Revision Court
A court for the revision of the electoral roll for the district of East Maitland was held at the conclusion of the usual court business, when the following magistrates attended:—Messrs. J. N…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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East Maitland Police Court. Friday, May 12. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)
BREACH OF MUNICIPAL BY-LAWS.—Matthew Tulip was charged by the Town Ranger with allowing a horse to stray. Defendant sent a letter stating he had to go to Sydney and would not return…
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The Leeds papers tell of how the life of a woman has been saved by a dog. Mrs Burrill, cook at the Boar's Head Tavern in that city, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 11. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., H. Crothers, and M. Murray, J's.P.)
NEGLECTING THE SUPPORT OF HIS CHILD.—Robert Grimmond was charged on the information of Sarah Spratt with having left his illegitimate female child without means of support. Mr. R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court. Thursday, May 11, 1898. (Herald.) In Probate Jurisdiction.—(Before his Honor the Probate Judge.) a Strange Disappearance
Mr. Vindin applied for letters of administration in the estate of Sarah Nagle, late of Auburn, to be granted to her daughter, Mrs. Ford. The af[?]davits of Charles Edward Hunter Ford, of Parramatta,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Echoes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday. Wilful Murder
At the inquest on the woman Fanny Dredy, who .died under suspicious circumstances in a hou[?]se in Crownstreet, a verict of wilful murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 16Th May. (Before Messrs J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Geo. Loder, J.p.) Larceny
[?] was charged with assaulting and [?] Conrad Moss, of Goorangoola. Mr H. V. Howe appeared for the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nihilists at Work. Murder of a Student. [By Cable]. London
A RUSSIAN student has been murdered by Nihilists at Plussa, he having refused to carry out a pledge to assasinate the Czar and Czarewitch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankruptcy Court. Tuesday, May 16Th. (Before Mr J. N. Brooks, P.M., Deputy Registrar.)
THE first meeting in the insolvent estate of Henry Grainger of Singleton, was held before the Deputy Registrar. Mr W. W. Robinson appeared on…
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Alfred Gallagher, the well-known mining manager, has been committed for trial on a charge of stealing a cheque for the payment of £248…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Police Court. Wednesday, May 17. (Before Messrs. A. G. Cullum and J. Ewing, J's.P.)
UNSOUND MIND.—James Osborne on remand from Lambton, was brought before the court having been arrested in circumstances denoting derangement of mind. He was ordered to be sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta. Police Court, 17Th May, 1893. (Before J. N. Brooks, P.M., and T. Jones, J.P.)
James McDade, on bail, charged with using indecent language on the 13th instant. Pleaded guilty; fined 20s, or seven days. Richard Barks, tor being drunk and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May l8. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and H.Crothers, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.âTwo persons charged with being drunk in the public streets pleaded guilty, and it being shown by the arresting constables that they were very quiet, both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, May 22. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., H. Crothers, and Geo. Buzton, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Donoghoe pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk, and also with using obscene language. Fined 5s for being drunk; and 20s or 7 days for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 23Rd May. (Before Messrs J. N. Brooke, P.M., and Geo. Loder, J.p.) False Pretences
WILLIAM E. CUNNEEN, on remand, was again charged by Cyrus W. Doyle with obtaining money by means of false protences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, May 23. (Before Mr. John Ewing, J.P.)
BAD LANGUAGE.—Clara Davis, on a charge of using obscene language in High-street, East Maitland, on Monday evening, pleaded guilty. She was further charged with having…
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MESSRS HOLLINGS WORTH and Lancaster, two beche-de-mer fishers, arrived at Thursday Island on Tuesday night, bringing further details of the brutal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 25. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., H, Crothers, and Alex. Wilkinson, J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—An inebriate, charged with being drunk in High-street, on Wednesday evening, was admonished and discharged. Sergeant Oxley reminded the Bench that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wilcannia Tragedy. Shocking Disclosures. Verdict of Wilful Murder
WILCANNIA, Saturday.—The inquest touching the death of Charles Nolan who was stabbed by his father on Wednesday, night, was concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morpeth Municipal Assessment Appeal Court
A court for hearing appeals against the Municipal Assessments for the Borough of Morpeth was held at the Morpeth Police Court on Friday, the bench being occupied by the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. N…
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