Wrongfully Sentenced
The convicts, Henry Johnson and Samuel Clowes, who' had been wrongfully, sentenced to penal servitude for ten years each for having, as alleged, mutilated in…
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Courts & crime, 1882
291 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 15
Mr. Buchanan and Police Efficiency
THE S. M. Herald of Tuesday says:—Two of the police magistrates in the metropolitan district, Messrs. Buchanan and Addison, yesterday gave utterance to opinions which…
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LONDON, March 22. —An attempt, which has been partially successful, has been made to blow up the detective police office in Dublin…
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THE P.M., with Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P., disposed of the police business yesterday. Elizabeth Gee, a confirmed drunkard, was fined 10s., or 3 days. Robert Bell, riotous…
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Four drunkards completed the list at the Police Court yesterday. John Sullivan, a seaman, drunk and disorderly at Bullock Island, was fined 10s., in default…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Newcastle Borough Council Versus Rev. A. E. SELWYN. (Before the P.M., Messrs. W. A. Sparke. and O'Sallivan. J's.P.)
This was a case of alleged violation of the new bye-laws for interment of the dead. The information set forth that on the 15th December, 1881, Arthur E. Selwyn…
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THE Police Magistrate with Messrs Sparke and Captain O'Sullivan, J.'sP., presided at the Police Court yesterday. In the adjourned case Michael H. Ryan v…
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ONLY two offenders were dealt with yesterday. One drunkard was fined in the customary amount; and John Stewart, a labourer, drunk and disorderly, was fined…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Captain Rolls, of the schooner Anni[?] C. Lynn, has been murdered by his cook, whilst at sea, near the Solomon Islands…
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H.M.S. CORMORANT arrived in Sydney, on Thursday, with the news of the murder of Lieutenant Lackeraft, one of the most popular officers in the navy, who have…
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MR. MAIR, P.M., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Five drunkards were disposed of as usual. Edward Fisher, described as a miner, was fined 10s, or…
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LONDON April 1. —General Strelinkow, while on a visit to Odessa, made an harangue on the occasion of the trial of several Nihilists, and Was afterwards shot…
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YESTERDAY, at the Police Court, several minor cases were disposed of.—Two vehicle drivers were fined, at the instance of Inspector Davey, for illusing horses, by…
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LONDON April 4.—The following are the details of the atrocious Smyth murder in Westmeath:—The family were driving to church, when the murders find at Mrs7…
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THE P.M., with Mr. G. Donald. J.P., occupied the Bench on Thursday. Several drunkards were dealt with as usual. A lad, named Sydney Smith, for a breach of the…
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BEFORE Mr. J. Mair (licensing magistrate) and Dr. C. W. Morgan, J.P., member of Licensing Court, the following business was disposed of on Thursday :— J. Anderson…
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AT the Police Court, on Thursday, William Sefco was summoned on the information of Dr. C. W. Morgan, " for ringing a noisy instrument, to wit, a bell, for the purpose of…
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LONDON, April 6.—The trial of Kinsella, a Fenian, for the murder of another Fenian who had divulged the existence of a quantity of arms and ammunition secretly stored…
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YESTERDAY (before the P.M), four offenders were fined in various sums for being drunk and disorderly, and three for using obscene language. William Mills was sent to goal…
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On Thursday, before the Police Magistrate, and James Birrell, J.P., out. of 12 cases there were the settled out of Court. Verdicts for plaintiffs, with costs,…
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