The Limehouse Murder
The case which is known by the above title ended at the Central Criminal Court, London, the other day, when sentence of death was passed upon John Alexander Lewis for the murder of a married…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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East Mailand Police Court. Friday, Dec. 8. (Before Mr. C. L. Badham, P.M.)
RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR AND PROFANE LANGUAGE. —John Monnox and John Goodman were charged with having behaved riotoualy in the bar of the Mount Vincent Hotel at Mulbring on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 7. (Before Messrs. C. L. Badham, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P.)
STOCK STRAYING.—The Inapeotor summoned David Hartigan and Mrs. Cuddigan for breaches of the Municipal Bylaws by allowing stock to stray in the streets of the Borough. Hartigan did not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supreme Court. (Herald.) Thursday, December 7. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning.) RUSSELL V. White and Others
Mr. Langer Owen, instructed by Messrs. Creagh and Williams, appeared for the plaintiff, Marie Isabel Russell, wife of Dr. William J. Russell, and daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Pearse; Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, December 11. (Before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., H. Crothers, John Pearse, and Geo. Maher, J's.P.)
WIFE DESERTION.—Peter Cook, in custody, was charged with having deserted his wife Elizabeth Cook, and left her without means of support. Constable Turnbull arrested the prisoner by virtue…
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SOME excitement was caused at Wagga on Friday afternoon, when it was ascertained that a prisoner had escaped from the local gaol. It appears that…
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The two brothers Rorque, who were charged at Brest with piracy and murder in the South Pacific in connection with the recruiting vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Story of a Crime. Murder 40 Years Ago
A MAN who has resided in the Albury district for about 40 years, being a native of the Murray, has narrated a singular story relative to the alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, December 12Th. (Before Mr Badham, P.M., and Capt. Loder and Mr C.H. Digit, J's.P.)
ANNIE DENNIS charged John Franks with assault. Mr Howe for the plaintiff, Mr Gould for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, December 13, 1893. (Before Messrs. J. J. Dodd, and E. Solomons J's P.)
WILLIAM EDWARD MORRIS was charged with the larceny of a parcel, containing a suit of clothes, the property of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing a Canon's Coat
for stealing a canon's coat James Turner (28) was charged before the Lord Mayor, at the London Mansion House Police Court, on November 2…
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Minnic Thwaites, convicted of the Brunswick baby murders, was sentenced to death this morning. When the accused heard the sentence she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Solicitor Embezzles. Sentenced to Five Years
At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, before the Chief Justice, Ernest Bronal (Fergusson and Broad) was found guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. Henry Crothers, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS AND INDECENT LANGUAGE, Thomas Rutherford pleaded guilty to offending against the laws of sobriety, and was fined 5s or 24 hours' imprisonment. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court, Wednesday, Dec. 13. (Before Dr. Walker and Alderman Thos. Jones, J's.P.)
NEGLECTING TO REGISTER A DEATH.—Kerin and Stevens, carrying on business as undertakers, West Maitland, were summoned by M. J. Sheppard, District Registrar of births and deaths, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Scotish Tragedy. Charge of Murder
THE trial has commenced of Alfred John Monson, who is charged with the murder of Lieutenant Windsor Cecil Dudley Hambrough, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 14. (Before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.M.)
ALLEGED HORSE STEALING.—James Henry, in custody, was charged with having stolen on or about the 24th May, 1890, at Greta, one bay horse, branded CFN, the property of James Moore.—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Suicide. Chinese Gambling Tragedy. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A CASE of murder and suicide occurred yesterday at Lindenon. A Chinese named Ah Hing was found on the floor of a house with his head smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scottish Murder Case. Some Ghastly Evidence [By Cable.] London
SOME ghastly evidence has been taken in the trial of Mr Monson for the murder of Licut. Hambrough, respecting experimenting with dead bodies in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the New South Wales Court in the Imperial Institute. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—During my recent visit to London J. was much disappointed to find the collection of exhibits in the New South Wales court of the Imperial Institute such a poor one, comparing so…
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