Station Tragedy. Suspected Murder
Particulars have been received of a tragedy on Uanda, an out-station of Corinda, Queensland. It appears that Mr. Mara, the manager of…
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Courts & crime, 1912
1,635 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 82
Poisoning Case. Sentenced to Death. London, Thursday afternoon
The trail of Frederick Seddon, district superintendent of the London and Manchester Assurance Company on a charge of poisoning Eliza Barrow with arsenic, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prison Warders Assaulted. Scenes in a Country Gaol
It was learned on Sunday night that the recent fracas at Bathurst took the form of two separate assaults on warders. On Tuesday last one warder, whose name…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Electoral Revision Court
On Thursday the P.M. (Mr. C. H. Gale) held a revision court for the revision of the general Lists for the electorate of Singleton. Ten objections…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol-breakers. a Sensational Episode Lincoln (Nebraska), March 13
Three prisoners escaped from the Nebraska Penitentiary, and killed two warders and one usher, and wounded another. A blizzard was raging round the goal at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Camera in Court
It has been suggested that the Bradfard Stipendiary who the other day confiscated a camera because the owner had tried to take photographs in court was acting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disturbance Is Parliament. Mr Wood Removed Speaker Sends for the Police
In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, Mr Griffith, the Minister for Works, moved the third reading of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 25
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. T.C.K. Mckell, P.M., and J.W. Pender, J.P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Murder
A young, man named "William O'Reilly was before the Criminal Court to-day charged with the alleged murder of a Chinese gardener, named Sen Gong, The facts have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser's Court
The most bewildering array of feminine finery ever seen at a social function in modern Germany was displayed recently at Schleppencour," or "Train Drawing Room"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Appeal Court
A court for the hearing of municipal appals was held at the courthouse, West Maitland, this morning. Mr. T.C.K. Mckell, P.M., presiding. Although 35…
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On Friday, 15th inst., before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., no fewer than seven Persons from and around Gundy, were indicted at the local Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary at Ourimbah
A burglary was committed at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Ourimbah, between midnight on Saturday and early on Sunday morning. The thieves removed an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Singleton Letter. Police Court
At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. A. Simmons and .J. W. B. Water-house, Js.P., a stranger named Thomas Bell was chained with soliciting alms in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced to Death
At the Circuit Court, Mackay, Queensland, George David Silva was found gailty of the wilful murder of Maud [?] at Alligator Creek on November…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burglary at Kurri Kurri. Former Singletonian Bobbed
Burglars entered the residence of Mr E. K. Lambert, a former resident of Singleton, at Kurri Kurri on Friday night during the absence of the family…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder and Robbery in China. Peking
Robbers in Szechuan killed an United States clergyman, Rev. Mr. Hicks, wounded his two companions, Revs. Hoffmann and Sheldon, and looted their bout…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court
At the Cessnock Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. Doyle, J.P., John G. Ward for having made use of indecent language in the bar of the Cessnock Hotel, was fined 40s,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Official's Holiday
The C.P.S. at Kurri and Cessnock, Mr. V. B. Cox, who has spent two months on a trip to Fiji. Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand, commenced duty again yesterday. Mr. Cox says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder and Bank Robbery. Automobile Apaches. French Sensation. Paris, March 26
It is said that the Chantilly murderers have been Identified as the motorists who shot a gendarme in the Place du Havre a few weeks ago. It transpires that the…
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