Gaol Escapee Recaptured
FENTON the escaped prisoner from Gundagai Gaol, was only at liberty one week. After shipping the two troopers on Friday morning, be was…
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Courts & crime, 1899
957 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 48
Small Debts Court
The following cases were dealt with at the local court on Friday last:— Inspector of Nuisances v. Doherty. The defendant was preceded against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Court. January, 6Th 1898. Before P. W. Garstang, Esq. P.M. and P. J. Fitzgerald and G. S. Waller, Eeqs., J's.P. POLICE v. Hill. Police v. HANCOCK
Mra Hill, of the Royal Hotel, was fined for supplying drink at prohibited hoars, and G. Hancock for taking the same. This should prove a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragedies in Queensland. Police Suspicions. Exhortations for the Altar. a Man Arrested. the Alarm at Gatton. the Murder of Young Hill. Brisbane
News has been received that the Bundaberg police arrested a man yesterday.' The man was dropped as a swagman. When arrested he naked the police to take precautions to prevent his being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Outrage. a Missing Boy's Body Found Another Queensland Sensation
ABOUT a fortnight before Christmas a man named Hill, residing at Nundah, a few miles form Brisbane reported to the police that his son, aged 15,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Elephant Court-martialled. How the Sentence Was Carried Out
The court-martialling of an elephant isn't, such an everyday occurrence as to pass unnoticed, oven in Central India, where the doings of the jungle folk are unusually dark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. Police Court
At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs R. T. Keys, C. E. Doyle, and W. Clendenning J's P. Reiman Tambay proceeded against Benjamin Edmonds, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court—tuesday. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Donald Campbell, a lad, pleaded guilty to making use of indecent words, The defendant said he used the words, but did not know the mending of them.—Constable Turner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Tuesday, January 9. (Before Messrs. C. E. Doyle, R. T. Keys, and W. Clendinning, J's.P.)
Wm. Monaghan and Wm. Hennessey, two youths, were charged with bathing in view of a public place, on Sunday, [?] instant, during prohibited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licencing Court. (Before Messrs. C. E. Doyle, and R. T. Keys, L.M's.)
Jas. Frazer was granted ft renewal of his Railway Hotel licence. The body of the missing boy Alfred Stephen Hill was found at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tragedy at Gatton. Following Up Clues. What the Police Hear. the Man at the Sliprails. Gatton
Although it is a fortnight since the murder, incidents still come to light which h[?]d not before been before public. Louise Thuerkauil, who was employed as a domestic servant by Mr, A. G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court Tuesday, January 10Th, 1899. (Before the Police Magistrate, Mr, G F. Scott.)
Douald Campbell, a youth, was charged with using filthy language, within the hearing of a public street. Accused pleased guilty. Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Story. Queer Assault and Robbery. Sydney
Mary Gleason, a young woman, was committed for trial to-day upon a charge of having in company assaulted Kate Swakling and robbed her of a purse cont[?] 12s 6d. The story told by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Confession. the Three Accused Before the Court
Early this morning Todd made a confession, bearing out the statements of the girl Dubberka. He said he met the deceased woman Ambrose in a certain house some time in October, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Police Very Confident. a Clue Pound Under a Culvert. Gatton
The Police now profess to be confident that the latest information they have been placed in possession of will enable them to clear up in a very short time the terrible mystery surrounding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Train Sensation. Case Before the Court. Macintosh Committed for Trial. His Peculiar Conduct and Strange Statements
QUITE a little crowd of people filed into the local Police Court on Tuesday morning to hear the details of the sensatioal case, reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court, Thursday. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, J.P.)
STEALING,—Joseph Bailey was charged with stealing a bottle of gin, valued at 6s, the property of Mr. F. Dorrington, proprietor of the Australian Hotel, Broke, on the 10th instant.—Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Forgery. Accused Before the Court. Sydney
Frank McBride, the young Englishman, who was arrested on his arrival in Sydney in the early part of last November, on a charge of forgery, and who had been on remand from week to week over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Thursday, January 12Th, 1899
Joseph Bailey, on remand, was charged with stealing a. bottle of gin, the property of Mr F. Dorrington, licensee of the australian Hotel, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scene in a Police Court. a Solicitor Imprisoned
AT the Geraldton (W.A.) Police Court on Tuesday, the Hon. F. Witcom be, M.L.C., solicitor, at the conclusion of a case in which a verdict…
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