The Brewarrina Burglary. Brewarrina
The police have recovered between £80 and £90 worth of property the proceeds of a recent burglary in this district. Four arrests of suspected parsons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1897
959 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 48
Father Salvator's Murder. London
Colonel May bar Buy, who was concerned in the murder of the priest, Father Salvator, at Morash, has been degraded from bis rank and ordered to be imprisoned in a interns,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burglars Sentenced SYDNEY, Monday Night
Jane Prenderville was sentenced to three years, and Nellie Baxter to two years for burglary at Redfern. Their daughters, both aged 13, were sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murderous Assault by a Chinaman. SYDNEY
On Sunday night a Chinaman named Ah Cut entered on opium den at Tingha, where two other Chinamen, named Ah Choy and Tin Kong were lying on a bank, smoking,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]urd PoliceCou[?] (Before Mr. C. E. Smith, P.m.) Monday 22Nd February, 1897
James Burf[?]it v. J. Hobbs. Complainant, as agent for the Executors of of the late J. N. Gilmour, sought to have defendant ejected from a house and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary in Sydney. SYDNEY, Tuesday night
The premises of Lark and Co, importers of Carrington-street, were entered on Sunday night, and about £10 stolen from the safe, the thieves having…
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At the Sessions this morning John Golding and George Collins, convicted of having assaulted and robbed Dennis Hall, ware each; sentenced to 3 years' hard labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of Father Salvatore. LONDON, Monday night
Colonel Ma[?]r Bey, who was concerned in the murder of the priest Father Salvatore, at Marash, has been degraded from his rank, and ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Sea Tragedy. Murder and Cannibalism in the New Hebrides
Some six months ago Mr. S. Duncan arrived in Sydney from South Africa. He had an idea of going to she Islands in order to make a living for himself in the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Treasurer Sentenced. SYDNEY
Arthur James Spiers, late City 'Treasurer of the Municipal Ucunoil, Sydney, pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court to-day of embezzling £3,669. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thurst PoliceCourt Wednesday, 24Th February, 1897. (Before Mr. C. E. Smith, P.M.)
Edward Johnson, en remand, was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support. Dr. W. F. Bassett, gaol surgeon, certified that accused had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Thursday, February 25Th. (Before Mr. E. T.Webb, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly
Patrick King was charged with being drunk and disorderly in George-street, also with using obscene language. Constable Brosnan deposed to the arrest at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced to Marriage
A young man and a young woman were contesting pessession of a piece of property, the one claiming under an old lease, and the other under an old will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced for Uttering. SYDNEY
Frank Percival, a medical specialist, was sentenced to 8 years' hard labor for uttering a forged receipt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arthur Speer Sentenced. SYDNEY Thursday night
Arthur J. Speer the ex-city Treasurer pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court to embezzling £3699from the Sydney corporation. He stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Police Court Monday 25Th February, 1897. (Before Mr. E. T. Webb, J.'sP.)
Pat King, went down to the tune of 10s or 48 hours on a charge of drunkeness, and 30s or 21 days on a charge of 'Language' Constable Brosnan it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. FRIDAY, February, 26. (Before Mr. John Meagher, E. T. Webb, and H. Copeland, Js.P.) Charge of False Pretences
John Edward Aubrey was charged, on remand, with obtaining £1 129 6d from William Thomas Chandler by means of a valueless cheque with intend to defraud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contempt of Court. John Norton Fined. Sydney
John, Norton, editor of Truth, was this morning fined £50, or imprisonment till it is paid, for printing certain matters relating to a pending libel action. He was allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carcoar District Court. Monday, 22Nd February. Before his Honor Mr. Acting-Judge Wade. SLANDER
Mrs. Hoadley v. J. Stinson. Claim for £200 damages for slander. Mr. Dalton, instructed by Mr Isaacs, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. SATURDAY, February 27TH, 1897. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—Alfred Davis, 21, was charged with riotous behaviour in Piper-stroet. He pleaded guilty onder provocation, bb he was simply defending himself. From…
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