Mappin Sentenced
THIS morning William Ambrose Mappin was presented before Mr. Gower, P.M., in the localcourt, on two charges of larceny as a bailee. The first accusation was of…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Acquitted of Murder. London
William Barratt has been acquitted of the charge of murder and mutilation of the boy John Millatt, at Bradford, a few days ago…
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WILLIAM DAVIS, of Purnamoota, in the Warden's Court, Silverton, yesterday, sued the Star S.M. Company to recover £28 for wages. An order for substituted…
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James Grady murderously assaulted Farquhar McLennan, at Coraki, on Tuesday, with a cane knife, inflicting dreadful wounds upon him. Subsequently…
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ON Friday, before Mr. Gower, P.M., Jeremish Jones sued John Longman for ejectment from house and land at Thackaringa. The case was struck out owing to…
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ARTHUR FORREST and George McKenzie, two boys, were charged before Messrs. J. J. Williams and J. Armstrong this morning, in the local court, with the…
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Sir,—As the fiat of our autocratic Government has gone forth, the site of the new gaol is not to be altered. Happily we live not in the days of the Medes…
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This morning, at 10 o'clock, William Harrison was executed in the Sandhurst gaol for the wilful murder of John Duggan, at Elmore, a few miles out of…
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On Sunday morning, at an early hour, the house of Andrew Gardiner, situate at North Melbourne, was burgled, it is supposed by a young man who came to…
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George M'Inerney, who was recently arrested on suspicion of haring caused the death of George Bye, who it was afterwards alleged died from the effects…
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Jessie Lennox, from Brisbane, arrived in the city on Sunday last in search of a situation. Being a stranger there she was recommended to a restaurant situate in…
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AT Silverton on Wednesday, before Mr. Crommelin, J.P., George Salter was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Burke-street on the 19th instant; also…
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A telegram addressed to the beach of magistrates was received to-day from the Under-secretary of Justice directing that all persons for the future should be…
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AT Silverton, on Wednesday, before Mr. J. Saunders, district registrar, in re George Goldring, which case had been adjourned from October 3 last, the…
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MESSRS. Daniel O'Callaghan, James Nolan and John Cook made their observance to Mr. J. J. Williams at the police court this morning. The first-named…
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A PROCLAMATION in the Government Gazette of the 19th instant directs that the circuit court formerly appointed to be held in Silverton on April 16 and October…
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Robert McLaren, the manager for Fink and Best, the well-known solicitors, &c., has been arrested for stealing £913…
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At the Crystal Brook Court a married woman named Kate Turner has been sent to gaol for three months with hard labor for stealing one bag of seed wheat, the…
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JAMES McKENZIE and Daniel O'Callaghan were brought up at the police court on various charges of petty larcony. Mr. W. P. Tompson, J.P., was on the bench…
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ON THursday, before Mr. Crommelin, J.P., Dick Anthony was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Burke-street, on the 27th inst; also with using obscene…
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