Small Debts Court
George Leder v. Robert Spalding.—Claim for £11 8s, rent due. The defendant did not appear. The debts having been proved by plaintiff's agent (Mr. C. Poppenhagen) a verdict was given for the…
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Courts & crime, 1898
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Small Debts Court
Pryor Bros. v. Eben Bridge, goods sold and delivered, £2 14s. Verdict for the plaintiff. H.H. Hungerford v. Roland Wells, money lent, £2 15s 6d. verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Saturday, 16Th April, 1898. (Before Mr F. B. Treatt, J.p.). Indecent Language
Albert Day was charged with using indecent language in John-street on the 15th instant. The language used was written on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warden's Court, Copeland. (Before F. W. Garstang, Warden)
Suspension of labour was granted as follows : Webeck and Dirty lease No. 797 for three months. Turner and Andrews for leases at Rainbow for four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Musiellbrook Letter. Police Court. the Escapes
After the lapse of many days, anS even weeks, William Stewart, who escaped from the Muswellbrook lockup in a sensational manner in December last, was brought up at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Saturday, March 16. (Before Messrs. T. Spencer, and E. C. Brecht, J's P.)
Charles Russel charged with using obscene language in Sydney Street, on the night of the 15th instant, pleaded guily, and was fined 20s or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Brutal Assault, a Young Woman Lassooed
INFORMATION has been given to the Toorak (Victoria) police of an outrageous assanlt on a girl named Mary Clarke. On Friday night, when she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 10th APRIL, 1898. (Before Mr. G. F. scott, P.m.) Drunkenness
Joseph Patmore was charged with drunkenness. He pleaded guilty and was fined 5s, in default 24 hours. VAGRANCY…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Burslar Sentenced For a Crime Two Years Old. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
JAMES BURNETT, convicted in connection with the burglary committed at the Katoomba Post Office about two years ago, was this morning sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, 10Th April, 1898. (Before Mr G. F. Scott, P.M.)
GEORGE LODER. v. Robert Spalding, claim for £11 8s, for rent due. Defendant did not appear, and the debt having been proved by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rose of Pressburg. a Mystery of Love and Murder
Pressburg on the Danube, overlooked by the Little Curpathians, rising up as it were from its very streets, and by the great gloomy castle, in which the Hungarian nobles once swore to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armidale Circuit Court. a Lengthened Sitting. Armidale
At the Circuit Court, to-day, George B. McNeill was acquitted on a charge of arson by direction of the Judge without going into the defence. In the case of Bridgetta Morton, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Cattle Stealing
At the Branxton police court on Wednesday before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M. Thomas E. Smith and Roland Smith, two brothers, were charged with having,, on or about the 18th of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sentenced to Death
At the Dubbe Circuit Court, Samuel Pembroke, an elderly man, was put upon his trial for the murder of Frederick Houghton at Nymagee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Biassed Magistrate
THE Victorian Full Court has just delivered a judgment which will be of some interest to teetotallers, and of much more to the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of a Missionary
Reports from Sierra Leone, West Africa, state that the head of the Rev. William John Humphreys. of the Church Missionary Society, has been found impaled on a stick, the reverend gentleman having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Friday, April 22Nd 1898. (Before Mr. R. Simson, J.p.)
John Lambert was charged with stealing in a dwelling, the property of John Beckett, 4 dress[?]s, 1 towel, 1 skirt, and 1 white petticoat, of the value of £1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Wednesday, April 20Th, 1898 (Before Mr. R. G. D. Fitz Getald. J.P.)
WILLIAM FARRELL was brought up on a charge of being of unsound mind. Constable Haigh deposed: About noon yesterday I was on duty in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Daring Burglary. Burglars Out Their Way Through the Roof and Ceiling. Sydney
The premises of R. Millard, tailo rand clethier, Pitt-street, were broken into and robbed yester- night. An entrance was effected by the rear of the premises. The burglars climbed on to the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Court House
Repairs to this courthouse have been completed, and the place present a greatly improved appearance, especially inside. The whole structure has been painted and varnished both within and…
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