Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday, April 19
HIS Honor, Mr. Justice Fancett resumed the proceedings of the above Court on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Bartlett, J.P., again acted as Sheriff's…
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Courts & crime, 1884
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Acting Supreme Court Judge
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Mathew Henry Stephen has been appointed Acting Supreme Court Judge, to take the place of Sir James Martin, who is incapacitated…
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HIS Honor Mr. Justice Fancett resumed the sittings of the above court at a few minutes to 11 o'clock yesterday. Mr. Bartlett, J.P., again officiated as…
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ONE of the many mutual "tongue lashing" scenes which disgrace the proceedings in the local court of Adelaide occurred in an intensified from in the court-house on…
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HIS Honor Mr. Justice Faucett resumed the sittings of the above court at a few minutes to 11 o'clock. Mr. Bartlett, J.P., again cillciated as Sheriff's…
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THE Melbourne Argus reports that a burglary of a daring character was committed on Friday night at the Montague railway station, on the…
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His Honor Judge Fawcett resumed his sittings at the above yesterday, and continued the hearing of the well-known POISONING CASE…
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THE SALVATION ARMY AGAIN.—Edmund Cooper, a lad of about sixteen, was charged with riotous behaviour at the Salvation Army barracks on Tuesday night. Mr…
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NYNGAN, Thursday.—The body of a man name unknown, has been found near Nyngan. It is suspected that he has been murdered…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The wife of an old man named Cox, at St. Leonards, has been found dead in a hut. Cox has been arrested for her supposed murder…
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HIS Honor Judge Fawcett resumed the sittings of the above Court at 10 a.m., yesterday. The following eases were called on:— THE POISONING CASE…
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THE criminal side of the Maitland Circuit Court sittings was concluded at the East Maitland Courthouse, on Saturday, before his Honor Judge Faw[?]ett. David Thom,…
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FORBES, Monday.—4100 sheep have been stolen from Kangaroobie station, between Forbes and Cowra, the thieves leaving no trace…
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A VERY daring but most unsuccessful attempt at burglary was made on the premises of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, Sydney, some time, it is supposed,…
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Two men have been arrested by Senior-constable Steele, of Nyngan, on suspicion of being the men who committed the recent murder on the railway line. Their names…
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THE following is a more detailed account of the murderous affray on board the Fannie M., in Port Jackson:—About 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, a man named…
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AT the Maitland Circuit Court on Tuesday day, before his Honor Judge Fa[?]cett, the case A. M. Megguison v. W. B. Bettington, breach of contract, was concluded…
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THE horrible murder in Tasmania, reported in yesterday's issue, took place in the Victoria Valley, New Norfolk. A man named Stocks (says the correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. Thursday, May 1St, 1884
His Honor Judge Fawcett resumed the sittings of the above Court yesterday morning. The further hearing of the action…
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AUCKLAND, N.Z., Friday.—A man named Garland, a publican at Temuka, New Zealand, in a fit of jealousy, shot his wife and then blew his own brains out…
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