The Nyngan Murder. Another Man Arrested
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—An Austrian named Francesco Suttern, was arrested on the Strathbyn railway (where he was working as a navvy), on a charge of having…
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Courts & crime, 1884
447 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 23
Divorce Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the divorce cases before the court yesterday, decrees were granted in each case…
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THE count for hearing appeals against the assessment made by the Waratah Council was held on Wednesday at Waratah Court House, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. Chas Thomas, J.P. The…
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MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Mr. Samuel Chapman, J.P., dealt with the police court cases yesterday. Eight or nine drunkards were dealt with; some of them feeling…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The convict Blaney, while being examined as a witness in the Sligo conspiracy case, swore that Tynan was present at the Phœnix Park murder;…
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YESTERDAY, at the police court, William Smith, 20, Alfred Shelwall, 22, William Phillips, 22, and George Arnold, 22, stowaways, from Launceston, aboard the s s…
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A WOMAN, whose name is unknown was found lying dead in a swamp at the back of the Trades Hotel; South Melbourne. From marks on the body…
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THERE was a small business-sheet at the Police Court yesterday, the drunkards numbering but four. Patrick Cane, a seaman was fined 20s., with the option of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A verdict of manslaughter against some persons unknown has been returned, at the inquest on the body of the child found in an…
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AT the Police Court, yesterday, the following cases, were disposed of:—Patrick Lynch, labourer, for drunkenness and destroying a Government cell-tub, was…
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THE condemned criminal Cordini has altered greatly in his demeanour during the past week, and has been several times seen an tears. On Monday night he was greatly…
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YESTERDAY, at the Police Thomas Young, a fireman aboard the steamer Namoi, was sentenced to a month's hard labour for having stolen a boot-trunk, the property of Philip Kramer. Margaret…
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AT the Police Court on Saturday, two drunkards composed the list. William Davis, a seaman, charged with having stolen a cap belonging to Abraham Lasker…
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MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P., presided yesterday at the Police Court. Three drunkards were disposed of; and a seaman, named John…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Doubts are expressed here as to Suttora being the real Nyngan murderer. The police here are, however, apparently satisfied that he was…
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AN important municipal appeal case was heard at the Wallsend Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Perrott, P.M. This was a case in which Mr. J. Y. Neilson, J.P.,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The condemned man Henry Morgan, who has been sentenced to death, and about whose crime of murder some doubt was raised in certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 9, 1884. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Four offenders were fined. STEALING.—James J. Emmett, caught in the act of robbing the till of the bar of the Royal Hotel, Newcastle, the property of Mark Fryar, was convicted and…
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LONDON, Monday.—The recent dynamite outrages have created quite a panic, and the fooling against the Fenians and Irish Nationalist party is gaining in bitterness…
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MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., and Mr. S. Chapman, man, J.P., dealt with the police court work yesterday. A batch of eight drunkards pleaded guilty, and were lined as usual…
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