The Alleged Opal Stealing Case at White Cliffs
The taking of evidence in the case against R. B. Hoffman and R. T. Hoffman, who are charged conjointly with stealing opel, was concluded…
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Courts & crime, 1899
574 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 29
A Johannesburg Murder. LONDON
An employee of the Consolidated Goldfields Company, Johannesburg, named Elliott, has been murdered. It is believed that the crime was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial News. [By Telegraph.] Police Court
IN the Pollce Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson P.M., an unhappy-looking female named Mary Ann Clark pleaded guilty to a drop of drink," and wished the bench to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murder of Mr. Fleming. LONDON
The Tsung-li-Yamen in Pekin has granted 30,000 dollars as compensation to the relatives of Mr. Fleming, the South Australian missionary, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Westralian Murder. a Woman Killed. Chopped with an Axe. [By Telegraph.] Perth
On Saturday afternoon Alex. Fox, head gardener at Gallop's well-known vineyard, near Claremont, visited Perth with his two young daughters, leaving his wife at home…
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MR. MAKINSON, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. Fire first-offending drunks were dealt with as usual. John Jones, John Laug, Benjamiu Watson, and Andrew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Case of Murder. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
Miss Bertha Paterson, an eccentric daughter of the rector of Baddenden, in England, suddenly shot dead yesterday a Mr. Whibley, a married man and Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Claremont Tragedy. Fox Arrested for Wife Murder. [By Telegraph.] Perth
The Claremont tragedy, in which Mrs. Fox was found dead with her head cut open with an axe, has developed very quickly and strangely. The woman's husband, Alexander…
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MR. MAKINSON, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. Five first-offending drunks were dealt with as usual. John Jones, John Lang, Benjamin Watson, and Andrew…
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AT White Cliffs on January 28, before Mr. R. Crofts, J.P., the police proceeded on summons against R. B. Hoffman and R. T. Hoffman, conjointly charging them with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A West Australian Murder. Sydney
A brutal murder is reported from Claremont, West Australia. The dead body of a woman named Mrs Fox has been found within 500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Case of Murder. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
Miss Bertha Paterson, an eccentric daughter of the rector of Baddenden, in England, suddenly shot dead yesterday a Mr. Whibley, a married man and Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Case of Stealing Opal at White Cliffs. Accused Committed for Train
On February 2 Robert Bismarck H[?]man and Rudolph Trevan [?] appeared on remand from January 31, before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M. conjointly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Melbourne Mystery. Murder or Suicide? [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
It was reported yesterday afternoon that Lieutenant Cecil Bruce had been found dead in the scrub at St. Kilda, having evidently committed suicide. He was said to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An English Murder. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
The shooting of Mr. Whibiry at Baddenden by Miss Bertha Patterson has been the subject of a coronial inquiry. The evidence showed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Horsham Murder. Arrest of a Suspect. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Alfred J. Ford, who originally, it is believed, came from South Australia with a woman named Roberts and five children, whose father died in a lunatic asylum, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bourke Camel Drivers. Again Before the Court. One Attempts Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The two Afghans, Seyd Mahomet and Meer Houssam, who recently served two terms of imprisonment for refusing to work under an agreement as camel drivers at…
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MR. MAKINSON, P.M., adjudicated this morning. Three first-offending drunks were dealt with. John Murphy was fined 2s. 6d. for drunkenness, and 10s or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Horsham Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Alfred John Forde, charged with the murder of the Chinese Dan Young at Horsham, accounts for his possession of the victim's horse and cart by saying that he purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, 13Th Inst. Before the Police Magistrate
Cornelius Renshaw was charged with using obscene language in Reid-street, and also with resisting constable Hoare whilst in the execution of his duty. He…
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