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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

1,122 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 57

Murder of Two Children By a Demented Mother

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

At Goulburn Circuit Court on Tuesday, Sarah Selby was charged with feloniously murdering Clarinda and Hope Selby at North Bangaroo on…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, April 20, 1905. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 4

A Salutary Sentence.—Thomas Magill and Jesse Gardener were charged with having, on the 19th instant, in company, at West Maitland, assaulted one Edward Robinson.—Defendants, who were…

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Russian Firms Closing. Affray With Police. Plea of Self Defence. Extension of a System. Army Desertions. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 3

Many Russian firms are closing their works, expecting labor disturbances, on May Ist, which is Labor Day. A policeman at St. Petersburg,…

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Singleton Licensing Court Tuesday, April 18Th. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., R. Faulkner, and C. W. Doyle, Js.P.) Wine License Applications

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 4

An application for a wine license was made by Sebastian John Kline, of Glendon. Mr Shaw appeared for the applicant…

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Assault on a Missionary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 5

Advices which have been received at Shanghai state that a band of Chinese murderously assaulted Mr. Kennedy, a missionary of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion (Mr…

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The Tatura Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 6

The police are pursuing their investigations in relation to the mutilated remains of a human body discovered at Gigaree, near Tatura. On Saturday afternoon Dr…

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The Tatura Murder. Unravelling the Mystery

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 1

Piece by piece evidence lating which tends to strengthen the chain of evidence against the murderer of the man who is supposed to have…

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Charge of Murder. a Father's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 11

At The Circuit Court, Goulbura, before Justice Pring, Arthur H. M'Donald was charged with murdering his father at Glenroy, near Tilba, on January 24…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 19th APRIL, 1905. Before Messrs. J. B. GiBson and D. G. TEVS, J's.P

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 2

Charles Herbert Phillips, on bail, was charged that he did on or about the 29th March, 1905, at Harben Vale, Blandford, being then a clerk in the employ of…

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Broadmeadows Murder. Gillespie Acquitted. Extraordinary Scene in the Street. Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 5

The trial of Alfred James Gillespie charged with the murder of William M'Auley, at Broadmeadows was continued at the Circuit Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Walker…

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Russian Rioters. How They Are Treated. at Warsaw Police Station. Story of an Eye-witness

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 4

Mr F. A. M'Kenzie writes in the London "Dally Mail" of llth February apropos of the disturbances in Warsaw: "We live just over the courtyard of…

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Monday, April 24, 1905. a Supreme High Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1905 · page 2

LEGAL circles in Australia will be considerably fluttered by the judgment of the High Court in Parkin v. James. For its ultimate effect may be expected to be the obliteration…

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Another Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 3

While the family of Major Watson, of Elizabeth Bay, were at the race yesterday, the place was entered by thieves, who secured jewellery valued at between £60 and…

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The Girgaree Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 3

Although fresh efforts are made by the police all over the State to find the man who is wanted in connection with the murder of Win. Skinner, at Waranga Basin,…

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Broadmeadows' Tragedy. Eillespie Acquitted of Murder

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 3

The trial of Alfred James Gillespie, charged with the murder of William M'Auley, at Broadmeadows, was concluded at the Circuit Court, at…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 3

The police arrested two men, two women, and a boy on a charge of assaulting and robbing a Chinaman at Pittwater last evening. Accused were brought before the court…

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A Friend in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 7

Sir Richard Webster was driving one day in a hansom to the Law Courts, when his cab was run into by another. The harangue of words between the cabmen resulted in the…

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Latest News by Wire. Grenfell. Acquitted of Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 5

W. J. Felstead, charged with the murder of a Syrian hawker named Salim Matter, at Bumbaldry, in the Grenfell district, was today discharged, the Police Magistrate…

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Stealing Bank Honey. Arrest of a Cashier. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

The assistant cashier has been arrested in connection with the alleged charge against the president of the First National Bank at Milwaukee,…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 25Th April. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.m.) Diseased Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

G. R. Freeman, Inspector of Stock, applied for an order under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals Meat Act (36) of 1902. section 53, to…

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