Suspected Murder
MOREE, Saturday.—James Watson, a labourer, met his death under suspicious circumstances at the Shepherd's Home Hotel, Meroo, about forty miles from here…
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Courts & crime, 1885
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Newcastle Police Court
MR. MAIR, P.M., with Messrs. Sparke and Ludlow, J's.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. Two drunkards led off the business. Elizabeth Coote, a garrilous old dame, followed on a charge of vagrancy…
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YESTERDAY at the Police Court, Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P. presided. The business sheets were light. In a detention of property ease—Elizabeth Hutchison v. Daniel Gurly, of Stockton—…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At he inquest on the body of a woman, found in the bush near Ryde, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person or persons…
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MR. MAIR, P.M. and Mr. W. K. Lochhead, J.P. presided at the Police Court yesterday. George Anderson and Hans Anderson, two deserters from the American barque Hudson, were sent to gaol for…
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THE P.M. and Mr. George Donald, J.P., adjudicated at the Police Court yesterday. One drunkard was fined. Emily Allen, a dissipated looking married woman, for drunkenness and indecent language, was…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The adjourned inquest on the body of a woman found dead on the Field of Mars Common, near Hunter's Hill, was resumed lost Monday in the Gladesville Hotel. Gladesville,…
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THE presiding magistrates at the Police Court yesterday were Major Bolton, Captain O'Sullivan, Mr. W. K. Lochhead, and Mr. J. Creer, J's.P. The drunkards' list having been disposed of, Edward…
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The above Council held an open court of revision in the Chambers, for the purpose of revising the Municipal list for 1885. Two claims in writing were made for insertion on the list and…
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SIR,—Allow me a space in your valuable columns to comment on the injustice done to Adamstown by the authorities not complying with a petition sent some time ago, with reference to having a…
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ON Sunday a barefaced burglary took place in Blane-street, at the rear of Messrs. E. J. Clarke and Co.'s jewellery store. An outbuilding behind the main shop had been fitted up as a sleeping apartment by…
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MR. MAIE, P.M., and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P., dealt with yesterday's Police Court work. Several drunkards pleaded guilty, and paid the penalty. Emma Moore, an…
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THERE was but little business of any sort for transaction at the local Police Court yesterday. A brace of inebriates went back for twenty-four hours to the cells. William Coulter, for riotous behaviour, was…
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THE P.M. and Mr. G. Donald, J.P., dealt with yesterday's Police Court work. John Negg, a rough-and-tumble customer, who had got intoxicated and driven his fist through a £2glass window at Dean's…
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AT the Police Court, before Mr. Perrott, P.M., and J. Birrell, Mr. J.P., Charles Bryant was charged with having no visible means of support, and was sentenced to six months' hard labour in Maitland…
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The usual Council meeting was held on Wednesday evening last. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Don, Keddie. M'Kean, Williams, and Cook. Minutes read and confirmed, and the outgoing…
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BUSINESS on Saturday at the Police Court was not particularly brisk. John Heydon pleaded guilty to wilful disobedience aboard the barque Pearl, and went to gaol for four weeks, with a satisfied smile on…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—An elderly man named William Bassett has been arrested in Adelaide en a charge of criminally assaulting a little girl, aged four years,…
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MR. MAIR, P.M., and Mr. David Ludlow, J.P., as usual, disposed of Monday's Police Court business, and led off by fining a batch of drunkards. Robert Beringham, octogenarian, pleaded guilty to having…
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A REPORT was made to Inspector Thorpe yesterday morning that a burglary had taken place on the premises of William Carrol, an Adamstown store-keeper. It is alleged that during the night Mr…
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