Grafton Police Court. on Saturday, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P.
An Indian on remand, deemed to be insane, was discharged after hearing the evidence of Dr. Houison. A first offender for drunkenness was cautioned…
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Courts & crime, 1890
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Grafton Police Court
ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. J. C. Laycock, J.P. An individual on remand, deemed to be insane, but really suffering from the effects of a drinking…
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ON WEDNESDAY before the P.M. A first offender for being drunk was fined 10s, in default 24 hours in lock-up. A. Finalyson, for disobeying an order of the…
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DURING the week proceedings at the Police Court have been a little diversified through certain passages at arms that have occurred. On Tuesday the members of the Bench (the P.M. and Mr. J. C…
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ON THURSDAY, before Mr. W. Clarke, J.P. Lewis Crophy, alias James Chuthead, for drunkenness was fined 5s, or 24 hours. YESTERDAY, before the P.M., Messrs. E. M. Ryan…
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ON Wednesday the District Warden granted suspension of work for three months to Robert R. Davidson (as agent for Mr. Cadell) on goldmining leases 167 and 195, at Black Slate Creek,…
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MUCH feeling is being displayed in legal circles over the incident in the District Court at Newcastle, where Judge WILKINSON and a member of the Hunter District Circuit (Mr. SHAND) were the…
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ON THURSDAY, before the P.M. and Mr. Shields. Simon Bathgate v. William Cooper, claim of £2 13s 5½d, goods sold, &c. Undefended. Verdict for plaintiff for amount of claim, and 8s costs…
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YESTURDAY, before Messrs, W. Clarke and James O'Keeffe, J.'sP., A married woman deemed to be insane was, after hearing the evidence of her husband and Dr…
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THE case of the notorious aboriginal Tommy Ryan occupied the attention of the Full Court on Saturday. The multitudinous facts in connection with the case are well known. The various points…
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ON THURSDAY before the P.M., Messrs. Martin, Macnaughtan, Garvin, D. See and Shearer, J's.P. Theresa Kempnish v. John Busch, maintenance of an illegitimate child. Mr. Laman for…
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YESTERDAY, before the P.M., Messrs. Ryan and Buchan, J's.P. Catherine Penn, on remand, deemed to be insane, was, in accordance with evidence and…
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ON TUESDAY, before the P.M., and Mr. Ryan. Thomas Watts, on remand from Maclean, on a charge of being deemed to be insane, was ordered to be forwarded to the hospital for the insane at…
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AT the Darlinghurst Central Criminal, Court Sir GEORGE INNIS accommodated Mr. TOOLE with a seat on the Bench during the progress of a trial. This would rather upset the prevalent notions of…
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ON TUESDAY, before the P.M., Messrs. Ryan and Somson. John Coghlan, for being drunk and disorderly in Fitzroy-street, was fined 10s…
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ON MONDAY, before the P.M., Messrs. Shields, Bathgate and M'Pherson, J's.P. George Riley, on remand, charge with wounding one Gertrade Feisel, with intent to do her grievous…
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ON WEDNESDAY, before the District Registrar. A meeting in the estate of Alexander Sutherland was called, but bankrupt did not appear, and at the request of the Official Assignee the meeting was…
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I THINK the Minister for Justice ought to inform Judge Forbes that it is no part of his duty—that, in fact, it is contrary to his duty—to endeavour to discover how a disagreeing jury is divided. It was only the other day, in a case…
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ON THURSDAY, before Messrs. Clarke and Jacobs. Ellen Smith was charged with stealing £19, the property of David Dunn, at South Grafton, on the 30th ultimo…
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ON TUESDAY, before the P.M. An individual arrested on the Armidale Road, deemed to be insane, was after hearing the evidence of Senior-Constable Cowie and Dr. Houison…
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