Sketcher. At the Court of the American President
When I went to the White House, it was with the 'sovereign people,' and not as an intrusive Englishman, favoured in his desire for a private interview by an indulgent…
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Courts & crime, 1890
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Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, April 10. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.)
The Court re-opened at half-past 9 o'clock. Mr. C. G. Heydon prosecuted for the Crown. NEW MAGISTRATES. Robert Faulkner and Henry York were sworn in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rage For Stealing. Ladies of Standing in Society Vic. tims of Kleptomania. How Storekeepers Got Even With So. Called Unconscious P[?]crcrs- The Reasons and Causes of a Peculiar Disease—A Detective's Talk
"I beg your pardon, madam, this is clinging to the fringe of your wrap." The speaker was the floor-walker in one of the large retail stores of the city, and the person he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April, 2Nd. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Foster and jurors of 12.) Robbery Under Arms
STEWART WOOD GRANT, who had pleaded guilty on the previous day to robbery under arms, was sentenced to be kept in peual servitude for five years, which is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 14
(Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and — Mears, J.P.) DRUNKENNESS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.— Thomas Murray, who pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in High-street, on Sunday morning,…
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The following cases were disposed of on Tuesday last, before his Honor Judge Backhouse:— UNDEFENDED. John Byrnes v. Rev. Father Gue[?]ini; goods…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wagga Wagga Murder. Important Discovery. (From the Echo.) Wagga
Senior-constable Dixon, meeting with no success in his search in the vicinity of Wallacetown for the body of Taylor, proceeded to Old Junee for the purpose of dragging the creek near where prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, April 14. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.)
The Court re-opened at 9 o'clock. Mr. C. G. Heydon prosecuted for the Crown. UNLAWFULLY PAWNING. John Lewis was charged that he, on the 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, April 11. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.)
The court re-opened at ten o'clock. Mr. Heydon prosecuted for the Crown. UNLAWFUL KNOWLEDGE OF A GIRL UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, April 11. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Foster.) Alleged Criminal Assault
FREDERICK W. LOCRHEAD Pleased not guilty to an indictment than he did in April, 1889, carnally know and abuse one Ellen Rigby, a girl then under the age of 14 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wagga Murder. the Body Found
THE excitement in Wagga Wagga and district consequent upon the horrible murder of a man named John Taylor which had been perpetrated near that place, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, April 16Th. (Before Messrs. J.N. Brooks, P.M., G.T. Loder, and W. Pearse, J's.P.) Destruction to Property
Jack Hughes and Jack Gordon, two aborizioals, were charged with malicious injury to property. Constabel Simmons deposed that from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 15Tn. (Before Messrs J.N. Brooks, P.M., and G. T. Loder, J.p.) Prohibitions
SUSAN MILLIGAN applied for an order to issue against the publicans supplying her husband, James Milligan, with liquer for a period of twelve months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, April 15. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.) The court re-opened at ten o'clock. STEWART V. DUGGAN
This was an action, brought by Esther Maria Stewart, of Teralba, against John Duggan, for breach of promise of marriage. Plaintiff claimed £1000 damages. The declaration set out that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tommy Ryan Again Before the Court. Sentenced to Three Months. Saw the Door Open
TOMMY RYAN was charged at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday, before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of 12, with having escaped from Gralton…
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A FOUR murder has been perpetrated at Sandgate. The body of Jordain Delarocea, a Frenchman, was found by Hamilton's survey party recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. APRIL 14, 1890. Before Mr. W. F. Parker, P.M.
Martin Daley (on remand) was charged with stealing two flasks and one bottle of brandy from Hopper's Hotel on the afternoon of the 10th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April, 17. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M.)
DETENTION OF PROPERTY.—Elizabeth Bray was charged with having detained certain articles, the property of Eva Cross. The information set out that on the 3rd April, on…
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FROM what can be gathered Smith's cinfession regarding the murder contains a statement to the effect that both parties had been drinking on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court. Saturday, April 19. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M.)
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.—William Flannery was charged, on remand, with having falsely pretended that a certain paper, partly printed and partly written then produced by him purporting to…
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