Horrible Murder of a Lady near Torquay
A TERRIBLE murder was committed on November 15 at Babbicombe, a village about a mile and a half from Torquay, and all the…
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A Scene in Court. (From the Tamworth News.)
MR. Buchanan, the irrepressible, came to the front again in the Court of Quarter Sessions on Thursday. His Honor Judge Docker, in summing up in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & General News. 4.Rmidale District Court Monday, JAN, 12. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.)
Judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed and coats was given in. the following cases Robt. Scholes v. Jas. Mickey £8 Is. 4d.; John Bliss v…
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THIS Court was opened on Saturday morning by his Honor Judge Murray, who took his seat at 10. The barristers in attendance were -- Messrs. G. Fitzhardinge, Gordon, Brown and Mann…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glen Innes Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
THE ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE CONVENT.-- James Roberts, on remand, was brought up on a charge of being on the Convent premises for unlawful purposes. After the evidence of the Rev. Sisters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEDNESDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
FORGING AND UTTERING.-- Thomas Desmond, alias O'Brien, appeared in custody to answer the charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £7 3s, purporting to be drawn by Edward H. Alcock,…
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HORSE-STEALING.-- William Bonnott was summoned, on the information of George Young, for horse-stealing. On the application of the police the case was postponed till February 3rd…
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A trial for murder, which has just closed at the assizes of the Pas-de-Calais, ended like many more have done in French courts of late, in a derisive sentence against the prisoner. Alfred Gaudin, a…
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At Connaught Assizes, Michael Downey was found " Guilty " of the murder of John Moylan, at Clonboo, in the county of Galway, on the 19th of December. 1883. During the absence of John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glen Innes Police Court. THURSDAY. (Before Messrs. J. Martin and R. A. Lewis,.Js.P.)
PROHIBITION. -- William Cramm made application for a prohibition restraining publicans from supplying his wife with spiritous liquors for a period of 12 months. The application was granted…
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At the London Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Hawkins. Horace Robert Jay, 23, described as a barman, was charged upon an indictment, and also by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Murder at Sea
William Rauscher and Ferdinand Koelpin, the second made and boatswain of the American ship J. F. Chapman, were charged at Bow-street Police Court with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glen Innes Police court. FRIDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
ASSAULT. -- William Davis summoned William Dodd for assaulting and beating him. On the 18th instant Davis swore Dodd met him on the railway line, and struck him with a stick across the back,…
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A SELECTOR named Johnstone has reported at Port Douglas the probable murder of a selector named S. Bernard, on the Mossman River, by the blacks. It appears that the…
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A STRANGE murder trial has just been completed at the Old Bailey by the judge sentencing Elizabeth Gibbons to death for murdering her husband. This case has…
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FOLLOWING is a list of the cases to be tried at the Circuit Court, commencing on Monday next, before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LOCAL & General News. Tamworth Circuit Court. Tuesday, April 7. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.) Cattle Stealing
JOHN Fletcher, Jun., John Fletcher, Sen., and Archibald Fletcher surrendered to their bail, and pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing three bulls, three oxen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tamworth Circuit Court. Before Mr. Justice WINDEYERe.)
THE following prisoners were sentenced during the sitting of the above Court. last week:- Elizabeth Hughes, for receiving stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armidale Circuit Court. Monday, April 13. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer.)
THE Court opened at 10 o'clock when the following barristers were present:—Mr. A. G. Ralston, Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Alex. Gordon, Jun., and Mr. R. B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coonamble Gaol Tragedy
A MAGISTERIAL enquiry info the cause of the death of Charles Stewart, who was shot dead in his store by one of the Coonamble gaol escapees, oil Friday night, was…
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