Alleged Assault and Robbery
A Chinaman named John Hoe reported to the police that he had been waylaid and garrotted in Alexandria to-day by two men, who relieved him of £5, after nearly…
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Courts & crime, 1904
908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 46
Police Court. Tuesday, January 5th, 1904. (Before C. H. Gale, P.M.)
David George Burton on remand was brought up and charged with having obtained money and goods to the value of £12 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Criminal Assault. Dubbo Girl Assaulted. Dubbo
A girl named Hazel Wattman, aged 14 years, stated yesterday that she was returning home after taking her father's breakfast when a strange man accosted herd at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court
Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. Matthew Bowes, Morpeth, water rates, 5s. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for plaintiff Board, with 5s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Settled Out of Court
A barrister riding his [?] on a path was caught by a policeman. The gentleman at once came off the path and [?] to reason with the policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Charge of Murder
Richard Carlson, a Swedish seaman, was brought before the police court to-day, charged with the murder of Ezer Harris, also a seaman of the barque Dowan Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tressilian Court. Chapter Xl. (Continued)
'Who could have been so mean and base?' cried the old butler. 'It must have been some burglar.' 'It was not the set of a burglar,'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Waterloo Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The inquest upon the death of Mrs Mineham, the victim of the tragedy at Waterloo, concluded to-day. The jury returned a verdict of wilful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Licensing Court. Monday, January 4
At the quarterly licensing court the members of the court present were Messrs. E.A.L. Sharpe, P.M. (chairman), H. Crothers, and R. Scobie, Js.P. W me License.—Robert M'Mahon was granted a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horrible Murder. Drunken Husband Kills His Wife. Splits Her Head with an Axe, Sydney
A horrifying tragedy occurred in a house in Botany-street, Waterloo, at daybreak this morning. A dealer named James Minehan, apparently while in a drunken frenzy,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Murder. Supposed Illegal Operation. Accused at the Court. Newcastle, Monday afternoon
Shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday night Agnes Marsden (42 years of age), the wife of William Marsden, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Hunter-street, died at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 11. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharps, P.M., and H. Crothers, J.P.)
Drunkenness.—Three men were fined 2s 6d, or 24 hours, for getting drunk on Saturday. An elderly man, who had taken too much yesterday, was fined 10s, or seven days. The Police Magistrate said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albion Park. a Murderous Assault
At Yallah, near Albion Park, on Sunday, a tramp named Lauriez Henderson accosted William Bidgood, a merry-go-round proprietor, and asked for some food, which was supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Monday, January 11Th. (Before Mr A. T. Cochrane, J.p.) Indecent [?]Anguage Cases
Arthur Fletcher (18), labourer, pleaded guilty to being found drunk in John-sreet, Singleton, on the 9th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder and Suicide. a Feeble-minded Couple's Death. Their Strange Delusions. Sydney
An elderly married couple, Alexander William Bedford Sly and Nellie Sly, who but recently took up their abode in a house at the corner of Watkin and Wilson streets New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. Resumption of the Inquest. Supposed Illegal Operation. Newcastle
The inquest touching the circumstances of the death on Saturday night last of the married woman Agnes Marsden, wife of the licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street, was resumed before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sincleton Police Court. Tuesday, January 12Th. (Before Messrs R. Faulkner and G. Loder, Js.P.). Alleged Larceny
Police v.Richard Carey, known as Riccardo Carini. The defendant was charged with stealing 15 fowls and nine pots of flowers valued at £3, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disputes. the Flouting of the Court. Newcastle
The tension between the management and the men at five Teralba collieries, namely, Rhondda, Northern Extended, Northumberland, Pacific Co-operative, and Cardiff has not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
In the Licensing Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale (Chairman) and Dr. H. J. H. Scott, L.M., a renewal of the publican's license for the Victoria Hotel, Moonan…
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