District Court. [Before Judge Gibson]
GEORGE FISHER sued John Lees, licensce of Peter's Hotel, claiming £17.14s. 6d. for goods sold and delivered. After a lot of evidence had been taken, both sides agreed to refer the…
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Courts & crime, 1899
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The Charge Against Alderman Jabez Wright. Accused in the Dock. Charged with Assault. Free Challenge of Jurors
JABEZ. WRIGHT was placed in the dock before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson in the Circuit Court a little before noon to answer a a charge, "that he did assault James O'Connor…
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THE Circuit Court was continued this afternoon before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson. A REVOLTING CHARGE. James Read was charged with committing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Crystal-street Shooting Affray. Sullivan Found Guilty of Common Assault
THE hearing of the charges against Michael Sullivan was continued last evening at the Circuit Court after the MINER went to press. James Robert Carr, manager of the Crystal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Mine Fatality. The Death of Charles Lovelace Andrew. Two Miners Charged with Manslaughter. Accused Acquitted
IN the Circuit Court this morning, before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson, Francis Symons and: George Williams were charged with the manslaughter of Charles Lovelace Andrew, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Fraud by an Agent. J. W. Shevill Before the Court
JAMES WOTTON SHEVILL stood his trial in the Circuit Court (before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson) to-day, charged with stealing £75, the property of Surah Brade, on October 3;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Tragedy, Medor Before the Court. Progress Of the Other Victims. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
Emery Gordon Medor was before the City Court to-day charged with the murder of Frank Stevens in the Eastern Market last night. Accused was dressed in a frock coat…
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MR. MAKINSON, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court this morning. A first-offending drunk was leniently dealt with. Edward Hargrave, on remand, pleaded not guilty to…
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THE sittings were resumed this morning before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson ROBBING A MINER'S HUT. Sydney Allen pleaded not guilty to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions of yesterday:— Alleged Attempted Assault. The Railway Reserve Case
ALFRED JACKMAN appeared before Mr. Acting-Judge Gibson, in the Circuit Court this afternoon, charged with attempting to commit a criminal assault on Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Circuit Court Sentences. J. W. Shevill Gets Two-and-a-Half Years. Ferguson's Case
AFTER noon to-day Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson pronounced sentences. Francis Joseph Ferguson, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a bicycle, asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Tragedy. Medor Before the Court. Progress of the Other Victims. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
Emery Gordon Medor was before the City Court to-day charged with the murder of Frank Stevena in the Fastern Market last night. Accused was dressed in a frock coat…
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IN the Divorce Court to-day, Mr. ActingJustice Gibson was called on to try the issues of marriage and desertion in a divorce action, in which Helen Mina Kerin was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Circuit Court. Sentences. That Shooting Affair
MICHAEL SULLIVAN, who was found guilty of common assault in connection with the Crystal-street shooting affair, was placed in the dock at the Circuit Court this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Comedy of the Court. And Some of its Tragedy, Pathos, and Despair. Scenes After the Sentencing
THE law courts are brimful of human interest; for human nature is asserted in overy one of them. And perhaps the higher the court the more asserted the human nature…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queenscliffe Shooting Case. Gunner Pollock Sentenced to Ten Years. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Alexander Pollock, a gunner, was tried at the Ballarat Assizes yesterday for the murder of Gunner Briner in the Queenscliffe Barracks. Pollock, it will be remembered, shot Briner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bannier Miner. Friday, April 14, 1899. the Circuit Court
DISTRICT Court Judges are paid £1500 a year and Circuit Court Judges £2600 a year, except the Chief Justice, who receives £3000. In addition to that…
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MESSRS. MAKINSON, P.M., Hall, and Mills, Js.P., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. Two first offending drunks were fined 2s. 6d. Two small boys were charged willi stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sentenced to Death. Another Assault Case. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Thomas Jones was found guilty at the Tamworth Circuit Court yesterday afternoon of criminally assaulting Nellie Fergusson aged 16, at Yarrawa station. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Oxley Murder
THE hearing of the charge against E. L. C. Wilson for the murder of the boy Hill at Oxley was continued Thursday in the South Brisbane police court. The evidence…
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