Tragedy in Victoria. Attempted Murder and Suicide
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A shocking outrage occurred yesterday morning on the Werribee Plains. A young married man named Henry Fitzsimmo s,…
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Courts & crime, 1893
536 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 27
Why the Police use so Much Thread
A policeman sometimes uses as much cotton thread as any sweated seamstress. In one beat the man on duty had instructions to watch a particular houae and to report in the morning whether…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, December l8. (Before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., H Crothers, J. Rourke, J. D. Prentice, and Geo. Maher, Js.P.)
CHINESE GAMBLING CASES.—Ah See was charged with acting as croupier in conducting a common gaming-house in Park-street, West Maitland, on the 16th instant. Mr. Thompson appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday, December 6. The Court re-opened at half-past nine o'clock. CAMPBELL V. CAMPBELL
This was an action brought by James Campbell, a farmer residing at North Waratah, against Peter Campbell, a farmer of Kilcoy, Hexham, for damages sustained through defendant's cart…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 19Th December. (Before Mr Badham. P.M., and Mr C. H. Dight, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly
JOHN WILLIAMS pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly, and, having been locked up since Saturday night and cut up a load of wood in that time, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton District Court Monday, 18Th December. (Before His Honor Mr District Court Judge Backhouse.) Union Bank of Australia Limited V. W. J. [?]UINN
THIS was a suit to recover £14 14s, value of a dishonored promissory note. Mr A. J. Gould for the plaintiff Bank; the defendant appeared in person…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Bankruptcy Court Tuesday, December l9TH (Before Mr Badham, Deputy Registrar.) Rc James [?]Namin
BANKRUPT attended for examination. Mr Howe for bankrupt, and Mr Gould for a creditor. Bankrupt deposed that he did not want…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday. (Before Mr. Badham, Acting P.M.)
John Williams was brought up on two charges, drunk and disorderly and indecent language. For the first case he was fined 1s, or imprisonment till the rising of the court,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Friday, Dec. 22. (Before Mr. C. L. C. Radham, P.M.)
BILLIARD LICENSES.—Applications for billian[?] licenses made by George E. Redman, of the Huntr Ri[?] Hotel, and James H. Evatt, of the Bank Hotel, were grante[?] BREACH OF THE MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.—Timothy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ardalemont Murder Trial. The Crown Prosecuter's Address. [By Cable.] London
THE trial of Monson a charge of murdering Lieutenant Hamboroug, his being continued. The Crown Prosecutor in his address to the jury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 21. (Before Messrs. C. L. C. B[?]dham, P.M., Messrs. H. Crothers and Alex. Wilkinson, J.'sl'
RIDING ON HIS DRAY.—John Little was charged by Constahle Dolman with that he being the driver of a certain dray drawn by four horses did ride upon such dray in a public place without having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ghost of Bamboo Gully; Or, The Headless Woman of Murder Greek. CHAPTER I. a Belated Party
Situate about midway between Maitland and Singleton (not to be too precise as to locality), on the Main Northern Road, Bamboo Gully opens its gloomy month to the traveller's view—a black and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRITISH & Foreign News. The following extracts are from files to November 5th:— Murder of the Mayor of Chicago-
Mr Carter F Harrison, the Mayor of Chicago, was shot and almost instantly killed on Saturday night, Oct. 28th, in front of the hall-way of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Tragedy at Adelaide. Quadruple Murder and Suicide. a Wife and Family Tomahawked. a Most Revolting Spectacle. Adelaide
ONE of the most terrible tragedies ever enacted in Australia occurred in Sturt-street, about a quarter of a mile from the General Post Office, yesterday…
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A Young woman named Martha Helmsley had a narrow escape from death by 6hooting on Wednesday evening in Sydney, her assailant being…
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A SITTING of the local Land Court was held in the Police Court yesterday by Mr J. Vernon, (chairman), and Captain Loder, and Mr R. Faulkner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Police Court. Friday, December 29. (Before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., and J. Cunningham, J.P.)
DRUNK.—An inebriate, arrested for being drunk in Day-street about noon on Thursday, was brought before the Bench, and taking into consideration that he had been locked up for some time, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 28. (Before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., H. Crothers J. Gillies, and Geo. Buxton, J's.P.)
BAGATELLE LICENSE.—Mr. Edward Freeman's application for a renewal of his bagatelle licenee was granted. SLAUGHTERING LICENSES.—Applications…
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