District Court. Before His Honor, Judge Scholes. Friday. Divorce—cooper v. COOPER
Frederick Cooper petitioned for divorce from Catherine Cooper, on the grounds of adultery with Ernest Edwards, that the co-respondent pay…
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Courts & crime, 1909
253 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 13
Cattle Stealing Case Breaks Down
John Lawrence McMaugh (on bail) was charged with stealing three head of cattle tho property of the Gloucester Estate. Accused pleaded not guilty and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxxix. Life in Darlinghurst Gaol
Being true narrative of his career—illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago—in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, and Presently the van stopped, and I heard the sound of a whistle, then the rattle of locks and iron bars, and then the door of the van was thrown open…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Kempsey District Court. Friday, March 26th--Before His Honor Judge Scholes. a Divorce Issue
Evidence was given in an undefended divorce suit, in which Frederick Cooper was petitioner, Katherine Cooper respondent, and Ernest Edwards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Murder. Law in Different Lands
E.J.S. writes as follows in the "West-minister Gazette":— Is a mother who kills her newly born child to be treated as a murderess…
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Every social relation has its ethics, and the general needs of society as a whole are the base of ethics. This profound truism, voiced by an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Port Macquarie District Court
THE District Court at Port Macquarie was held on Tuesday, 30th ult, when two cases were heard. Ruby Nelson claimed £400 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Kempsey Small Debts Court. Tuesday, April 6th--Before the P.M.
E. W. Dwyer v. Arthur Turnbull. Claim £6 3s 10d for meat supplied. There was no appearance of defendant. A verdict for amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Children S Court. Ormond House H.
By degrees and in deference to a greater Sydney Scheme, Sydney is being deprived of her land marks, and amongst the comparatively few left as memories…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder of a Sister Condemned Brother Protests
For the murder of his married sister, Mary Ann Alpe, of South street, Walworth, on 23rd February, a laborer named Arthur Parker Hawkins,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charge of Murder. Longson Committed for Trial
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Esther G'illrland, 24, a waitress, who died at a house in Thomson- street, Darlinghurst, on March 24,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Dilemma. Police Permission to Wear Male Clothing
A young woman, aged 24, whose name is withheld for obvious reasons, has received formal written permission from the Berlin police to wear…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Solicitor Charged
An information was before the police court yesterday, charging R. B. Parry, solicitor, with the theft of £300 from the Druids. The defendant failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Evidence
HIS HONOR JUDGE SCHOLSS, Acting District Court Judge, laid special stress at [?] Court last week on one part of a constable [?]duties. He siad, addressing a constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fourteen-year-old Johannesburg Murder
A TELEGRAM from Brisbane on Saturday reported that at the City Police Court a middle-aged man named Jack McLoughlin, who had been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Secret Police. Extraordinary Revelations
A CABLE to the Herald says:—The indictment against M. Lopukhin, for merly chief of the Russian detective service, charges him with treason, he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Solicitor Arrested. Charged with Stealing Large Sums
Robert Brandeth Parry, a well- known Sydney solicitor, who failed to appear at the Water Police Court on Tuesday, when his name was called,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fourteen Years Ago. Man Charged with Murder
At the Brisbane police court on Saturday, Jack McLoughlan, 47, was charged with having, in January 1895 at Johannesburg, Transvaal, murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nurse Charged with Murder. the Death of a Child
In connection with the finding of the body of an infant near the Rydalmore Hospital for Insane, a nurse named Jean Merrin, 23, was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trouble at Wingham. Police and Navvies in Conflict
About 11.30 on Saturday night last a rather serious disturbance occurred in Wingham. About 50 navvies who had arrived from Newcastle with the…
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