Murderous Assault. Brisbane
WHILE on duty on Saturday Constable Smith was murderously assaulted by a Chinaman with a tomahawk, and had to be removed to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Courts & crime, 1897
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District Court. Friday, June 11.—(Before his Honor Judge Coffey.)
THIS court opened on Friday, and the first case was Mrs. T. Clarke v. the Great Britain G.M. Coy., Tilbuster, claim £200 for damages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Streaky Bay Murder. Beard Sentenced to Death. Adelaide
At the Supreme Court on Saturday Beard was found guilty of the murder of Walter Newman Richards at Streaky Bay in January last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Police Court. Monday, June 14.—(Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.M.)
A drunk was fined 20s or seven days' imprisonment. Thos. Egan, for using some extraordinarily choice language, was ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 15.—(Before Messrs. B. A. Moses and C. A. Jackes)
The following renewals of licenses were granted: M.O'Halloran, R. Nairn, C. M'Donald, W. H. Vallis, R. Brown, W. H. Ramsay, G. Foran,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trial of Butler. Found Guilty and Sentenced to Death
BUTLER'S trial was resumed on Tuesday morning. A large number of articles belonging to Lee Weller, which formed part of the contents of the a chest which Butler was alleged to have sold to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butler Before the Court. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
AT the conclusion of the evidence in Butler's case, yesterday, several points of law were reserved by his counsel. Although the Chief Justice did not hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Court Home Life
All the foreign royalties whom the Queen has entertained have been enchanted at Windsor. The Czar Nicholas, on his visit in 1844, remarked, "C[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prefecture of Police in Paris
The number of prisoners who daily are taken to the portals of the Parisian Prefecture of Police, varies between 300 and 350. A mixture of all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inciting to Murder. [By Cable.] London
THE native journals of Poona, Bombay, are inciting the natives to murder the Government officials in connection with the suppressing of the plague, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Theft of £4000
Five years imprisonment for a theft of a sum of £4000 is not an examplary sentence. It is true that the greater part of the money was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wilful Murder. Sydney, Monday Night
AT the inquest on the body of a child found on a vacant piece of land near Rushcutter's Bay yesterday, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Pension Fund
With reference to the serious position of the Police Pension Fund, the Government has now made provision for the payment of the police pensions until such time as Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Pension Fund. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
In reference to the serious position of the Police Pension Fund, the Government have now made provision for the payment oi police pensions until such time as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. FRIDAY. July 2. (Before Messrs. Jas. M'Lean and J. P. Kirkwood.)
F. Braund & Co. v. H. Lever, Guyra.—Claim for goods sold, £2 7s. 4d. verdict for amount and 12s. 4d. costs. A. Cunningham v. C. Heap.—Claim £1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. Friday, July 2.—(Before Messrs. Jas. M'Lean and J. P. Kirkwood. J's.P.)
F. Braund and Co. v. H Lever; claim £2 7s 4d, goods sold. Ver. ict for plaintiff. A. Cunningham v. C. Heap; claim…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault at Tamworth. Sydney, Thursday Night
Daniel O'Leary, school teacher at Swamp Oak, was sentenced to three months' hard labour, at Tamworth, this morning, on a charge of aggravated assault upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Language of a Court
LONDON contains more languages than Babel ever knew, but this diversity of speech, instead of causing a dispersal of the nations according to the Biblical theory, rather tends to make them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 3.23 P.m. Shot by the Police
A store at Mudooran, in the Western district, was robbed on the 4th inst. of four bundles of marsupial skins, and the stolen property secreted in the bush. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shameful Scene in Court. a Pair of Viragoes
A DISGRACEFUL scene occurred at the Collingwood Court on Wednesday. Two women who had been arrested — Johanna Mnssaline, for using obscene language,…
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