A Murder with a Billiard Ball
THE following account of a brutal murder is given in the Creswick Advertiser of January 30:—The town was thrown into a state of consternation on Thursday…
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Courts & crime, 1880
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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, March 23,1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.m.) Affiliation
Robert Dalzell was summoned by Rosa Lewis to show cause why an order should not be made upon him for the support of his illegitimate child…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Police Court. Tuesday, March 16Th, 1880. (Before Mr. G. R. Evans and Dr. KNOWLES, J.P.'s.) TRESPASSING
Christopher Ward was charged by Thomas Hall Ross with trespassing upon certain land the property of F. R. White, Esq., J.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quirindi Police Court. Friday, March 12Th,1880. (Before Messrs. E. UNDERWOOD and F. J. PARKS, J.P.'s.) Transfer of Publicans Licenses
The license of William Ferris for the Terminus Hotel, Quirindi, was transferred to William Nicholl, late of Murrurundi. the license of Matthew Edwards for…
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The circumstances attending the raid made on the gambling den in King-street on Sunday night were the main topic of conversation in Sydney on Monday morning, and the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morpeth Police Court. Tuesday, March 23, 1880. (Before Captain Dye, J.P.)
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—George Styman was convicted of having been drunk and dis orderly in Swan-street on Monday, and was sentenced to pay a fine of 10s, in default to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court Proceedings. Thursday, March l8, 1880. (Before Dr. W. Spink, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—John Taylor was charged with having been drunk on the Pitnacree road. He was fined 5s or twenty-four hours in gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Various Correspondents] Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 23Rd March, 1880. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., Messrs. G. T. Loder, and J. C. S. McDouall J's.P.)
CHILD DESERTION.—Robert Dalzell was charged by Rose Lewis with neglecting to support his illegitimate child. The defendant consented to an order for twelve months at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Muswellbrook. Police Court—march 23. (Before Dr. Grigson, J.P.)
Daniel Fleming, brought up charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty, and was admonished and discharged. Police v. Whitehead: Horse straying; fined 2s 6d,…
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Cumberland-street, nearly opposite Cotter's Hotel, North Dunedin, was yesterday morning (says the Dunedin Herald, March 15) the scene of what there is every reason…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Singleton Police Court. Thursday, March 25th, 1880. Before Mr. Dudding, J.P. Indecency, Etc
Evan Bentley, charged with wilfully and obscenely exposing his person, also with using obscene language and being drunk and disorderly, was remanded till…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tucker-buchtman Case. Singleton Police Court. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
John Tucker and his wife Harriet Tucker were charged with having, between December 26, 1879, and February 20, 1880, inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Frederic Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Wednesday, March 24, 1880. (Before Mr. Jas. Wolstenholme, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—James Lillard, Thomas Horsfield, and Bryan Myers were brought up on charges of drunkenness. They pleaded guilty, and were admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broke. (From our Correspondent.) Police Court, Thursday, March (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., R. T. Blaxland, G. Watts, and T. B. Rodd, J.P's.)
THRIFT v. Melon.—This was a case of absconding from hired service. The Bench discharged prisoner, on his promising to return to his employer's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder in Spain
A family of eight persons has been murdered near Barcelona. A rich landowner, Fulgenzio A. Bercoznani, had in his service a workman named Manuel, who on arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Saturday, March 27, 1880. (Before Mr. Jas. Wolstenholme, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Hugh Fraser was charged with having been drunk on the East Maitland Road, on Thursday. He pleaded guilty, and was admonished and discharged…
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GREAT exeltement has been caused along the Niagara frontier on both sides of the line (says the Toronto Globe of December 26), by the indictment and arrest of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Saturday, March, 27th, 1880. (Before Mr. W. Dudding, J.p.) Drunkenness and Obscenity
Evan Bentley was brought up on remand, charged as above. Senior-Sergeant Webb deposed to seeing prisoner, on Wednesday the 24th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Police Court Tuesday, March 23rd, 1880. (Before Dr. KNOWLES and Mr. G.R. Evans, J.P.'s.) Temporary License
An application from Mrs. C. Doherty, of Blandford, for permission to extend her publican's license to the Blandford race-course, on Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broke. (From our Correspondent.) Police, Court, Tuesday, March 23. (Before Messrs. R. T. Blaxland, G. Watts, and T. B. Rodd, J's.P.)
BLAXLAND v. Portus.—For trespassing on enclosed lands. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £1, and 7s 4d costs…
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