Assault in a Railway Carriage
At the Cheshire Quaitor Sessions, at Koutsford, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, Henry Shard, 25, labourer, was indicted for causing grevious bodily harm to…
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Courts & crime, 1891
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Attempted Murder and Suicide
A SHOCKING affair, which nearly ended in a double tragedy, took place at Newtown on Saturday, when an old man named Colley, living in Simmons street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The whitechapel Murder. [?]N Open Verdict. London
At the coronial inquiry into the-recent murder which took place at White [?] in the East End of London, and which was supposed to bear traces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 3Rd March. (Before Messrs J.N. Brooks, P.M., and w. Dudding, J.p.) Obscene Language
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE pleaded guilty to having made use of obscene language on Friday last, and was fined 20s and 5s lOd costs. The fine was paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 3. (Before Messrs. F. S. Isaacs and Jas. Carlton, J's.P.)
F. Pearse v. Alexander McKinnon, goods sold, £9. Mr. Solling appeared for the defendant, who paid £7 into court. He pleaded not indebted an to the balance, and stoutly repudiated the claim…
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Another sensational murder trial is now taking place in France. The prisoner, Pierre Vladimiroff is twenty years of age, and is Russian on his father's side and French on his mother's. There having…
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A SHOCKING affair, which nearly ended in a double tragedy, took place at Newtown on Saturday, when an old man named Colley, living in Simmons-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Thursday, March 5th, 1890. Before Mr. W. F. Parker, P.M. Furious Riding
William R. Woodnson a William Allgood were charged w[?]d urious riding at Stewart's Brook ith [?]nday, 8th February last. [?], on Su…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court, 4Th March, 1891. (Before A. E. 0. Walker and J. A. Osborne. J's.P.)
Police v. Richard Kelly, drunk and disorderly; fined 5s, and 2s 6d costa. Fine paid. Police v. Albert A. Studdert and Albert Pryor, selling tobacco without a license; each fined 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Shearing Difficulty. the Under Rscort. the Police Assaulted. Unionists Sktting Fire to Fences and Haystacks. Cl[?]mont
THE band of mounled unionists who caused sach a sensation at Wolfang yesterday have pitched their permanent cimp at about three miles from Logan Downs boundary, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court.—Wednesday. (From Ote Herald.) (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Windeyer, Wr. Justice Stephen.) DOYLE V. Sattler. Doyle V. NOWLAN
Mr. Edmunds, instructed by Mr. J. M'Laughlin (for H. V Howe), appeared for plain[?]iff in support of a motion to make absolute a rule nisi for a new trial. Mr. Coffey, instructed by Messrs. Laurence and i[?]ch, appeared for the defendants. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 9. (Before Messrs. J. Gillies, J. D. Prentice, and J. W. Birkenhead, Js.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—An inebriate, who had been arrested on Saturday night and been in the cells since his arrest, was discharged with a caution, it being his first appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court. Monday, 9Th March. (Before Mr R. Waddell, J.f.) Riotous Behaviour
THOMAS SULLIVAN and A. G. Madden pleaded guilty to charges of riotous behaviour, and were each fined 6s or twentyfour hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Saturday, 7Th March. (Before Messrs George Loder and H. York, J's.P.) LAECENY
JONS REID and Frederick Wilki[?] were brought up, on remand from the the previous Tuesday, on a charge of robbery…
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What is known as the Ville d'Avray trial terminated on January 24. The murderer Vladimiroff appeared in a more revolting light the further the case proceeded. Not content with living at Madame…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, March 11. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. the Queen V. Jim, an Aboriginal
The sentence passed upon "Jim," an aboriginal, who was convicted on the previous day, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for an assault with intent to commit a rape, was reviewed. His…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Quarter Sessions. Monday, March 9. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) the Queen V. FIRBANK
This case, in which the accused was charged with arson, had not concluded when we went to press on Monday evening. His Honor summed up at a few minutes before 9…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Police Court. Thursday,12th March. (Before Dr R. Read and Mr H. York, J's,P) Stealing From the Pe[?]s[?]n
Thomas Sullivan was brought up, in custody, on a charge of stealing from the person of Charles Johnson. Constable Sparkes deposed that he…
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At Chatham police-court on January 23rd, before Mr Stipendiary Athawes, Mary Barton, aged 14, was charged with stealing goods from a grocer's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court. Tuesday, March 10, 1891. Before Mr. W. F. Parker, P.M.
FREDERICK SMITH (a youth), arrested on warrant, was charged with disobeying a summons of the Court, charging him with furious riding at Stewart's…
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