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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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The Royal Commission into the local administration "of the Police Department in connection with the existence of disc[?]derly houses was resumed to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A case concerning a dispute between the Australian Workers Union and the Pastoralists' Union, following the expiry of a working agreement between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bench at the West Maitland police court this morning was occupied by Messrs A. Gates relieving P.M., and John Rourke J.P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The murder of Frances Compton, a young girl, near Woodlupine, five miles from Perth, reported in last issue, was of a most brutal character…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Hobart Criminal Sittings on Tuesday, before the Chief Justice (Sir John Dodds), Roland William Theodore Westbrook, a solicitor, of Hobart, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Royal Commission concerning the administration of the Police Department at Newcastle, in connection with the existence of disorderly houses, resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Details of an awful tragedy enacted at North Melbourne on Mrach 9, when William Thomas Smith stabbed his little daughter, Hetty, aged 4½ years, to death, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Gay, who pleaded guilty to the forging of bank notes at Corrimal, was sentenced to four years' hard labour, the Judge remarking that as prisoner had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The murder of Emily Dimmock at Camden Town (says "Lloyd's Weekly") is vividly recalled by a crime committed in Middlesbrough on 9th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Melbourne Criminal Court on Thursday, Thomas Smith, a middle-aged man, was charged with the wilful murder of his daughter, Hetty Smith four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four prominent residents of Victoria, British Columbia, have been arrested on a charge of being implicated in the theft of naval stores…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney, Friday.—Daniel Suckley, a seaman belonging to H.M.S. Encounter, was found guilty before a Court Martial to-day of disobedience and striking a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A defendant, who pleaded guilty, was fined 10/-, and 6/- costs, for being, found drunk. NO NAME ON HIS BAG…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The suburb of Bayswater was awakened on Thursday evening by an incident of a highly sensational nature. As the 6.18 p.m. train from Perth was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney police last week made a successful raid on an alleged gaming house in Oxford-street. Paddington. The place has been under observation for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Some sensation was caused at the Sydney Water Police Court, when after the formal business had been transacted a man entered the court, and was placed in the dock attired…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Federal Crown Solicitor has given notice to Mr Henry Richard Nicholls, editor of the Hobart "Mercury," that, the High Court of Australia will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Royal Commission into the local administration of the Police Department in connection with the existence of disorderly houses was resumed to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →John Mapp, a young Englishman, sued William M'Taggart, of Howe's Valley, to recover the sum of £2/10/-, alleged to be due for wages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was very little to engage the attention of Mr. A. Gates, relieving Police Magistrate at the West Maitland police court this morning. Abraham Ward was fined 2s 6d, or…
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