Sentenced for Arson
John Todd, a quarryman, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for setting fire to ten farmsteads on the Duke of Buccleuch's estate Thornhill…
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Courts & crime, 1912
1,635 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 82
West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 13
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C.H. Gale, P.M. TRESPASS AT THE WATERWORKS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lechhardt Assault Case. Aboriginal Reprieved
The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has reprieved the full-blooded aboriginal prisoner Jack Lacey, who was under sentence of death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder in Victoria. Mysterious Affair
At Laydale, Victoria the Coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death at Warburton Sanatorium on May 30, of Amelia Dowden, 44 years of age, of East…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darling Burglary. Fresh Food and Ice Co.'s Premises Entered. Sydney
A daring burglary was perpetrated at an early hour this morning, when the premises of the Fresh Pood and Ice Company, King-street, were entered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Box of Ties. Police Constable Suspended
In the small hoars of Saturday morning a policeman parading King "Williamstreet, Adelaide, discovered that the front door of M'Donald and Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court
At the East Maitland Police Court, this morning the bench was occupied by Messrs. W. B. Pryor and William Blissett, Js.P. Michael Charles Fitzpatrick was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court
At the West Maitland Police Court this morning before Mr. George Winkley, J. P., two inebriates were each lined 2/6 or five minutes imprisonment. This afternoon…
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whilst two lady visitors, residing in one of the many boarding establishments in Waratah-street, Katoomba, were on their way to the post office, between 8 and 9 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annual Licensing Court
At the annual Licensing Court, presided over by Messrs. J. C. White and E. Bowman, Licensing Magistrates, renewals were granted as follow:—Ellen Lane, Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Police Increases
The Premier to-day made available for publication a communication recently submitted by the Inspector-General of Police, in which he recommends an increase of 225 men in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. McKENNA and the Police. Censure Motion Rejected. London, June 13
Mr. Auston Chamberlain, in the House of Commons to-day, moved a resolution, declaring the the action of Mr. M'Kenna, Home Secretary in refusing to protect free labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHEEP-STEALING. [?] Sentenced to 12 Months
M[?]ee Quarter Sessions Ah Gunn, [?] was charged with stealing on May 23, and on or about May [?] property of Bull Bros.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Burglary Epidemic
An attempt was made to cuter Petty's Hotel, York-street, Sydney, early on Wednesday morning, but the robber was frustrated. The hotel is situated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Incendiarist Sentenced
London, Thursday.—A quarryman named John Todd has been sent to gaol for five years for acts of incendiarism. He set fire to no fewer than tea farmsteads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Audacious Street Theft
Whilst two lady visitors, residing in one of the many boarding establishments in Waratah-street, Katoomba, were on their way to the post office,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magistrate Def[?]ed. Remarkable Scene
There was an unusual scene at Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday, when Mr Dodd, solicitor, objected to a ruling of the magistrate, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty-three Years in Gaol
George Bernard Forbes, who is 78 years of age, and has 'been in gaol off and on during the hist thirty-three years serving sentences aggregating nearly 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Licensing Court
At the Licensing Court on Thursday, before Mr. A. O. Butler, relieving P.M., the license of the Percy Hotel was transferred from I. G. Budden to J. R. Cockbaine, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder in Victoria. Mysterious Affair
At Lilydale, Victoria, the Coroner held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death at Warburton Sanatorium on May 30, of Amelia Dowden, 44 years of age, of East…
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