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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
988 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 50
The British bombardment of Westende greatly damaged the German positions. The British blow up several magazines, and destroyed a number of batteries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alfred Lucas pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting John Hodgson, chief officer of the steamship Barbara, at Newcastle, on November 19. John Hodgson said that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Van den Linden has been court martialied at Pretoria for attempting to organise a rebellion. He was sentenced to two years' impriscnment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wools, Marans, and Convey, the last of the rebel leaders, have been captured and tried by court-martial, as also the Fourie brothers, in Pretoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the charge division James Josep. Clinton alias J. J. Brennan, alias James Conlon, alias "Limur[?]" was charged with being an idle and disorderly person,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. Matthew Hugh Downie (31),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each ordered to pay, a fine of 2s 6d, or be detained for five minutes. Remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There is one German who seems to lie, and who boldly throws off the mask, and lets us see right into the Teutonic mind (says a correspondent in France of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Simpson (21), labourer, was on a charge of drunkenness, fined 5s, with the alternative of imprisonment for 24 hours. Joseph Grant (37), seaman, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The work of the Police Department has shown a steady increase during the year, and in the latter months the outbreak of the war placed upon it a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. Michael Howe was ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Gladding and Lou Davies were charged with riotous behaviour. They both pleaded guilty, and were each ned 10s with 6s costs. James Cavanah was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Hart, acting on behalf of the Hunter Water Board, obtained a verdict of 10s, with costs, against Jane Simpson for rates; and Mr. H. J. Noble, acting on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of live minutes' detention. Frank Williams (21), miner, Samuel Lee (29),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verdicts, with costs court, were awarded the plaintiffs in the following cases: R. T. Rundle v. H. C. Dengate, Newcastle, goods sold, £5 5s; and J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The blowing up in the Dardanelles by the British submarine B11 of the Turkish battleship Messoudieh caused consternation in Constantinople…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Renewals of billiard licenses were granted to Joseph Thomas, Plattsburg; A. N. Potter, Teralba; and George Elliott, Royal Hotel, Minmi. A renewal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A court-martial has sentenced to death Bruno Maxheim, the spy who guided the Germans when entering Epernay, on the Marne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Prinniville pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and though an old offender, was, in consideration of having been locked up since Christmas Eve…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Details regarding the late railway collision show that a crowded troop train from Prussia collided with a Kalisch train, which was returning with wounded…
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