Police Court
THE following cases were disposed of at the Police Court yesterday:—Daniel Wild, charged by the Inspector of Nuisances, with suffering cows to stray on the…
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Courts & crime, 1881
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Scare in a Police Court
A man charged with robbery appeared in the Police Court to-day and said that he resided in an infected house at Wooloomooloo. A great scare at once arose…
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LONDON, July 28.—A jury, composed of Boers, has acquitted the prisoners on their trial for the cowardly murder of Captain Malcolm, who was shot dead…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Banco Court, in the libel action, Rev. Dr. Bermingham (Wegga Wagga) v. the proprietors of the Evening News, a verdict of £500 was…
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THE charge sheet at the Police Court on Saturday included the following cases:—Two drunkards (one male and a female) were each fined in the usual…
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YESTERDAY morning the Court business was disposed of by his worship Mr. Buchanan, P.M. A batch of inebriates, including one female, were disposed of as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, 2Nd August, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., Messrs. Joseph Creer and S. Chapman, J.'s P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Several offenders were dealt with for drunkenness; one defendant failing to appear on ball, having his bail of £2 escheated…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Two drunkards were fined as customary, and Sarah McBirnie,…
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LONDON, August 2.—A Nihilistic conspiracy, for the murder of the Czar of Russia, has been disclosed at Moscow. In consequence the Emperor has left the…
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THREE drunkards were mulct in the usual sums at the Police Court yesterday, and one offender, charged with breaking a door, was ordered to pay the value, with…
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THE only business at the Police Court yesterday was the fining of two drunkards, who were dealt with by Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P…
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A TELEGRAM from London in the San Francisco papers, dated London, June 28, states that when the Brighton railway express train was stopped for the…
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THE local Bench had but slight business to dispose of on Saturday. One drunkard was dealt with, and a laborer named John Davis, fined 20s., or…
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AT the Police Court yesterday two drunkards only were dealt with. Wy Chee, a bare-footed, half-starved, and mephitic Chinaman, was sent to gaol for…
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TAMWORTH, Monday.—At the Quarter Sessions, this morning, Joseph Thompson, charged with stealing letters from the Post Office, pleaded guilty, and was…
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TAMWORTH, Monday, 8 p.m.—A terrible tragedy has just took place here. A Chinaman who was being teased by Englishmen shot one and fired at…
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LONDON, August 7.—Another plot has been frustrated to murder the Czar at his family cottage at Peterhoff. Sixty persons were engaged in the conspiracy…
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AT the Police Court yesterday morning William Herd, a dealer, on bail, was found guilty of stealing six granite sets, the property of the Borough Council, and was…
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AT a quarter to 8 last night intense excitement was occasioned in Peel-street (says the News) by three, reports of a revolver, accompanied by the screams of…
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YESTERDAY morning (before the Police Magistrate), two drunkards were fined; John Murphy was mulet in 40s, and 5s 6d costs, for a breach of the Publicans…
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