Revision Court
A court for the revision of the municipal roll was held last evening in the Council chamber at the Town Hall. There were present:—The Mayor…
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Courts & crime, 1898
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Revision Court
A court for the purpose of revising the municipal roll was held, the Mayor presiding. Thirteen claims were admitted, five objections upheld, the names of three persons known to be dead were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scone Police Court. Friday, January 21, 1898. (Before Mr. G. R. Evans, P.m.) Alleged Fraudulent Appropriation
EDWARD WILLIAM JOBSON v. ARTHUR LAWRENCE. Defendant was charged with having, about November last, fraudulently appropriated to his own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Monday January 24. (Before Mr.J.W. Humphries, J.P.,)
Samuel Franks and Joseph Franks, two lads aged 17 and n years respectively, were charged with stealing one grey mare, valued at £5, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Singleton Letter. Police Court—tuesday. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)
[?] BODILY HARM.—James O'[?], on Temand, appeared, charged with inflicting grievous bodity barm upon Jeremiah O'Shea at Scott's Flat on the 19th instant. Mr. Statham appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electoral Revision Court
At the Singleton Court House on Tuesday the roll for this electorate was revised. Four new names wore added to the list…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 25Th January, 1898. (Before Mr G. F. Scott, P.m.) Grievous Bodily Harm
JAMES O'TOOLE was charged, on remand, with grievously assaulting Jeremiah O'Shea. Mr C. Statham for complainant;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner's Daring Escape. Gets Away From Cockatoo Island Gaol. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A DARING escape from Biloela gaol, Cockatoo Island, was effected this afternoon by a prisoner named John Scott, a jockey, 28 years of age. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cowardly Assault. One Prisoner Kicks Another. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney
John Tierney, who was brought before the Courk to-day charged with drunkenness, was further charged with brutally assaulting a fellow confinee in the gaol cell named Daniel Cain. About…
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At the East Maitland Police Court on the 21st, a young man named Ernest Coleman was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for embezzling £1 5s 11d, the property of his employer, William Kelly…
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A court fir the purpose of evening ing the Municipal List for the Municipal District of Murru[?]di was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening, when there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Biloela Gaol Escapee. Scott Found in Hyde Park
JOHN SCOTT, the confinee at Biloela Gaol who succeeded in escaping from that establishment on Wednesday, after having gained possession of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scone Police Court. Saturday, 22Nd January, 1898. (Before Mr. G. R. Evans. P.m). Alleged False Swearing
James Bridge Junr., was charged with false swearing at be Quarter Sessions held at Murrurnndi on the 2nd November last, in swearing "that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault by a Prisoner. a Cowardly Kick. [By Telegraph] Sydney
AT the Police Court to-day, a man named John Tierney was charged with drunkenness. He was further charged with brutally assaulting…
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The judge's daughter was perturbed. "Papa," she said, knitting her pretty brows, "I am in doubt as to whether I have kept to the proper forms of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 31
Messrs. (G. F. Scott, P.M., H. Crothers, and A. Wilkinson, J's.P., occupied the bench at this court to-day. DRUNKENNESS.—A man who has frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court. (Before Mr. Marriott, P.M., and G. Brown, J.P.)
Police v. T. P. Hen[?]ler. Allowing dice to be used on his licenced premises. Pleaded guilty. In this use it transpired that a raffle was being conducted by a few generous persons on behalf of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chatter About the Players. the Condition of the Englishmen. the Police Bowl a Number of Them Out. Melbourne
The city this morning was enveloped in dense smoke, the result of big bush fires along the coast, but the cool change, for which the cricketers have been praying, and which the Government Astronomer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Burglary of Union Tailoring Company
At the court to-day, John MacNamara and James Kelly were further remanded for a week in connection with the burglary at the Union Tailoring Company's premises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chopped to Pieces. a Horrible Story of a Brutal Murder
ONE of the most sensational murder trials of the century has just been concluded in New York. The trial was that of Martin Thorn and his…
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