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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,032 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 52
Thomas Madden, licensee of the Racecourse Inn Merewether, applied for a renewal of his publican's license. Mr. Charles Readett appeared for applicant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.. presided at the West Wallsend Police Court on Wednesday. Charles Morris, charged with using improper language in Carrington-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Philip Vidas, charged with being absent without leave from the British-registered vessel Nichdale, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ernest Charles Firth, 17, John Powell, 18, and Francis Adamthwalte, 19, were charged with stealing a whip valued at 1s 6d, at Merewether on the 23rd instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I am a working man and have a very large family to support. I had one boy, aged 13½ years, attending our local public school. Knowing I could obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Alexander Chessell was charged with stealing a pig at Cessnock on October 3rd, 1905, the property of Snape and Sons, auctioneers. Accused pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The sitting of the Quarter Sessions opened in the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday morning. Judge Fitzhardinge presided. Mr. Sidney Mack was Crown Prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were fined 5s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. Frederick Carr, William Lankeman, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Love, S.M., presided at the Small Debts Court on Monday. The case of Hope V. Gilpin, being a claim for damages alleged to have been caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arthur Kirkett pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing articles to the value of £5 in the dwelling-house of David Forrester, at Toronto,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Kaiser and Francis Wallace were charged with assaulting and robbing an old man named George Hall at Killingworth, on August 31st. Accused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Quarter Sessions were continued yesterday before Judge Fitzhardinge and juries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Edward Rochford, charged with using prohibited language in Market-street, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, in default 14 days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A boy 13 years of age, was charged, that he did, at Newcastle, on November 26, steal a saw, three planes, a brace and bit, a two-foot rule, and a chisel, of the total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Alice Mackie was charged with having, on the 28th October, travelled in a railway carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four youths were brought before the Court on a charge of having behaved riotously at Hamilton. Mr. T. A. Brave appeared for the defendants. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The sittings of the Quarter Sessions were continued in the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge and juries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Evan Owens, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s, or 24 hours, and for using improper language £1, or 14 days. William Gray, for being drunk in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Joseph Dalton was charged with assaulting Andrew M'Ewan, at Newcastle on November 8th, and causing him actual bodily harm. Accused pleaded not guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Albert Croft was charged with stealing a pig, at West Maitland on October 18th, the property of Patrick Burke. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was defended by…
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