Sentenced to Death
He had been our family doctor ever since I could remember, says a writer in the St. James' Gazette. I was feeling a little "seedy," rather out of sorts, and my appetite had failed me. So off I went to…
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Courts & crime, 1891
510 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 26
stealing Women in Tonquin
While ia most parts of the world, except Africa, slave catching is becoming a thing of the past the practice is still carried on to some extent in Tonquin in spite of the efforts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook. Police Court, March 24, 1891. (Before Messrs. E. Bowman and C. E. Doyle, Js.P.)
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—William Hodges, on Bummona, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly in Bridge-street on the 16th instant, and was let off with a caution. To a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta. Small Debts Court, March 25. (Before J. A. Osborne, J.P.)
Pryor Bros. v. D. Griffin, goods sold, £3 2s 4d. Verdict for plaintiff with 8s costs. Pryor Bros. v. Ford, goods sold, £3 16s 4d. Not served…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Horrible Murder
Human bones have been found on a smouldering heap near Nyngan, also a razor coverd with blood. There was every appearance of a fearful straggle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Brutal Husband. Murderous Assault on a Wife
WILLIAM BELL, alias Tom Shannon, a market gardener at Adelaide, on Thursday made a murdereus attack on his wife, to whom he had been married…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Theories of the Police
The London correspondent of the Western Daily Mercury suggest that people with theories as to the whitechapel murders should counult Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Narbetheng Murder. the Murderer Arrested. [By Telegraph] Melbourne
THE man Colston, who has been suspected of the Narbethong murder, was arrested this morning hiding in a scrub at Yarns Glen. He looked very wild,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shearing Difficulty. the Mob Charged with Bayonets. Further Re Inforcements of Military. Free Laboresiremoved by Force
SIXTY men from the Queensland Moreton Regiment and 50 from the Queensland Volunteer rifles left Brisbane at the close of last week for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Whitechapal Murder
Another "Whitechapel Murder" has been added to that melancholy list which makes the blackest spot in the records of London for many years. At one time it was believed that the unfortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, March 31, 1891. (Before Messrs. Jas. Carlton and F. S. Isaacs, J's.P.)
RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—Thomas Ormond and Isaac Eves were charged with having behaved in a riotous manner on the Pitnacree road on the 25th March. They pleaded not guilty. It appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Circuit Court
The sitting of the Maitland Circuit Court will be begun on Tuesday, at 10 a.m., before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer. Following is a list of the cases set down for trial:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court, April 1, 1891. (Before A. E. 0. Walker and Arthur Davies, Js.P.)
Senior-constable Coughlin, Branxton police, v. Neil O'Donnell, drunk and disorderly in the School of Arts at Branxton, on the 30th ultimo, while open to the public by payment or otherwise;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Narbethong Murder. Arrest and Confession. a Shocking Story
As briefly announced in our telegraphic column in our last issue, information was received in Melbourne on Tuesday last, that Colston, the carpenter for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Foul Murder Suspected Human Bombs Found in a Smouldering Fire
A TERRIBLE murder has been perpetrated near Nyngan within the last few days. From the particulars to hand (writes the Dubbo Dispatch) it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shearing Trouble. the Rioters Before the Court
CLERMONT, Sunday afternoon.—Yesterday tow another quiet day. Rain fell at intervals, and Sandy Greek rose 25ft during the night. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Small Debts Court. Thursday, April 2, 1891. (Before Messrs, J. D. Prentice, John Rourke, and F. S. Isaacs, J's.P.)
S. S. Moore v. Charles Shoesmith, goods sold, £4 1s lld. Verdict for amount claimed, with 7s 6d costs, and expenses of a witness 2s 6d. S. S. Moore v. James O'Donnell, balance of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blackville, Liverpool Plains. Police Court, Wednesday, 1St April
Before Mr. F. W. Darby, J.P., Joe Wilson, an aboriginal tracker here, was chargod with assault on Mr. S. Tucker, of Yarraman. After the evidence had been adduced he was committed to take his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 6, 1891. (Before Messrs. J. B. R. Robertson, R. Scobie, W. S. Harrison, and W. Howell, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Two persons who had offended against sobriety on Saturday evening, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of twenty-four hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Moonagie Murder. Confession of the Murderer. [By Telegraph From Greville's Telegram Co.] Dubbo, received
Michael Black, who was arrested by the police as being the Moonagie murderer, and who of his own wish desired the attendance of the authorities of the gaol at Nyngan, where…
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