Singleton[?] Police Court, Tuesday, I [?] 1873. (Before Mr. H. W. Sway
DRUNKENNESS.—Thomas Cook pleaded guilty to this charge. The offence having taken place on Christmas Day, he was admonshed and discharged…
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Courts & crime, 1874
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[?]R River Horse and Cattle Stealing Prevention Society
[?] first annual meeting of this society was [?]n Monday, at the Royal Hotel—Mr. S. B. [?] in the chair. There was a fair attendance [?]embers. The Chairman having read the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The [?]Atto Run Murder, South Australia
The Adelaide Observer of Dec. 13 gives a very full report of the trial in Adelaide on Dec. 9 and following days, of William Ridgway, a young man aged twenty, for the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Stealing From a Bank. (From the Melbourne Argus. Dec. 30.)
At the City Police Court, on Monday-before Messrs. Sturt, P.M., Marks, and Noonan, J.P.'s— Alexander Tod, a young man employed as teller in the Union Bank of Australia, Melbourne, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 6Th January, 1874. (Before Messrs. W. C. Browne. Oliver Saunders, and George Jarman.)
SLAUGHTERING LICENSES.—Licenses were granted to the following persons:—Bertram Rodd, William Claxton, Henry Bailey, Henry York, Richard Huxley, Charles Picton, William Fox, John Dines, William…
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About half-past four o'clock on Monday morning Mr. James Slocombe of this town left home for Burrowa, intending to reach there the same night. When at Knox's Hill, near Gullen, thirty miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court, Tuesday, 13Th January, 1874. (Before Mr. George Jarman, J.P.)
SURETIES TO KEEP THE PEACE.—William Copland Lesley, the younger, was summoned to show cause why he should not keep the peace towards Arthur Browne. The defendant did not appear.—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horrible Triple Murder at Piambong, Near Mudgee. (From the Western Post, Jan. 13.)
Intelligence reached Mudgee on Saturday evening that a series of murders had been committed at Piambong, a station situated some few miles from Guntawang, and, on making enquiry, the report was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court, Tuesday, 3Rd February, 1874 (Before Messre. H. W. Swayne and George Jarman.)
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY, ETC.—John Grant pleaded guilty to this charge and also to a charge of using obscene language in the Railway Hotel, John-street, South Singleton, on the evening of the 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton. Police Court, Thursday, 12Th February, 1874. (Before Mr. George Jarman, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Jane Taylor, who appeared in the dock with a child in her arms, pleaded guilty to this charge, and was admonished and discharged. THEATRICALS.—Lovers of dramatic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court.—tuesday, Feb. 10. (From the S. M. Herald.) Sittings for Trial of Causes. Banco Court. (Before Sir James Martin, Chief Justice, and juries of four.) BURDETT V. WARBURTON
The trial of this case was now resumed and concluded. It was an action in which damages were claimed for injuries to the plaintiffs schooner. Native Lass, through a collision in the Newcastle harbour, with the Prompt, a vessel belonging to the…
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In 1868 two brothers named Pohlman, hawkers, were murdered at Narandera, and their bodies were destroyed by fire. After a considerable lapse of time a man named Henry Campbell was arrested on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walgett. Police Court. (Before Malcolm MacTaggart, Esq., P.M., and E. J. Sparke, Esq., J.P.)
Not the least pleasant result of the late genial rains is that they have made everything "with verdure clad," not omitting that usually dry emporium, the police pantheon. On Tuesday last, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 17Th February, 1874. (Before Messrs. J. C. S. M'Douall, H. W. Swayne, and Alexander Bowman.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Thomas Niles pleaded guilty to this offence, and was admonished and discharged POUND RESCUE.—Martin McCrow was charged with this offence by Thomas Cusick, who deposed:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court.—monday. (From the Herald.) Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cheeke and juries of four.) Owen and Another V. BLICK
This was an action of ejectment brought by Samuel Owen and Isaac Beckett against Mrs. Sarah Ross Blick, for recovery of 1000 acres of land at Branxton, in the county of Northumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court.—thursday, Feb. 19. (From the S. M. Herald. Sittings for Trial of Causes. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four.) SWEET V. the Imperial Fire Insurance Company
The trial of this case was now resumed and concluded. It was an action upon a policy of fire insurance upon certain printing plant, contained in premises at Plattsburg, which were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Office. (Before J. Garett, P. M., J. B. Bettington, and Joseph Cooper, Esq., J.P's.)
UNLAWFULLY ENTERING PREMISES.—James Rutherford stood remanded for some time on above charge. The case after bearing a deal of evidence was dismissed. T. O'Keeffe, Esq.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 3Rd March, 1874. (Before Messrs. John Browns and H. W. Swayne.)
ILLEGAL DETENTION OF A HORSE.âHenry Clark was summoned by Phillip Munzenberger for illegally detaining a mare, his property. From complainant's evidence it appeared that he lost the mare three…
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The special correspondent of the Evening News at Tamworth, writing on February 28, gives an account of the capture by the police in that district, and subsequent committal for trial, of two men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court.—wednesday. (From the S.M. Herald) (Before Mr. Justice Faucett and a jury of four.) Taylor and Others V. MACQUARIE
The trial of this case was now resumed and concluded, after having occupied the Court since Friday last. It was an action for the recovery of damages in respect of certain injuries alleged to have been…
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