The Potts' Point Tragedy. Wilful Murder
THE inquest on the body of Constable Sutherland, shot by a burglar at Potts' Point on Monday morning,concluded on Thursday. The jury retired at twenty-five minutes…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Potts' Point Murder. Constable Sutherland's Funeral
THE funeral of Constable Sutherland took place on Wednesday afternoon; fully 10,000 persons were on the line of route to Waverley Cemetery. It started from the…
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As a consequence of the murder of the constable in Rockwell-street on Monday morning, it has been suggested that the police should be armed. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 6, 1889. (Before Messrs, A. S. Browne, J. Rourle, and J. D. Prentice, J's. P.)
FORGERY.—William Bryson was charged with that he did, on the 27th September, 1889, forge a certain promissory note for the payment of the sum of £125, payable at the Bank of New South Wales,…
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The annual court for the consideration of appeals against the assessment was opened, and the following were dealt with. There was no appearance of any appellants, but in all but one case the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, June 10Th. (Before Messrs. J. N. Broeks, P.M., and J. W. Pender' J.P.)
SMALL DEBTS COURT.—W. H. Holmes v. J. M. White; Claim for goods sold and delivered, for £2 19s. The defendant did not appear Mr. Norrie appeared for complainant and proved the case…
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At the Orange police court yesterday, Walter C. Maguire, an assistant in the post-office, was committed for trial on a charge of steeling a letter…
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At the inquiry into the death of Dr Croni[?], who was murdered in Chicago, it was proved that Patrick Egan was a member of the executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boy Burglar. Twelve Months' Gaol
BEFORE Judge M'Farland, at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on Monday, William Sharp, and aged 16 years, was indicted for that he, on the first June…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Licensing Court was held yesterday. Mr J. N. Brooke, P.M., and Captain Loder, J.P., were on the Bench. No objections to the renewals of any…
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Following is the list of cases for trial at the Maitland District Court to-day, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge McFarland:- Bank of New South Wales v. Geo. G. Hogg,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, June 12. (Be[?]e his Honor Mr. District Court Judge McFarla[?].) The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. SENTENCE
Joh a Mudge and James Robinson, indicted on Tuesday for an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and found guilty of a common assault, were brou ght up for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, June 11. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge McFarland.)
The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. Mr. Coffey prosecuted for the Crown. SENTENCES. Thomas Bolton, who pleaded guilty on the…
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At the Inquest held to-day on the body of the infant which was found on the rocks at Farm Cove, the evidence showed that the child was born alive, and that death was…
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AT half-past 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening a man named Stephens was arrested by the Melbourne police on a charge of murdering a Chinaman named…
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BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday. — A prisoner named Rutter, a Queensland aboriginal at present awaiting trial at the forthcoming Sessions for the attempted murder of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 13. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS.—Daniel Dempsey, who had been brought up on the previous day on a charge of drunkeness, and remanded till Thursday, was still in an unfit state to be brought up, and was…
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His Honor Mr. District Court Judge M'Farland presided at the sitting of this court, which began at East Maitland on Thursday morning. The business was unusually light. A number of cases…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wholesale Murder of Children a Horrible Case
NEWS has reached Melbourne from Nathalie of a horrible case of child murder on Tuesday night. A wellknown farmer named M'Carron was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook. Police Court, June 11, 1889. (Before Messrs. T. Foley, P.M., and E. Bo[?]an, J.P.)
Winsor v. Bussell.—This was a case under the Masters and Servants Act, in which Henry Winsor, a carpenter, sought to recover from Andrew Bussell, cabinetmaker, the sum of £22 17s 6d, alleged…
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