Aboriginal Murder
One aboriginal has murdered another at Chesney's home station, at Cobar, by spearing him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1885
574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 29
The Late Strike. a Charge of Assault. Union versus Non-Union
A CHARGE of assault, which appears to have arisen out of the ill-feeling engendered by the recent strike, was heard at the police court yesterday before Mr. James Mair,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 7. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M.)
OBSGENE LANGUAGE.—William Elmslie pleaded guilty to the charge of using obscene language in Hunter-street, on Friday night. He was fined £2, or 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 9. (Before Mr. David Ludlow, J.P.)
LOYALTY.—On account of the anniversary of the birth of the heir-apparent to the British Throne, four loyal gentlemen and a lady commemorated the occasion…
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A conspiracy has been detected to murder the King of Servia, and arrests have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court
A number of small debts were dealt with, after which the court closed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 10. (Before Mr. Alexander Brown, and W. H. Shaw, J.'sP.)
DISOBEYING A SUMMONS.—William Stan-bridge, who had been arrested on warrant charged with disobeying a summons to comply with an order of the cou[?]t for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Divorce Court Proceedings
In the case of Steel v. Steel a decree [?] was granted. The petitioner is a musical man, and the co-respondent (Wrench) was a clerk in the stamp office, who went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 11. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.)
LARCENY.—Thomas Binks, a labourer, was charged with stealing £7 from the person of Charles Wilson, on the 10th inst. Constable Lloyd proved the arrest of the…
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Four more divorce cases were decided to-day in court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Alleged Murder of the Geographical Society Expedition
Doubts are still expressed of the murder at the Geographical Society expedition in New Guinea. The rumour arose through two natives who went with the party and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lawyer Charged with Assault
AT the Newcastle Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair P.M., and Messrs. A. Brown, J. Donald, and S. Chapman, J's. P., Mr. J. J. M'Manus a contractor, summoned Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder at New Ireland
A telegram from Cooktown reports the murder by the natives of New Ireland, on the 24th of October, of a man named Campbell, a copra merchant, trading for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, Nov. 12. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M, and G. Donald, J.P.)
STEALING BRICKS.—Henry Wooden a young man 20 years of age, was charged with stealing 600 bricks, the property of Amos Bros, railway contractors, on the 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Murder Against Five Native Troopers
THE proceedings at the trial of the five native troopers before his Honor Mr. Justice Cooper, of Queensland, for the Irvineband murders, are thus reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft from the Art Gallery
A man has been arrested for stealing a picture, valued at £200, from the Adelaide Art Gallery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Murder
A deliberate murder was committed at Sandridge Pier, Melbourne, yesterday. Worrell, a seaman of the American ship Iceberg, stabbed to the heart John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 16. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.)
NO LAWFUL MEANS OF SUPPORTS.—Sarah Cameron a young women 19 years of age, but who appeared to be much younger, was charged with having no lawful visible means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. The Forbes Murder
Thomas King, acquitted for the Forbes murder, has been committed for trial for being an accessory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inez Valesco: The Mystery of the Ochre House Murder. Written for the New York Clipper
"BEAUTIFUL ? Why, man alive, there isn't another woman on the face of the earth that can compare with her! She is the ideal of feminine loveliness…
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