Police Court
IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., James Richard Terrell was fined 2s. 6d. for being drunk in the passage o[?] the Royal Exchange Hotel, and Thomas…
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Courts & crime, 1898
704 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 36
Burglary in Pitt-street. Sydney
A man named Charles Goodwin was covered with a revolver last night by Constable Ward, whilst endeavouring to force the lock of a tobacconists shop in…
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During an aboriginals' quarrel near Louth, one was killed with a tomahawk. The other blackfellow placed the body in a blanket with stones and sunk it in the…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, George Gorrie, on a charge of being drunk in Chloride-street, was ordered to pay 5s., with the alternative of 24 hours' gaol. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Constable Charged with Perjury. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon
Constable Andrew E. Travers, of No. 2 Division, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with perjury, and remanded. The case was one in which Travers charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The followiug appeared in our late editions Saturday:— Police Positions
THE following members of the Police Force, among others, have been appointed inspectors under the Tobacco Act (47 Vic. No. 12):— Broken Hill, James M. Travers, sub-inspector;…
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AT the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Henry Maguire, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Kaolin-street, was fined 5s.—in default, 24 hours;…
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IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., an old offender named Stephen Lawless was ordered to pay 20s.— in default, seven days' imprisonment—for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prize Court. London
The Prize Court, sitting at Key West, has condemned the seizure by United States vessels of the steamer Argonauta and of the Mathilde…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder and Suicide. a North Coast Tragedy. A Half-caste Tomahawks His Wife and Two Children.. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
About midday yesterday John Field, a halfcaste, residing at Forster, on the Manning River, in the North Coast district, attacked and murdered his wife and child, the latter…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, William Collins, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Oxide-street, was fined 5s.—in default, 21 hours; for making use of…
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Twenty-four of the insurgent leaders in the recent riots at Manilla have been tried and sentenced to term of imprisonment, varying from a fortnight to…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, Charles Brown, better known as "Bismarck," was fined 20s.—in default, seven days' gaol—for being drunk in Bromide-street. Samuel W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Norton's Case. a Warning by the Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
In delivering the judgment of the Full Court yesterday afternoon in the contempt of court case, Caulfield v. Norton, the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Darley) warned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. (Tuesday, 24Th Instant.) (Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M.)
James Fitzgerald, for being drunk in Reid-street, was fined 10s or 48 hours, and for using obscolie language in the same street, 20s or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Invasion of Cuba—85,000 Troops Required. Troops for the Philippines. Spanish Officers Court-Martialled. London, May 25
General Miles, commander of the American army, says it will require 85,000 men for the invasion of Cuba. Five thousand American troops…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, George Mahon, with a long list of previous convictions against him, was ordered to pay 20s. —in default, seven days' gaol—for being…
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IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson. P.M., Michael Connors, an old offender, was fined 10s.—in default, three days' gaol, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly…
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IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Joseph Jordan, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Kaolin-street, was ordered to pay 10s.—in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bomb Outrage Police Investigations. Not the First. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
The police say that Saturday night's was not the first, bomb thrown in Fitzroy, and that on May 7 one was placed a quarter of a mile from Moloney's house, but the fact was…
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