Terrible Tragedy. Murder by Blacks
A TRAGEDY which has no parallel in recent years was perpetrated by blacks on Friday night at Mawbey's homestead, a few miles from Breelong, near Gilgandia, on the Castlereagh River,…
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Courts & crime, 1900
405 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 21
Tragedy by Blacks. Murder of Two Girls and One Boy. Three Others Badly Wounded
SYDNEY, MONDAY.—During the absence of a selector named Mawbey, who resides near Gilgandra, in the Coonamble district, several blacks broke into the homestead, and…
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ON Monday. before the P.M. William Comerford pleaded guilty to being drunk in Fisher Park on Saturday last, and was fined 5s or 24 hours in gaol…
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WORD reached Mudgee on Monday that blacks murdered Alexander M'Kay, of Sportsman's Hollow, near Ulan. Mrs. M'Kay is also severely injured. The blacks were armed with rifles and…
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At Grafton, on Tuesday, before the P.M., Cornelius Peara summoned C. Hassanshaw for assault. There was another case of assault, Peara v. Charles Delane, and it…
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Further particulars with regard to the murder of Keren Fitzpatrick, aged 60, by the blacks show that the tragedy occurred at his home, two miles from Wollar. A nephew of…
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ON Friday, before the P.M., A stage coach license was granted to J. E. O'Keeffe, for vehicle plying between Grafton and Glen Iunes…
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YESTERDAY, before Messrs. D. Sec and G. A. Innee Mackay, Js P. John McLuchlan was charged with using abusive language in River-street, Maclean, on Wednesday, and assaulting F. Moorehead; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. ON Monday, before the P.M.
Michael M'Grath pleaded guilty (I) to refusing to pay for liquor supplied at the Commercial Hotel, and (2) to using indecent language in the bar of the some hotel…
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A telegram from Mudgee this morning reports that another murder has been committed by the Breelong blacks near Narrendee. No particulars are…
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AN official wire from Sub-inspector Sykes, of Maitland, states that all traces of the Breelong blacks have been lost, and that the pursuers--both men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fortune How to Court Her. the History of Change. Sweeps, Lotteries, and Consultations
NOTHING can be more interesting than the history of the various means by which persons little Weasel with this worlds' Roods have, through all time, tried to give…
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On Tuesday, before the P.M. Mary Jane Chapman was summoned for keeping a ferocious dog. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable Austen and Leslie Bailey gave evidence…
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At Grafts j. yesterday, before the P.M. John Murphy, for discharging firearms in the public street, was fined 5s and 4s lOd costs, in default four days imprisonment. Mr. Bawden for defendant…
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ON Friday, before the P.M. Mary Ann Smith pleaded guilty to absconding from her hired service with F. C. Currey. Defendant, who stated she was 16…
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During a quarrel at Nulla (West Australia) a colored man smashed in the skull of a man named Staples with a piece of iron, causing his death…
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THE police parties in search of the Breelong blacks last night reported that they had lost all traces of the fugitives. Reports of the traces being discovered…
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THE annual report of the Controller-General of Prisons for 1890 shows the value of the labor performed by the Grafton gaol prisoners during that period. The £743 14s 8d, or £8 12s 4d in…
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John Barry v. B. Moss, claim of £14 9s for work done. Plaintiff non-suited. William Nicholson v. Michael Shea, claim of £5 for sale of three horses and one foal…
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At Grafton yesterday, before Messrs. L. Jacobs and H. C. T. Maxted. Charles Casson pleaded guilty to cutting timber on Crown lands without a license,…
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