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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 52
Alexander M'Quarie, 55, seaman, pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and to having used improper language. He was fined 2s 6d as a first offender for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Henry Jones was fined £2, in default 14…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two first offenders, on charges of drunkennes, were each ordered to pay a fine of 2s 6d, or undergo two hours' detention. Andrew Coogan, for being drunk, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the general court-martial sitting in the High Court resumed its sittings to-day, the Judge-advocate (Professor Peden) summed up in the cases in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, in default two hours' imprisonment. Alick Hancock (25), soldier, pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Brooks v. Robert Bates, alleged breach of Landlords and Tenants Act. Adjourned till 4th April next. Thomas Taafe, for drunkenness at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One first offender, for being found drunk was fined 2s 6d, or five minutes' detention. John Fay, called to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frederick Piper (40), shop assistant, on a charge of being drunk the bar of the Australian Hotel, was fined 10s, with the alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Re William Snedden, miner, of Aberdare, The single meeting of creditors lapsed, and the public examination was declared concluded. Bankrupt attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Davies (32), carter, was charged with stealing, at Newcastle, on March 22nd, 24lb potatoes, valued at 4s 6d, the property of J. Ireland, Limited. Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The District Court-martial, to hear charges alleged to have been committed between February 13th and February 21st, continued its sittings at Victoria Barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sensational case is being tried before Mr. Justice Sir Thomas Horridge, in the Divorce Court. The King's Proctor is opposing the divorce of Mrs. Eva Black, an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A verdict was given for the amount claimed with costs in the case in which Steo. Mitchell sued Jack Yonokis, of Newcastle, to recover £4 due as money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Once more an agitation has been set on foot, which may result in the removal of the Melbourne gaol, in order to allow of a fine site being utilised for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A first offender on a charge of drunkenness was ordered to pay a fine of 2s 6d, or suffer two hours' detention. Remanded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Renewals of publican's licenses were granted:—Henry Arthur Burton, Commercial Hotel, Boolaroo; Patrick Joseph Grealey, Gladstone Hotel, Stockton;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Robert Duce (20), labourer, was charged upon an information alleging that on the 8th of March, 1916, at Narrabri, one William Smith, did obtain the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday. Edward Appleton was fined 10s, in default, 48 hours' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each ordered to pay a line of 2s 6d or undergo detention for live minutes. William Finn, 25, was fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Phillip Mullins, 62, baker, was lined 5s, in default, 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Charge of Vagrancy…
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