Warden's Court. Friday, December 23, 1898. (Before Mr. Warden Evans.)
THE adjourned hearing of the application of P. Ahearn, jun., for a gold-mining lease of three acres, situated at Dry Cree4, parish Omadale, came…
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Courts & crime, 1898
1,031 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 52
The Queensland Tragedy Medical and Police Theories. Three or More Men Concerned. (Continued from Supplement.)
BRISBANE, Thursday afternoon.—There is but little further to report concerning the Gatton tragedy. The police have clues and suspicious, and are shaddowing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sensational Shooting Case near Quirindi. Three Shots Fired. a Gun Smashed. Accused Before the Court
SOME excitement was caused in town on Wednesday morning (says the Quirindi Gazette) when it became known that Walter Rourke, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gatton Tragedy. Police Still Scouring the Country. a Man Arrested and Discharged. the Frenchman's Story. Arrests Probable. Brisbane, Friday, noon
More police arrived at Gatton last night, and the district is being scoured, every stranger being rigidly examined. One man, who gave the name of "Mick" was found carrying a revolver. This, he…
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Letter from the Cape by the Aberdeen, state that the Australian jockey Budd had been arrested at Pretoria on a charge of murder, arising out of a quarrel at the recent meeting of the Pretoria Pony…
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A startling development has taken place in connection with the mysterious death of a woman named Christina Cadman, at Canargo, a small township twenty miles from Daniliquin, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cowardly Assault (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A YOUNG man named William Matthows was the victim of a cowardly assault on Boxing night at Marrickville. While proceeding along a…
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A special sitting of the Licensing Court, for the purpose of [?]ting renewals of billiard licenses for the year 1899, was held at the Court House on Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, 28Th December, 1898. (Before Messrs. C. F. JUCHAU and R. SIMSON, J's.P.) POLICE V. James Baker
James Baker, on bail, was charged with assaulting one Joshua Upton in the presence of a police constable. He pleased guilty. Joshua Upton, junr., deposed: Am a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Appalling Crime. Triple Murder in Queensland
A DIABOLICAL outrage, followed by triple murder, was committed on Tuesday night two miles from Gatton, midway between Ipswich and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Triple Tragedy in Queensland Two Girls Cruelly Outraged. Scene of the Murders. the Police So Far Baffled. Brisbane
What appears to have been a outrage and triple murder occurred last night within two miles of Gatton. The victims are Michael Murphy, aged 29, Norah Murphy, aged 27, and Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gatton Tragedy. the Authorities Still Puzzled. Clever Trackers at Work. Police of New South Wales on the Watch. Brisbane, Friday evening
Most per[?]dent rumours are current regarding the arrest of persons with being concerned in the Gatton outrage. On the authority of the Commissioner of Police, it has been ascertained that…
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