Police Court
IN the Police Court to day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., and Mr. T. Hall, J.P., James Chappell and William Cole, charged with using indecent…
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Courts & crime, 1897
849 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 43
Stealing Law Records. Sydney
Henry Williamson pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to stealing certain records from the Supreme Court. He was sentenced…
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THE mining warden (Mr. Makinson, P.M. was occupied to-day deciding a di pute between father and daughter as to the ownership of a mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault on a Chinese Woman. a White Woman Committed for Trial. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia
Theresa Meehan has been committed for trail by the local bench at the next Wilcaonia Quarter Sessions on a charge of inflicting bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supposed Murder. a Body Found in the Bush. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A wire from the north reports that a man named M'Leod has reported to the police that he has found the body of a man in the scrub just off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, 8Th Instant. Before Mr. Walterus Brown, P.M.
Thomas Hoars v. P. F. Smith.—Claim for stone sold and delivered, £21, 9s, 9d. Case adjourned until 9th instant., when, after hearing evidence, the P.M. gave a…
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IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., the municipal inspector proceeded against a number of defendants for casting rubbish within the municipality…
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Two strong-looking young men, named John Beasley and Edward M'Donald, alias "Fox, were charged at the Police Courtto-day with stealing a bag of flour,…
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THE mining warden (Mr. Makinson, P. M.) was occupied to-day deciding a dispute between father and daughter as to the ownership of a mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assault on a Chinese Woman. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia
Therssa Meehan has been committed for trial by the local beach at the next Wilcannia Quarter Sessions on a charge of inflicting actual bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mountain Murders. Butler Before the Extradition Court. His Assumed Names. Stunned at the Charge of Murdering Preston. Mrs. Etta Butler Renounces her Claim. [By Cable.] London
Butler appeared again before the Extradition Court, San Francisco, on remand yesterday. The evidence for the prosecution in…
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AT the Police Court this morning before Mr. Makinson, P.M., James Ruddle was charged with having deposited filth in Chloridestreet. As the accused was under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Criminal Libel John Norton Again Before the Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon
John Norton, who has several times previously been before the courts in connection with articles in the Press and other matters, was to-day charged with criminally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Tuesday, 12Th Inst. (Before Messers W. Brown, P.M., and "Dr. Atkins, J.P.)
Sydney Hamilton v. D. Kelly.—Rescuing impounded stock. Mr Milford appeared for complainant, and Mr Julian for defendant. The following evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Story of a Murder. a Confession. [For the Miner]
It is a fallacy to suppose that a murderer necessarily wanders around the world with a feeling of Remorse perpetually gnawing and tugging at his heartstrings. No doubt a…
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A FAIR number of drunks and users of "language" appeared at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Makinson, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mountain Murders. Butler Arraigned for Preston's Murder. His Further Explanations. A Witness to Weller's Identity. Had Bntler Partners in his Crimes? [By Cable.] London
Butler has been formally arraigned before the Extradition Court in San Francisco on the charge of murdering Preston in the Blue Mountains. The…
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AT the POlice Court to-day, before the P. M. (Mr. Makinson), Andrew Anga waa fined 10s, in default four days'gaol, for being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Musical Instruments. Sydney
At the Darlinghurst Session to-day, George Legards was sentenced to five years penal servitude for stealing 20 musical instruments, &c…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lyfield Murder. Melbourne
The trial of Henry Lyfield and his daughter Mrs Snell in connection with, the murder of Catherine Lyfield, wife of the male prisoner, was commenced…
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