Police Court
AT the Police Court yesterday, Robert Lindsay, a seaman, drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, for assaulting constable Key 20s., and for destroying a tub and…
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Courts & crime, 1881
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Murder of Lord Mount Morris
LONDON, December 30.—Three persons have been arrested, and charged with being concerned in the murder of Lord Mount Morris…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., adjudicated at the Police Court yesterday. Several drunkards were disposed of Harriet Turner, a girl gaily…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., Mr. G. Tully, and Mr. T. Brooks, J.'sP., the following cases were disposed of:—John Young, a cabin…
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ALBERT HICKS, alias "Coolie," a small half-caste boy, was charged with having broken into and trespassed upon the garden of John Thorn, in Bruce-street. The…
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AMONG the applicants at the Hammersmith police court, on Novembers 18, was a young gentleman who attended to complain of a coachman driving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 7Th January, 1881. (Before Mr. G. Tully, J.P., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P.)
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Richard Carter, a seaman was fined 20s, in default seven days, for this offence. A charge of obscene language was withdrawn…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Professor Pepper was charged by Charles Manfred Rose with failing to fulfil a contract. The plaintiff employed Pepper for two months,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, 11Th January, 1881. (Before Mr. G. Tully, J.P., and Mr.W.K. Lochhead, J.P.)
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Catherine Jones, married, on remand, was brought up on a charge of having attempted to commit suicide by drowning. The evidence of…
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WHATEVER may have been the original cause of a Select Committee being appointed, some fourteen months since, to enquire into the working and…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Captain O'Sullivan, J.P., presided at the police court yesterday morning, and disposed of the following cases:—William Harrison…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday (before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.) the following cases were disposed of: Bernard Doohan v. George Brien, for using insulting words at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tragedy at Yass. Verdict of Wilful Murder Against a Wife
A TELEGRAM from Yass, to the Evening News, dated Tuesday, states:—On the Wednesday before Christmas Day, Mrs. Dunlop, wife of Ebenezer D…
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BEFORE Mr. Buchanan, P.M., at the Police Court, yesterday, the following cases were disposed of:—Robert Murphy, a seaman, who had given himself into custody for…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate and Mr. G. Tully, J.P. the following business was disposed of:—Three drunkards, including Andrea…
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WE learn that a murderous attack, by two bushmen, has been committed on senior-constable Ward, in charge at Wallabadah-One of the assailants is said to be a cousin…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., the charge sheets were disposed of as follows:—John Gook, helplessly drunk, was fined in the…
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IN recording the cases of several youths brought before the Bench on Monday for melon stealing, it was stated that the lad Kinear had figured previously. The boy's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From Our Sydney Correspondent.) Contempt of Court
LONDON, Jan. 17.—The cases of contempt of Court of the Revs Pelham, Dale and Mr. Enright were discharged, on the ground of the writs from the Chancery…
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BEFORE Mr. Buchana, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., one female drunkard was fined 5s, in default 24 hours. Christopher Coady and, Francis Curran,…
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