Police Court
AT the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., the following business sheets were disposed of:—Alexander Copeland, charged at the…
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Courts & crime, 1881
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Attempted Murder in a Diving-Bell
A rather good hint for novelists of the Jules Verne type (observes the Globe) was provided recently by an incident which occurred on the Seine near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, January 17, 1880. (Before the P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P.)
HAMMOND (Trustee for Mr. Lindsay) v. MR. LEIBINGER.—This was an action to recover the sum of £4 for rent due, in respect of premises in the Market Square…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., adjudicated at the Police Court on Friday. One inebriate was fined 5s, in default twenty four hours. William Hutchinson, an old offender in…
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BEFORE Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., Mary Jane McPherson, drunk and disorderly, was fined £1, in default, seven days; being an old offender…
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A REVISION Court for revising the municipal electoral roll was held at the Council Chambers last night. The only alterations made were as follows:—City Ward, Alfred…
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THERE is now in the Brisbane hospital a patient named Chang Wakoo, a kanaka brought on by the Corea from one of the Torres Straits Islands: who is suffering…
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THE following cases were disposed of yesterday by the P.M. One drunkard was fined as customary. George Lane, pointsman at Bullock Island railway…
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LITGANTS should b[?]r in mind that the last day for issuing plaints for the ensuing District Court (28th inst) will be Tuesday the 15th inst…
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THE murder of Robert Edward Holmes by natives, at Collett's Creek, on the 10th March last is no doubt, still fresh in the memory of our readers (says the…
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ON Saturday, at the Police Court, William. Hall, a labourer, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, and attempting to pull Mr. John Russell form his horse…
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Mr. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., disposed of the following business at the Police Court yesterday. Cornelius Killoury, labourer, locked up for…
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THE usual sittings of the Small Debts Court took place yesterday. There were no cases of public interest called on for settlement…
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AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Buchanan, P.M., and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., William McCullum and Thomas Kinear, two boys, were charged…
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MESSRS. G. Tully and W. K. Lochhead, J's.P., occupied, the bench yesterday. One drunkard pleaded guilty to the impeachment, and went to the cells for…
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MR. BUCHANAN, P.M., and Mr. G. Tully, J.P., presided on the Bench yesterday morning. Janet Vivas, aged seventeen, an indentured apprentice from the…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 4, 1880.—Charles Henderson, colored, was hanged yesterday at Friar's Point, Coahoma county, Miss., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, 4Th February, 1881. (Before Mr. Buchanan, P.M.)
ASSAULT.—Joseph Mannix, a rough-looking and powerfully built seaman, pleaded guilty to having assaulted Mr. George Tully J.P. It was shown that…
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THE only police business on Saturday was the fining of one inebriate, and the discharge of an old man looked up for protection…
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WE have been requested to remind htigants that the last day for issue of plaints for the ensuing District Court will be Tuesday next, the 15th inst…
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