The Cockburn River Mystery. Alleged Child Murder
AT the Police Court, yesterday, a respectably-dressed young woman named Mary Shea, aged 28, and a native of England, was brought up charged with the wilful murder…
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Courts & crime, 1883
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Another Murder at New Hebrides
ANOTHER murder is reported from the New Hobrides. The Melbourne Argus' special correspondent, "The Vagabond," writing from Tanna on September 28, says:—Matthieu Forry, a resident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 3Rd, 1883. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.)
ASSAULT ON A WIFE.—James Clemmett, on remand, was charged with having assaulted his wife near the Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney, by beating her about the…
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THE P.M. and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Weint Mculler, German man-o'-wars-man, for indecent exposure at Bullock Island,…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.—The sentence of death passed on Rowbotham for the murder of his mother, has been commuted to imprisonment for life; the…
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DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.—The man Joseph Gordon has been committed for trial for the murder of the hawker Mysan, near Deniliquin…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Last Week a drover named John Fraser and a civilised black boy were murdered by blacks on the M'Arthur River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 6th, 1883. (Before the P.M., Dr. Morgan, and Mr. T. Brooks, J.'sP.)
ASSAULT.—Edward Perry pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted a special constable while in the execution of his duty, in the Borough Council Chambers…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—James Boscawen Duff, Deputy Register General, has been charged with embazzling £679, the property of the Government…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Jas. Boscawen Duffy, late Deputy Registrar-General, has surrendered himself to the police on the charge of embezzlement, and has been…
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ON Saturday morning Dr. Morgan and Mr. C. F. Stokes, J.'sP., dealt with a case involving some strange confessions of immorality. For a week or so past a gang of…
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GLEN INNES, Monday.—Cobb and Co.'s office was burglariously entered at Glen Innes on Saturday night, and a large amount of money was taken…
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SCALDING A WIFE.—James Clement, on remand, was charged with having assaulted his wife, by throwing a quantity of scalding water over her head. Detective Camphin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Recent Revelations at the Police Court. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—It is seldom that I ask for space in any journal to disc[?]nt on "mine own" grievances; but under the present circumstances I am under the impression that…
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Mr. MAIR, P.M., disposed of the Police Court business yesterday, and dealt with the customary batch of drunkards.—James Rodgers, a miner, for having used obscene…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The man Knowles, who confessed at a Salvation meeting to murdering Mr. Bates, the actor, some years ago, is supposed to…
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The Natal papers publish accounts of the terrible murder of a Consett girl named Miss Ellen Murphy, the eldest daughter of a farmer, Mr Patrick Murphy…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—It is reported that the Premier of Madagascar, husband of the late Queen, has been murdered to make room for her son…
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M. MAIR, P.M., and Mr. 3. Creer, J.P, presided at the Police: Court yesterday. There were only two drunkards on the list.—Thomas Birchnell, miner, locked up for…
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ON Saturday, at the Police Court, Thomas Birchnall, drunk and disorderly and using obscene language, was fined £3 10s, or a month. A seaman, named on the charge…
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