Horrible Wife Murder
A MAN named Whaite, living at Smelt, near Bacup, lancashire, lately quarelled with his wife. Seizing a pair of tongs, he knocked her down, and then almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1886
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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, August 24Th. (Before Messrs J. N. Brooks and Goo. Loder J.p.) Breaches of the Public Instruction Act
A. S. LING (school attendance officer) v. James Dandson, breach of the Public Instruction Act. A fresh summons was ordered to be issued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Town Police Court. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 19th one Roderick Dhu gives an enlarged account of an assault on a constable at Clarence Town. In dealing with the evidence, Roderick has exaggerated and overdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Supreme Court. (Herald.) Wednesday, August 25. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice and Sir G. Innes.) MURPHY V. GOLDMAN
This was an important case in which several points of practice relating to the enforcement of writs of execution were discussed. The action, which was tried before Mr. Justice Windeyer, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Newtown Tragedy. Sentenced to Death. [By Telegraph] Sydney
AT the Central Criminal Court, Alfred Reynolds, who yesterday pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife at Newtown, by forcing her to take poisen, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder and Manslaughter in New Zealand
Two extraordinary eases of alleged murder and manslaughter respectively are reported by the Argus' Dunedin correspondent on August 19. As to the first of them he says:—" Great excitement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Case of Wife Murder at Newtown. (From the Echo.)
At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, before his Honor Mr. Judge Innes, Mr. Armstrong prosecuting for the Crown, Alfred Reynolds was placed in the dock to receive sentence having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supreme Court. Monday, August 30. (From S. M. Herald.) In Equity.—(Before his Honor the Primary Judge.) ECKFORD V. ECKFORD
Mr. A. H. Simpson, instructed by Mr. R. W. Thompson, of Maitland, for the plaintiff; Mr. Wise, instructed by Messrs. Way and Way, for Mr. Chambers, of Maitland, for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Old Gaol at Port Macquarie
The Colonial Secretary on Tuesday laid on the table of the Assembly the following report received from the Comptroller-General of Prisons, relating to the condition of the old gaol at Port Macquarie:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wife Murder in Hobart
Following, from a Sydney paper, are fuller particulars of the tragedy in Tasmania alluded to in our last issue: Hobart, Wednesday morning.—What appears to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta. Police Court, Saturday, August 28, 1886. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
Constable Dunshea prosecuted William Wilson for obscene language. The defendant did not appear, and a warrant was ordered to issue. In the case of William Davis for a similar offence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Small Debts Court
J. A. Wilkinson and W. H. Hungerford v. Aaron Wilton, rent. The case was adjourned by consent. M. P. Maher v. M. Dokerty, goods sold, £7 2s 9½d. Verdictfor amount claimed…
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William Leaver against William Lowe, goods sold £22 4s 9d; against James Henny, goods sold £3 18s 7d; against James Price, goods sold £5 4s 7d. In each case verdicts were given for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, September 2. (Before Messrs. J. N Brooks, P.M., and P. Green, J.P.)
HAWKER'S LICENSE.âThe application of Minnie Bellamy for a hawker's license was granted. PROTECTION.âGeorge Budden, who had been arrested at his own request, was brought up for…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 4, 1886. Maitland Quarter Sessions. Friday, September 3, 1886. (Before His Honor Mr. Distrct Court Judge Willamson.)
The Court re-opened at 10 o'clock Mr. Harris prosecuted for the Crown. BREAKING AND ENTERING. Elizabeth Bray and William Archibald White were severally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The West Maitland Court House and the Street Levels. " Fools rush in where Thompson fears to tread." (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—If "A Convert" (?) will carefully study the official report of Mr. Surveyor White, which he quoted in yesterday's issue of your paper, he cannot fail to see what a mess he has made of it in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Friday, Sept. 3, 1886. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Indecent Assault
John Mitchell was arraigned on the charge that he, on the 18th July last, at Greta, indecently did assault one Jane Bateman, a girl then under the age of 14 years, to wit of the age of six years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supreme Court. (From the Herald.) Friday September 3, 1886. In Equity.—(Before his Honor the Primary Judge.) [?] Blandford Proprietary School
Mr. M. H. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon, for the petitioners; Mr. Darley, Q.C., and Mr. Knox appeared for the governing body of the school and a number of other shareholders; Mr. A. H. Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Police Court. Monday, Sept, 6Th, 1886. (Before Mr Dudding, J.p.) Obscene Language
George Thomas pleaded guilty to having made use of obscene language, and was fined 40s; in default, seven days in Singleton gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland District Court
The list of causes set down for hearing at the Maitland District Court on Tuesday, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson, was unusually light, and the whole of the business was…
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