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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 52
The police applied for a prohibition order, under the Liquor Act, against Johana Wallace, of Jesmond. Defendant did not appear, and the case was heard ex parte…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One first offender for drunkenness was fined 2s 6d, in default five minutes' imprisonment. William Janes French, a watchman, charged with being drunk and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A new Anti-seditious Press Act will be introduced into the Council of India on Friday. The murderer of Shamsul Alam, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before Judge Rogers, in the Industrial Disputes Court to-day, Mr. Watt, instructed by Mr. Flynn, agent for Messrs. Reid and Reid, of Newcastle, again appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The application of Hugh Cameron to make certain improvements to his licensed premises, the Star Inn, Hunter-street West, was approved, the work to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Newcastle Police Court, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, D.S.M., yesterday, Jane Hancock. Albert Thornton, and Patrick Purcell were proceeded against for that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Cohen, charged with being drunk in Hunter-street, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours, and for using improper language a fins of 20s, in default seven days was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the charge division, Francis Leslie pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk at Minmi on the 28th inst. Being a first offender, he was fined 2s 6d, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fiend 2s 6d, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court. A Violent Prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sylvester Lynham pleaded not guilty to a charge of improper assault on a girl aged twelve years and five months, at West Maitland. The accused, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William James Morley was charged with assaulting Abdul Mahomot at Carrington on November 28th, and robbing him of 15s. There was a second count of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Thomas Cox was charged with throwing upon Elizabeth Ellen Peel, at Abermain, on December 19th, a corrosive fluid, spirits of salts, with intent to do…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Phillips (22), seaman, was charged with escaping from Taree Gaol while serving a sentence for larceny. Constable M'Vicar deposed that at about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walter Trelevan, on summons, and charged by municipal inspector Jurd, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a vehicle on the footpath in Victoria-street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Samuel Mackay, charged with behaving in an improper manner in Merewether-street, was fined £2, in default one month's imprisonment. For using…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bengali youth Burendra Nath Sen Gupta, who shot Shamsul Alam, a Mahomedan Inspector of Police at Calcutta, refused legal assistance at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. M'Kensey, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday morning. Robert Spinks, Frank Jennings, Ivan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three first offenders, for having been drunk, were each fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the Court. Seaman's Disobedience…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The license of the Northumberland Hotel, West Wallsend was transferred from Thomas Watson, deceased, to Margaret Watson, administratrix. Mr. H. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court of Probate is considering the claim of Mr. Ernest Sackville West to the Barony of Sackville. Plaintiff produced letters as evidence…
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