Horrible Murder at Surry Hills, Sydney a Man Shot Dead
THE following are detailed particulars of the recent tragedy at Surry Hills, Sydney, when a man named Griffin was shot dead:—About 4 p.m. on Thursday, a man named…
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Courts & crime, 1884
447 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 23
Murder or Suicide ?
THE Melbourne Argus reports that a case of supposed murder was brought to light at Brunswick about 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, the dead body of…
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Mr. MAIR, P.M., Mr. W. K. Lochhead J.P., Mr. J. Creer, J.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. A few drunkards completed the list under that heading…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—James Boseawen Duff, late Deputy Registrar-General, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment in Darlinghurst gaol for embezzlement of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Addison, stipendary magistrate, B seriously ill, and so is Mr. Marsh…
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MR MAIR, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P., occupied the Bench yesterday. Four drunkards were dealt with James. Siev-right, drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—At the inquest on Mrs. Bennett, who was killed by a fall of a wall, a verdict of manslaughter against the contractor, Joseph Cooper, was returned…
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THERE is a free lance Masonic body in Sydney, called the Grand Lodge of New South Wales. This constitution is recognised by all the wild cat grand lodges of…
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THE sittings of the Newcastle District Court commenced yesterday morning, before His Honour Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. The only representatives of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Waterloo outrage case, the jury took twelve minutes to consider their verdict, and found all the prisoners not guilty of murder. Foley,…
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LONDON, Monday.—An attempt has been made on the life of the Comte de Paris by an explosion of dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle District Court. Second Day, Tuesday, 11Th March, 1884
HIS Honor took his seat at 10 a.m. DESENDED CASES. THOMAS BEVAN V. J. WILLIAMS.—Claim for £170 0s 4d, goods said, Mr. Thompson…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Wm. Rice, for shooting Jas. Griffin, at Surry Hills, on February 28th, has been found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death…
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THE sittings of the above court were resumed yesterday before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Dowling. The following cases were called on:—…
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THE charge and summons sheets at the Police Court yesterday contained an unusually large number of cases; a majority of which were disposed of in a…
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Monsignor de Cesare, General of the Olivetans of Mont Vergine, near Naples, has been murdered at Rome under horrible and mysterious circumstances. He…
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NEW YORK, February 12.—This morning at Fifty ninth-street Station, Third Avenue, Elevated Railroad a woman, unknown, in the presence of other passengers…
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IN the Legislative Assembly on Thursday afternoon, Mr. A. G. Taylor asked the Minister for Justice: "Did Mr. Perrott, the Police Magistrate at Waratah, make…
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BATHURST, Saturday.—A young man named Hyndes has been committed for trial in Bathurst on the charge of having kicked in the ribs of Harriet Martin, a…
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MESSRS. Mair P.M. C. H. Hannell, J. P. and D. Ludlew, J.P. presided at the Police yesterday Five drunkards, including one female, were desalt with Frederick Cummings, a German sailor, was…
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