The Queensland Horror. the Police Hampered
BRISBANE, Saturday.—H[?]wy rain fell in Gaston and district yesterday afternoon, and obliterated all tracks. Sergeant King, with a black…
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Courts & crime, 1899
155 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 8
Black and White. Race Difficulties in America. Riot and Murder
The recent race riots in the two southern states of North and South Carolina have been the subject of muck sharp comment in the north,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Tragedy. Police Activity. Work of the Trackers
The blacktrackers have examined thoroughly the waterholes at the foot of the spur on which the outrage was committed. They stripped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder and Outrage
A SHOCKING murder and outrage happened at Gatton (Q), on Monday night; two sisters named Norah and Ellen Murphy, aged 27 and 19 respectively together…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Horror. the Police Hampered. Brisbane
Heavy rain fell in Gratton and district yesterday afternoon, and obliterated all tracks. Sergeant King, with a black tracker, followed the tracks of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Queensland Murder a Boy and Horse Shot. Intense Excitement. Sydney
The people of Queensland have been again horrified by the finding of the body of a boy and the carcase of a horse at Oxley, a suburb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gatton Tragedy. Burgess Charged with Stealing
The man Burgess, who was arrested at Dal[?]y on suspicion of being concerned in the Gatton murders, was taken to Toowoomba. The police…
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John Cadman has been committed at Deniliquin for the murder of his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accused in Court. Remand Granted
Beatrice Jamieson, elias Dulberka, Mme. Olga Radetzsky, and Tr[?]vice Alexander Tod[?], were be fore the City Court on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial News. SYDNEY Monday, the Railway Assault
The affair in the western line train in which a lunatic was placed in a ladies' carriage, and subsequently misconducted himself,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gatton Tragedy. Police Prosecuting Clues. the Tying of the Hands. Sydney
Latest telegrams from Queensland state that the Gatton tragedy is still the absorbing topic of conversation. Opinion is divided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of a French Missioner
News from the Soudan states that M. Potter member of the French mission commanded by Bouchamps has been murdered in…
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The Inspector of Stock prosecuted in the undermentioned cases. Thomas Gates, on two charges of using an unregistered brand at Glenbeg pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Tuesday, 24Th January, 1899. (Before Messrs. F. B. Hales, P.M. and Stafferd, J.P.)
M. E. Burke v. F. H. Downing, municipal retes £2/11/2, and interest £1. Verdict for plaintiff for £2/11/2. Same v. A. H. Davis, rent and rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court, delegate. Friday, Jan. 27. (Before Mr. T. Bodwell, J.P.)
JOHN FEENEY, a "spieler," locked up on the previous night for being drunk and disorderly in a public place, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, or 24 hoars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cooma Police Court. Tursday, 31St January. Before Mr. I. A. Shannon, J.P. ASSAULT
William Power was charged with assaulting Charles Saunders at Cooma on 26th January, thereby then [?]sioning to him actual bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder in Western Australia
A Mrs Fox has been murdered near Clarmont, a suburb of Perth. Her skull was cut open with an axe. Her husband reported her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Warden's Court at Kiandra
A Warden's Court was held at Kiandra on Wednesday and Thurs-day last, at which Mr. J. MOKensey, Mining Warden, officiated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombala Police Court Thursday, 2Nd February, 1899. (Before Messrs. C. Garnock and F. J. Hobson, J's.P.)
Edmund Burke, charged with deserting from H.M.S. Royal Arthur, on 3rd September, 1898 George Stutchbury, sworn, stated: I am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Yarrangobilly Assault Case. Accused Committed for Trial
As previously reported in the "Mercury," John Henry Sims, of Kiandra, and Thomas Can[?]ley, Junr., of Adaminaby, were, on 6th February,…
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