Presentation to a Police Officer
Sergeant Andrews, now of South Grafton, was entertained by residents of Lawrence at a farewell social in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening, which was attended by about 100…
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Courts & crime, 1902
446 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 23
Latest Telegrams. a Marine Murder. Sydney
BOTH the first and second engineers of the Chingtu absolutely deny the charges of murder made against them. They stated in evidence that during the…
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On Saturday before Mr. W. Marsh, J.P. A first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s. Yesterday, before the P.M. and Mr. W. Marsh. Christy Senz was charged with carnally…
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A CABLE last week stated that Pilizzolo, Fontans, and Trapani have henn sentenced by the court at Bologna to 30 years' imprisonment for the murder of Emanncle Notarbartol formerly Mayor of…
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A telegram from Gunnedah dated Friday last states that for some time a man named Edward Purcell, 51 years of age, and said to have been born in West Maitland, has been…
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ON Tuesday, before the P.M., an offender for drunkenness was fined 1s or the rising. Samuel Perkins pleaded not guilty to…
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A FEW days ago the body of a man named Sangal was found in a well at the rear of his house in Melbourne. At first it was suspected as a case of suicide, but subsequent…
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On Tuesday, before the P.M. William Prindable was fined [?]s or the rising for drunkenness. Arthur Comiskey, an old age pensioner,…
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At Grafton, yesterday, an individual on remand, deemed to be insane, was further remanded pending his being forwarded to Gladesville. At Ulmarra on Wednesday before the P.M., Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assault in a Church
AT Dubbo District Court, Frank Dunn, school teacher, Gilgandra, sued Gerald Fitzgibbon, for £100 damages. The particulars of the case showed that plaintiff went tot he Roman…
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ON Wednesday night week, a man, said to be a native of West Maitland, aged 51, confessed at the Salvation Array building at Gannedah that he had committed three murders in…
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At Grafton, yesterday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. Christy Senz, on remand, was charged with carnally knowing Jane Welch. 13½…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paul Leicester Ford. Story of His Murder
We have had here no more painful and deplorable event of its kind than the murder of Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist and historian, by…
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ON Monday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, ALLEGED SERIOUS OFFENCE. A young man named Christopher…
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WHAT appears to have been a brutal and premeditated assault with attempted robbery, occurred on Sunday night at a farm on the Tweed-road, six miles…
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AN unknown man entered the office of Quong Tart at noon on Tuesday, and stated that he was a detective and desired to warn them of a robbery…
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A murderous assault was committed on Tuesday upon Mr. Quong Tart, the well known Chinese merchant of Sydney. The latter was in his office when a man, whose name is unknown…
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THE death of Edward Sangal, an industrious middle-aged farmer, living near Dandenong (Vic.), is surrounded by circumstances which, though apparently…
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At Grafton, on Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Jacobs, J.P. Thomas Hutchings, jun., deemed to be insane, was ordered to be forwarded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes of the Day. a Magistrate on Sydney Lawlessness
It is rare indeed that a Police Magistrate feels it incumbent on him to refer to the great growth of crimes with violence, as a mere result of reading something in the…
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