, and robbed a baker's carter of about £4 this afternoon on the Rocky Point-road. The scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For stealing coal from the railway line at Carrington, Nancy Turnbull, James Cousins, Margaret Jordan, and Thomas Simpson were fined 2s 6d each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following appeals against assessment in the borough of West Maitland were dealt with by Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M. Mr. Thomas Hughes, council clerk,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six first offenders for being drunk on Saturday were fined 2s 6d, in default to be detained until the rising of the court. Six for being drunk on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. John Bower, the president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, was not prepared to give expression to any opinion as the mode of procedure adopted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney is genuinely alarmed over the possible water famine. Some folks say the possibility is a probability, and naturally pessimists of unadvanced type realise the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two first offenders for being drunk were fined 2s 6d, in default to be detained for six hours in the cells. Alleged Wife Desertion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The police are now hot on the tracks of the Kenniffs, and hopes are entertained that the murderers of Constable Doyle and Mr. Dalke will shortly be captured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas M'Donnell for being drunk was fined 2s 6d, in default six hours' imprisonment, and £2, or 14 days, for indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mrs. S. M. Hartigan was summoned by the Greta Municipal Council for neglecting to destroy a dead horse. Daniel Hartigan, son of defendant, appeared for his…
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