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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
985 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 50
A first offender was fined 5s. or to be imprisoned until the rising of the court. Absent Without Leave. Joseph Smith, seaman, of the British,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, R. Scobie, and H. Crothers, L.Ms., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The first meeting of creditors and public examination in the estate of William Montgomery, grocer, of Beaumont-street, Hamilton, was held at noon. Mr. Millard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hannah Spruce v. Walter Fulton, of Merewether, goods sold; £1 17s 4d. Verdict for plaintiff for the full amount, and 6s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Charlestown Police Court on October 4, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Eleanor Scholes, for being drunk in Ida-street, Charlestown, was fined 5s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ernest Ray pleaded guilty to having, at West Wallsend on the 6th October, maliciously damaged nix glasses, valued at 2s. the property of Thomas Watson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor of Newcastle, Alderman J. Gilbert, has addressed the following further letter to the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Wade, relative to the agitation for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Peter Crane was charged, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Joseph Pearson pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent behaviour in Kemp-street, on the 1st inst., and was fined 5s, with is 10d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A first offender for drunkenness was admonished and discharged at the rising of the court. Improper Behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M. A. Capewell sued R. Owen for the sum of £1 15s 7d, balance due on goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the amount claimed, with 5s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two first offenders were each fined 5s, or to be imprisoned until the rising or the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M., fines were imposed upon the following persons for neglecting to send their children to school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking murder occurred early this morning in Lydiard-street, Ballarat, when a young man named James Rowhan, killed Kate Beachley, his sweetheart, by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robert Coulson, of Cary-street, Marrickville, was examined in Bankruptcy, before Mr. H. H. Chippendall, Chamber Magistrate. Mr. J. A. Wood appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two seamen, Andrew Vincent and Thomas Donahoe, arrested by Constable Roots, for drunkenness in Hunter-street, were fined 5s, or imprisonment until the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →J. Butterworth was charged with using obscene language in Regent-street, New Lambton, on the 1st instant. He pleaded guilty and was fined £1, or seven days'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Verdicts for the plaintiffs were given in the following cases:—Eliza Williams v. John Erskins, £2 0s 3d, and costs 5s; F. and W. Cowan v. John George, £6 10s, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The licensing inspector's quarterly report showed that there were 146 hotels is the district that were well conducted; 31 fairly well conducted, and four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. F. P. Mears, D.S.M., two inebriates were fined 2s 6d, and 4ds 10d costs, and is, and 4s 10d costs, respectively, in…
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