Attempted Murder by Boys
An attempted murder by two lads at Mildura, Victoria, has created a great sensation there, a man named Tullon being the victim. On Friday he had warned off…
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Courts & crime, 1891
156 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 8
Warden's Court. Saturday, January 10.--Before John Ducat, Esq., District Warden. M. MCPHILLIPS v. F. B. LARKE
This was a disputed claim at Corangula. From the evidence, which occupied the Court some hours, it appeared that a lease of 20 acres was…
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The Rome correspondent of the New York World writes under date 13th September:-- Brigands are carrying on their operations to the very gates of Rome. Lawlessness and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday. (Before Captain Davies, P.M.) R. BAIN v. F. CHAPMAN
This was a claim for £7 6s 6d, wages due. Robert Bain stated that he had worked for ten weeks continuously for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of an Infant. Sydney
A publican at Brisbane named Weir has murdered his infant daughter, he drowned her in a waterhole. It is presumed he is insane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Licensing Court. Before the P.M., J. W. Wilson and C. Sutherland, Esqs., J's.P
Mrs. Deborah Simpson, Court House Hotel, renewal. Slaughtering licenses were granted to Christopher McIntyre and Charles Sutherland…
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On Saturday afternoon, a report gained currency that a horrible murder had been committed in that portion of Sydney…
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A fisherman named Zetana Sassah made a grim discovery at Darling Harbor on Saturday morning. He had pulled his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Police Court. Thursday (Before J. W. Wilson, Esq., J.P.)
THOMAS O'Brien was charged with larceny of letters whilst driving the mail coach from the Nambucca to Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder of a Miner by Papuans
The ketch Victor, which arrived at Cooktown, on Friday, from Samora, brings the news of the murder of a miner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nambucca Police Court. Jan. 14.--Before Capt. Davies, P.M., and T. Smith and E. Hitchens, Esq"s., J's.P
Elijah Cooper was fined 10s and costs for being drunk and disorderly at Macksville. He was also fined 20s for using obscene language at the same time and place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nambucca Police Court. Jan. 16.--Before E. Hitchins, J.P.
Thomas Hixon was brought before the Court on a warrant, charged with disobeying a summons for being drunk and disorderly and using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday. (Before the P.M., Messrs. R. A. H. Kemp, E. H. Becke, S. Verge, and H. W. T. Lee,Js.P.) Stealing a Letter
Thomas O'Brien, was charged with stealing a letter containing £6, the property of Amelia Pinkstone. Amelia Pinkstone sworn stated, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Before the P.M., Messrs. E. H. Becke and H. W. T. Lee, J's.P. POLICE V. Thomas Wallace
Charged with furious riding. Thomas Glanville said that on Wednesday last he saw Mr. Wallace chasing a cow in Smith-street. He…
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A shocking murder was committed at Clifton Hill, Melbourne, at a late hour on Sunday night, the victim being a young woman named Stella Louisa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Murder in Cornwall
Two brothers, named Edwin and James Oats, sons of a farmer residing at Sancreed, near St. Just, Cornwall, were,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Murder of a Husband
At the Blackwood Police Court, Victoria, on Friday Margaret Ryan was charged with the wilful murder of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Vendetta in America. the Chief of Police Assassinated in New Orleans. (Pall Hall Budget.)
Mr. David Hennessy, chief of police at New Orleans, was assassinated on the 15th October. The assassination proves to be the work of the Mafia, a mysterious Sicilian vendetta society,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Young Woman Charged with Bigamy. Sydney
Some shocking facts were proved in a case of bigamy against a young woman named Emily Janar, and she was sentenced to imprisonment until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday. (Before Messrs. C. Sutherland. S. Verge, H. W. T, Lee and R. A. H. Kemp, J's.P.) Adjourned Case of Police v. T. O'Brien
George Robertson, licensee of the Star Hotel, Macksville, said : I have seen the letter and cheque, now produced, before; found them under…
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