Murder at Coolgardi[?]. Coolgardic
Lost Friday morning an A[?]ghan shot Tagh Mahomet dead while at prayers at the Alghan camp. Tagh Mahomet was a member of the firm…
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Walcha Police Court. Tuesday, January 14. (Before Messrs M. J. Walsh and G. H. Erratt, J's.P.)
John Thompson v. F. Flocke, claim for £2, for work done. Mr. Nash for complainant; Mr. Statham for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, January 21. (Before the P.M.)
C. J. Castles was fined 20s or 4 days for being drunk and disorderly. The fine was paid. Sydney and Claude Skinner, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 21.—(Before the P.m.) Stealing Bags
SYDNEY and Claude Skinner, two lads aged respectively 14 years and 11 years, were charged, on remand, with stealing some flour bags the property of James M'Lean,…
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At Tamworth, Frederick Warburton Hare, insurance agent, has been committed for trial on a charge of bigamy. His first wife, who gave birth to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Police Court. Thursday, January 23. (Before the P.m.) Drun[?]ess
M. Kilday was fined 5s or six hours for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →J. M. Hill in Court. Another Serious Charge. Sydney
John Maule Hill, until lately Council Clerk at Enfield, was before the court yesterday, charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A MAN at Newcastle, charged with having committed an aggravated assault upon his own daughter, aged 11 years, who was covered with braises and abrasions, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentenced
The girl Ethel Wright, who pleaded guilty at Tamworth Court to perjury in the notorious Gunnedah poisoning case, has been sentenced to four years' penal servitude…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armidale Police Court. Friday, January 31. (Before Messrs, W. Miller and W. Drew, J's.P.) Alleged Larc[?]ny
Frederick Ryan was charged with larceny. Mr. S. Kearney appeared for accused…
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George Reavan, while walking home on Saturday night, was suddenly murderously assaulted and robbed in Griffith-street, off Forbes-street, Woolloomooloo and was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ethel Wright Sentenced
ETHEL Susannah Wright, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury in connection with what has been known as the Gunnedah sensation, was brought up for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Woolloomooloo Assault
The man Rae, the victim of the murderous assault and robbery on Saturday night, is still in an unconscious condition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murderous Assault. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
GEORGE REA, a vanman, whilst walking home on. Saturday night was suddenly murderously assaulted and robbed Griffith-street, off Forbes-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder. [By Telegraph.] Noumea
M. AUBERSTIN, an old resident, was murdered on Friday night by an unknown assassin, his body bring stabbed in ten places…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Murder and Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Perth (W.a.)
A COOLGARDIE miner named Alrich East shot his wife through the shoulder and afterwards attempted to blow out his brains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court
IN this Court on Monday, before the P.M., verdicts were given in each of the following cases for the amounts claimed: -- Charles M'Pharlane v. C. M'Phee; goods sold,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emmaville Police Court. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. H. Gordon and T. Chandler, J's. P.)
L. SMITH, for using obscene language, was fined 20s and costs 4s 10d ; and G. Jekyll, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s and 4s 10d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. Tuesday, Feb. 4. (Before His Honor, Judge Coffey.) KROENER V. J. A. M'INTYRE
THIS was an action claiming £200 damages for breach of agreement in connection with wool classing. Mr. M'Intyre, instructed by Mr. Abbott,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Married in Gaol
Ethel Wright, well-known in connection with the Gunnedah sensation, was yesterday married in the Tamworth Gaol to Frederick Cantrell, by…
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