Baker Bigamy Case. Accused Sentenced. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mrs Baker, found guilty of bigamy in connection with Constable Baker, was to-day sentenced to two years imprisonment…
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Courts & crime, 1905
1,122 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 57
An "Unhealthy" Court
All the parties connected with the hearing of the dispute between the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union and the Steamship Owners' Association assembled in District Court No. 2 on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Judge and Boxer. an Amusing Case. What Is an Assault-at-arms
With the assistance of the Judge and counsel, Mr John Henry Passey, organiser of public entertainments, gave an excellent "show" in the King's Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuesday, Aug. 15th, 1905. (Before Messrs, Geo. Brown and J. Andrews, J.’s.P.) Unlawful Assault
Peter Goldstein, dealer, residing at Cessnock, charged Alexander Murdoch with unlawfully assaulting him on the night of 14th just, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Police Court, Saturday, Aug, 12th, 1905.(Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharp, P.M., and Mr. George Brown, J.p.) Threatening a Constable—reserved Decision
The case, Constable Sylvester F. Leslie v William Millen, threatening language on June 12 last, was called on for the P.M. to give his decision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr E A. L. Sharp, P.M., and Mr. Geo. Brown, J.P.)
In the case of Trustees in the Estate of W. J. Broadbent v. fifteen debtors, the cases were, withdrawn. Fresh summonses were issued against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remarkable Case. Ged Attempt to Produce Murder. London, Aug. 19
[?] Watt charged with attempting to procure [?] to murder accused's divorced wife, has remanded on bail. [?]ert Marshall, a private detective, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, August, 21, 1905. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. and Henry Crothers, J.P.)
Vagrancy.—Annie Brown was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support at West Maitland, on the 20th instant.—Accused pleaded not guilty.—Sergeant Wensor stated that at about 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, August, 21, 1905. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M. and Henry Crothers, J.P.)
Vagrancy.—Annie Brown was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support at West Maitland, on the 20th instant.—Accused pleaded not guilty.—Sergeant Wensor stated that at about 10…
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At the Quarter Sessions to-day Henry Jacobs, who had been found guilty of receiving eight pairs of boots, the property of John Hunter and Son, Limited, well knowing them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Abortion. Two Persons Charged
At Sydney Central Police Court on Monday bail was refused in the case of Eleanor Brown, 48 years of age, a married woman, who was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, August 24. 1905. (Before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M.)
Alleged Assault.—George William Norman, on remand, was charged with that he did, on July 22nd, at Pelaw-Main, assault one John Desmond, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm.—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Licensing Court. Tuesday, 22nd August, 1905. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M.)
The question of the transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel from James Arthur Burness to Alfred Waterford Tinkler, in which matter the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coercing the People. Incendiarism and Murder. LONDON
Indignation in Odessa is intense because with half a million inhabitants, the city is only allowed one deputy in the new Parliament. The same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Squire's Motor Trip How Police-constable Muggins Had His Revenge
Sir John Darem, of Darem Hall Slumberton, was a country squire. The fact was beyond dispute, for not one of the orthodox qualifications to the title did…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The History of Australian Bushranging. [All, Rights Reserved ] Part Iv. 1869 to 1878. Chapter Xix. the Kelly Gang. the Murder of Aaron Sherritt
As I have already intimated, the outlaws had by some means become suspicious of Sherritt, and as soon as they had made sure of the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder on a Warship
By the mail which reached Sydney on day from the East further particulars were received regarding the murder of a Japanese girl on board the G.M.S. Prinz Waldemar last month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
Transfer of a License.—Henry Crebert made application for the transfer of the license of the Lochinvar Hotel to Thomas McIntosh, which was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand. Murder of a Chinaman
Thomas Scott, an Australian aboriginal half-caste, has been arrested at Taipanui in connection with the death of a Chinaman, a coroner's jury having found a verdict of wilful murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Alleged Attempted Murder
The sittings of the Criminal Court opened to-day before Acting-Judge Fitzhardinge. Frederick Friedwald pleaded not guilty to a charge of feloniously wounding Alice Wilson at St. Peters with…
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