Murder by a Mother. Sydney
A woman named Mary Johnson, in a fit of dementia, kneeled down on her infant child and choked it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1893
125 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 7
Another Child Murder
The Deputy City Coroner last week held an inquest at the Croydon Hotel, on the body of a male infant found in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Tragedy in Woolloomooloo. Murder and Suicide. the Acts of a Drunken Madman
A terrible crime was committed on Thursday afternoon in Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, where a young married woman named Annie Wilson was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday.--Before the P.M. Alleged Theft of a Cheque
Ann Hixon on remand, was charged with stealing a cheque, the property of William Henry Rowe of Greenhill. In the evidence taken last week, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hillgrove Amalgam Theft
Robt. Shaw, found guilty of stealing gold amalgam at Hillgrove, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday.--Before the P.M.
An old man, evidently of weak mind, named George Harmour, pleaded guilty of having stolen 3 or 4doz. passion fruits from a paddock belonging to Mr. Austral Verge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Police Court. Monday.--Before the P.M. Alleged House Stealing
Thomas Grant was brought up on remand for horse stealing. Sub-inspector Baker prosecuted, Mr. J. Dighton appeared for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kempsey Small Debts Court
Before the P.M., Messrs. C. Sutherland, W. T. Dangar, Dr. Gabriel, G. Henderson, A. Verge, and F. G. Panton, jun. J. C. Elton & Co. v. Frank Cook: Claim…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglary in Sydney. Sydney
Quong Tart's restaurant in King-street, was burglarously entered last night and £50 stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kempsey Police Court. Thursday, Feb. 16.--Before the P.M. Charge of Stealing
Henry Bassman and Arthur Bassman (brothers), young men of the laboring class, and strangers in the district, were charged with larceny…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 22.--Before the P.M. Keeping a Disorderly House
Sarah Spittlehouse, a middle aged woman, appeared in answer to a summons charging her with having from November 28th last, kept a disorderdly house at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Marriage Arranged in Court. Sydney
A curious affair is reported from Orange. A young man named Knason, indicted at the Quarter Sessions for having falsely declared that he was married when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Home Rule Bill. Details of the Measure. the Police Force to Be Dissolved. London, Feb. 13
Mr. Gladstone introduced the Irish Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons to-day. The right of veto is vested in the Irish Viceroy, with the advice of the Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Wife Murder
Shortly after dinner-time on Sunday week, the townspeople of Quirindi were thrown into a state of excitement by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Quirindi Murder
THE local paper writes:—After the committal of the deed, the scene in the dining room of the hotel was one that will not easily be erased from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Murder and Suicide
ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — An elderly man named George Smith, residing in William-street, Goodwood, shot his wife, Annie Smith, in the back, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday--Before the P.M. Charge of Assault
F. W. Simpson, of Smithtown, was charged with assaulting a Vernon boy named Alfred Edwards, who was in his employ. Mr. Jones appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kempsey Small Debts Court. Tuesday.--Before the P.M.
Kempsey Borough Council v. Sydenham. Rent of ferry, £8 9s. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount. Mr. J. A. I. Perry appeared for the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. Tuesday.--Before the P.M., and Mr. J. W. Wilson, J.P.
Application for a transfer was made from Thomas Keneally of the Pelican Island Hotel to J. W. Wheeldon. The P.M. stated that some considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Trial of the Makins. Both Found Guilty of Murder
At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday, the trial of John and Sarah Makin for the murder of the infant Horace Amber Murray was concluded. The jury, which…
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