Attempted Murder in Paris
An attempt has been made to murder one of the keepers of the Versailles Museum, named Coll[?], in the midnightdown train. His fellow passengers, on leaving Paris,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Courts & crime, 1886
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Corowa Police Court. Friday August 6. (Before Messrs Hudson and Macarthur)
Thomas Gilchrist, charged with drunkenness and obscene language, was fined 20s, in default 3 days' imprisonment for each offence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brutal Case of Wife Murder
With reference to the horrible tragedy e[?]acted on the 5th inst. near Newcastle (briefly reported by telegram in our last issue), we learn from further particulars to hand that…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Land Court of Appeal
At the last local Land Board at Deniliquin the following cases were heard and appealed-from decisions given. They have been treated in Sydney by the Minister as follow :—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Deniliquin Police Court Thursday, August, [?] (Before Mr H. J. Wooldridge, J.P,)
A respectable looking man was [?] charged with being of unsound mind, [?] for eight days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Police Court. Monday, August 16. (Before Mr J.E. Pearce, P.M.)
ILL-TREATING A HORSE.—Ah Howe sued Simpson Myers for cruelly ill-treating a black mare, his property. Mr Pearce appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Brough for the defendant. It appeared plaintiff had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Police Court. Friday, August 13. (Before Dr. Lang.)
John Thurgood Thompson, charged with Sunday trading, and Michael Kennedy charged with being found on Sunday in the act of leaving licensed premises with liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murderous Assault Upon a Wife, and Attempted Suicide
At the Brunswick Court, Melbourne, on Saturday morning, a man named William O’Dunough, an umbrella mater, residing in Victoria-street, and who had been arrested the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Wahgunyah Police Court. Thursday, August 19. (Before Messrs. J. R. Hudson and J. Pearce.)
Edward Evans, charged with stealing two shirts and one pair of socks, valued at 10s., the property of Emmanuel Meredith, pleaded guilty, and was remanded to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Case of Wife Murder. a Woman Compelled by Her Husband to Take Poison
Rhoda Caroline Reynolds, the wife of Alfred Reynolds, a stonemason, living at Newtown, Sydney, was found on the 12th inst. in a state of unconsciousness. When…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, August 16. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
Kitty, an aboriginal, was admonished and discharged for drunkenness. Elizabeth Smith was charged with the [?] a quantity of liquor from the cellar at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Police Court. Thursday, August 19. (Before Mr. F. C. Macarthur.)
William Kemball was charged with with stealing a black and tan collie dog, the property of Jas. Neal, of Mulwala. It appeared in evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chicago Anarchists Sentenced to Death. New York, August 20
The trial of the anarchist who took a leading part in fomenting the serious disturbances which occurred at Chicago on May 4 last was brought to a close to-day, and resulted in seven…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hamlet Before the Court
"Well, Hamlet shakspeare," said Justice Welds at Jefferson Market, New York, addressing the fantastic prisoner at the bar, who were a classic black mantle and a cavalier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, August 21. (Before the Police Magistrate)
Jerry Campbell, an aboriginal, was charged with drunkenness, and let off with a caution. MONDAY, AUGUST 23. (Before the Police Magistrate.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Zealand Murder
Great excitement was caused at Timaru (a New Zealand correspondent writes) when it became known that Thomas Hall, a well-known commission agent, a nephew of Sir John Hall, and a young woman named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Urana Police Court. Monday, August 30.(Before Messrs. Baylis, P.M and Cullej, J.P.)
Charles Burtieson, on remand, surrendered to his baril, Charged with having stolen a mare branded R on the shoulder the property of E. Wodingham, on August 16th, he having been…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Compelling a Wife to Drink Poison. the Husband Sentenced to Death
The last stage so far an the courts are concerned was reached on Tuesday in the case of Allred Revnolda, who so brutally poisoned his wife at Newtown, Sydney, by forcing her to…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, August 31, 1886. (Before Messrs. Macarthur, acting P.M., Hudson and Beeby.)
William Johnson, charged with drunkenness, was dismissed as it was his first offence, but, for abusive language, was fined 10s., or 48 hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.s.w. Land Notices. Land Court of Appeal
AT a Court of Appeal under the Crown Lands Act of 1884, to be held before the Minister of Lands, at Sydney, on Sept. 15, the following local cases are down for…
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