Stealing Neckties
William Howe (18) and Robert Weale (21), on remand, were charged with stealing, in company, on 20th March, two and a half dozen neckties, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1908
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Stealing Bicycle lamp
William Howe and Thomas Adler were charged with stealing a bicycle lamp, the property of Henry Delves. Senior-Sergeant Whitefield deposed that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Belmont Murder
The trial of John Arthur Moore upon a charge of having murdered Delia Clark at Belmont on November 23 last, was continued before Mr. Justice Booth and a jury at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Police Court. Friday, March 27. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)
Frederick O'Neill, described as a horse trainer, was charged with travelling in a railway carriage on the 18th instant, between Narrabri and Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lengthy Court Sitting
The attention, of the police court was occupied all day yesterday and part of last evening with the hearing of a series of charges of stealing preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newtown Murder. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Henry Prince, convicted of the manslaughter if Henry Sullivan at Newtown, and who was recommended to merey by the jury was to-day, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Day Dawn Murder. Execution of Smith
Henry Smith was executed in Fremantle Gaol on Monday morning for the murder of a man named Clinton, at Day Dawn, on January 5: Clinton's body was found at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Special Mining Court. Adjourned Sine Die. Newcastle
The long-expected and much-feared has happened at last. The Special Mining Court, after sitting (more or less) for three months, has adjourned sine die. In other…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Small Debts Court. Thursday, March 26. (Before Mr C. H. Gale)
M'Dougall and Co., butchers, v. Mrs M. Marshall.—Claim for £2/11/9, for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff, £2/3/9, with costs 4/-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday. March 30
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. LARCENY OF A TIE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Action for Alleged Assault. £1000 Claimed. "An Act of Barbarity." Sydney
In the Supreme Court, Herbert Edmund Morgan sued the Railway Commissioners for breach of contract and assault, and claimed £1000 damages. It was stated by counsel for the plaintiff that the latter, who is a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arson and Murder. Wm. Biley Sentenced
At the criminal sittings of the District Court at Roma (Q.). William Biley found guilty of burning down the Coongoola woolshed in 1895, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poultry Stealing
What someone once described as "an epidemic of poultry pinching" is again rampant in Maitland, it being particular virulent in the Horseshoe Bend; where several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing Salt Cellar
William Howe was charged with stealing a, salt cellar from Richard Lamplough on the 2nd January. Constable Hanney deposed that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cessnock Police Court. Serious Charge Dismissed Cessnock
At the police court to-day before Mr. T.H. Wilkinson, P. M. George Scarlett was charged with having at Neath, on the 25th instant, assaulted Edith Jackson, with intent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Desperate Husbands End. Suicide in Gaol
Alfred Kink, who was committed for trial at Broken Hill on a charge of murdering of murdering his wife and attempting to murder John Hocking on February 17, at South Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Murder. Man Committed for Trial
At Bendigo on Saturday the adjourned inquest, touching the death of Mrs Mary Ada Manning, whose body was found in a hole near the railway line at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Police Court Friday, March 27 (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.) Breaking and Entering
William Howe, Ernest George Coles, Thomas Adler and Robert Weale were charged, in company, on or about March 7th with breaking and entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Broken Hill Murder. Accused Commits Suicide. Sydney
Alfred Kirk, under committal at Broken Hill, upon a charge of murdering his wife and attempting to murder a man whom she was alleged to be…
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