Murder will Out
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—A man named William Sheehan has been arrested at Auckland for the murder of his mother, sister, and brother, at Castletown, Roche, County Cork, Ireland, in October,…
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Courts & crime, 1884
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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 23Rd., 1884. (Before Major Bolton, Dr. Morgan, and Mr. T. Brooks, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Five inebriates ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.—Lot Crook, on remand from the Greta bench; was further remanded until this morning on a charge of having, by means…
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MR. MAIR, P.M., and Mr. Joseph Creer, J.P., presided on the local bench yesterday. A quartette of drunkards were fined at the outstart; and were followed by…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — There was a great row at Bondi to-day, when the police were attacked by a party of roughs. Several of the police were…
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DR. INGLIS, J.P., dealt with the Police Court business on Saturday. There were but four delinquents to receive attention. Jane Chester, a notorious old vagrant,…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A man named Thomas Butler, a labourer, aged 60 years, living with his wife and four children in a tent on the outskirts of Dimboola,…
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DRUNKENNESS.—Five were fined for this offence. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Alfred J. Preston was fined 20s., or seven days, for…
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DRUNKENNESS.—Only one offender was dealt with. A FIGHTING MAN IN TROUBLE.—Pompey, a huge, powerful aboriginal, was brought up by constable Allen, charged with drunkenness and disorderly…
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