A Steamer Disaster The Captain Sentenced [By Cable.] .London
The captain of the General Slocum, a New York excursion steamer, upon which a terrible disaster occurred in June, 1904, has been sentenced to 10…
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Courts & crime, 1906
1,185 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 60
A General Wounded. Threat of Murder. Plot Against De Witte. LONDON, Saturday Afternoon
News from Vladivostock states that a number of sailors and some artillerymen mutinied. The mutineers used quick-firers and rifles. General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court—tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
Maintenance.—Beatrice Ellen Blick charged Thomas Henry Blick (her husband) with leaving her without means of support. Mr. Shaw appeared for complainant. Mr. Cragg,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Singleton Letter. Licensing Court—tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Chairman.)
Drunkenness on Licensed Premises.—The Chairman delivered his reserved decision in the cases against John W. Teddiman and Henry Moore, licensed hotelkeepers, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Police Commission. a Kelly Gang Episode
Mr. Gaunson figured as a witness for about half an hour at the sitting of the Victorian Police Commission in Melbourne. His "evidence" consisted in the main of adverse…
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New Liquor Act Cases.âThe case in which Edwin Smith was charged with having been found on licensed premises known as the Railway Hotel at a time when such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 30th January, 1906 (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.m.) Maintenance Case
Beatrice Ellen Blick v. Thomas Henry Blick.-Leaving two children without means of support. This case was postponed from the 23rd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 1, 1906. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Henry Crothers, J.P.)
Improper Language.—A youth named Bert Poole was charged with having made use of indecent language in the Pound Reserve, Sempill-street, on January 31.—Defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Alleged Criminal 'Assault
'At the police court to-day William James, aged 38, described as it clerk, was committed for trial for alleged criminal assault upon a married woman named Emily Paine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charged by Elephants. Baronet's Escape While Hunting in Africa[?]
Sir Edmund Lechmere sends to the "Field" a story of two exciting escapes which he has had from elephant charges while shooting big game in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accused Before the Court. Sydney
Thomas John, Quinlan, aged 15, was charged at the police court to-day havign feloniously and maliciously murdered Mercy Gregory…
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In a case of Darlinghurst Sessions, in which two young men, William Scott and Herbert George Bye, were charged with assaulting Robert Smith with violence, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barclay Murder Mystery. I.
Hugh Derwent paused long enough in the private hallway to remove the false moustache and whiskers and to fold into an inconspicuous package the yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barclay Murder Mystery. I.
Hugh Derwent paused long enough in the private hallway to remove the false moustache and whiskers and to fold into an inconspicuous package the yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Household Affair Alleged Criminal Assault SYDNEY
At the police court to-day, a man named William James, aged 38, and described as a clerk, was committed for trial for an alleged criminal assault…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of Mrs. Gregory Further Details
As intimated in last evening's issue the inquest on the body of Mrs. Gregory found murdered in a bedroom at the Royal Hotel, George-street, Sydney, at an early hour on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tourist's Escape. Robbery and Attempted Murder
A serious assault, vitally interesting to British travellers, was committed near Lucerne on Saturday, 7th October, on the well-known solicitor, Mr Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by the Mail. Ministers at Court
The King has bestowed n very unusual honour upon Mr. Balfour. He has presented him with a Windsor uniform. This official costume was introduced at the suggestion of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Small Debts Court
Thomas Bellamy v. E. Bridge, claim for £11 10s, hire of horses and sulky. Verdict for amount claimed, with 4s cost. William Murphy v. Edward Francis Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday. February 5. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Henry Crothers. and J. E. Wolfe, Js.P.)
Drunkenness.—For being drunk in Abbott-street on Saturday night, a Chinaman was fined 2s 6d, with the option of the rising of the court.—An old offender against sobricty was similarly dealth with…
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