Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday Night. MURDER
At an inquest to-day on the body of George Bye, the jury returned a verdict of murder against some persons unknown. The decreased had his skull fractured by a blow of a…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, March 19, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Porrott, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly
ANNIE RICHARDSON, a resident of the Glebe and respectably dressed, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly preferred against her by Constable Mullane,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 19Th, 1889. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, J's.P.) Drunkenness and Indecency
JOSEPH DENNISON was fined 5s for being drunk, and 40s, or fourteen days, for having made use of indecent language in Gipps-street, Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Territory. an Overcrowded Gaol
Attention has again been called to the overcrowding of the Fannie Bay Gaol, and the immediate necessity of reforming some of the present sanitary arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, March 19Th, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Medical Treatment
THOMAs FLANNIGAN was charged with being at largo whilst of unsound mind. Constable Dunshee, of Teralba, who had brought accused in from that place, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 20Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and G. Murray, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS
A TRIO of offenders were fined for the above offence. "ON THE NEVER." John M'Pherson was ordered to pay 40s,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Hands of the Police. An Owner Wanted
ON Tuesday afternoon the police arrested a young man named Joseph Dalziel on a charge of having disposed of a bag of corn reasonably supposed to have been stolen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Story of the Sea. Alleged Assault by a Skipper. Startling Statements. Scandalous, if True. The Case Remanded
AT the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, be., for Mr. Jas. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin and G. Murray, Js.P., Otto Hermeas prosecuted Captain Jones, of the British-registered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, March 20, 1889. Alleged Sunday Selling
WILLIAM BROWN was charged with selling liquor on Sunday, March 10th, he being license of the Commercial Hotel, Lambton. Mr. Sparke appeared for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Stealing and Receiving. The Tobacco Dodge
YESTERDAY afternoon a man named William Wilson, who for the past eight months has been in the employ of the Black Diamond Tobacco Factory, was apprended by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Inciting to Personate. Four Men Charged
SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—The Evening News to-night, under the heading "Important Meeting of Protectionists," has the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 21, 1889. Alleged Embezzlement.—accused Committed for Trial
Robert Kendall, on remand, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, in all exceeding £800, the property of his employer, Richard Windeyer Thompson,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday Night. Theft by a Railway Clerk
JULIAN H. GODDIN, a clerk employed at the Spencer-street railway station, was charged in Melbourne this morning with stealing the sum of £39, the property of the department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 21, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Attendance
A LARGE number of school-attendance cases were heard, Mr. Inspector Ling having no less than twenty on his list. In one or two cases it was proved that the child was absent from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 21St. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin and D. Murray, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS
A SOLITARY individual made his bow for the above offence, and had to part with a "crown." SUPPOSED TO BE STOLEN…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William O'brien in Gaol. Press Opinions. "A Roar of Public Indignation." Extraordinary Precautions. ADELAIDE, Thursday (midnight)
Protests from all sides are pouring into the National press against the barbarous treatment to which William O'Brien is being subjected. In an article headed "It Means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Referee Court. New Lambton Dispute. The South Waratah Award
IT is understood that the Mining Referee Court will assemble this morning at 10 o'clock in the Newcastle Court-house, when the award in the South Waratah dispute will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Horrible Story. Mutilating a Wife's Body. Found in a Box. Was it Murder? ADELAIDE, Thursday (midnight)
AT the Dundee Police Court, on February 11, Wm. Henry Bury, 30 years of age, residing at Princes-street, in that town, was remitted to the Sheriff, charged with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Death of Minnie Harmer. Statement of the Dead Girl's Mother. Her Denunciation of Quacks. Truth, Like Murder, Will Out. A Bereaved Mother's Grief
INTERVIEW of the intense interest manifested by the public in the circumstances connected with the sad death of the girl Minnie Harmer, at Wickham, and the subsequent disclosures that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 21, 1889. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., Dr. Morgan, and Mr. G. C. Martin) TRANSFERS
The license of the Lass o' Gowrie Hotel, Wickham, was transferred from James Goldie to Walter Robinson. There was no police objection…
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