Maitland. Police Court. Dishonest Assurance Agent
At the W. Maitland police court on Thursday, Edward Egan was charged with the larceny of a sum of money, the property of the N.S.W. Assurance Corporation, limited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1889
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Lambton. Police Court.—friday. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drunk
Thomas Bunn pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Elder-street on December 28th. The P.M. discharged the defendant, as he had been locked up over-night, and promised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder in America. Butchering a Glutton
LONDON, Tuesday Night.— A horrible murder is reported from Philadelphia, United States A boarding-house keeper named Schloops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tunbridge Wells Murder. Two Men Hanged. They Die Repentant
LONDON, Tuesday Night.— Mr. Henry Matthews, Q.C., the Home Secretary, has refused to recommend Her Majesty to grant a reprieve in the case of the two youths,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kilrain-mitchell Match. Police Stop the Fight
LONDON, Tuesday Night.—The authorities at Saint Louis, in the United States have prohibited a boxing exhibition proposed to be held there between Jake Kilrain, the,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiendish Negro Plot. Drugs, Arson, and Murder. A Narrow Escape
LONDON, Tuesday.—Telegrams from New York state that seven negro servants employed by a Colonel Plaxton at Arcola, a township in Illinois, plotted to rob the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder by a Lunatic. a Madman's Confession. Goaded to Crime
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Howard, the lunatic, who was suspected of the murder of Warder Hunter at the Yarra Bond Asylum, has confessed to the murder. He says: "When I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, January 4Th, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.). on the "Vag."
Jane Chester, on remand, was charged with vagrancy. She had no witnesses to call, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Diabolical Affair at Adelaide. Woman Outraged by Gangs of Larrikins. Thirteen Arrests. Accused before the Court. ADELAIDE
FULL particulars of the terribly disgusting outrage that was reported to the police by a married woman, named Mrs. Margaret Abbott, as having been committed upon her by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland. the South Seas Murder
The Government are communicating with Admiral Fairfax on the reported murder of the Government agent Armstrong, of the Ariel, schooner, at Manoba. The whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, January 5Th, 1889. (Before the P.m.) Riotous Behaviour
ALFRED LE SAGE, miner, was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Murrurundi on November 17th last. It appears that the accused, a resident of Merewether, was in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brutal Murder Near Young. No Trace of the Murderer
YOUNG , Saturday.—A brutal murder took place on Friday night on the main Young to Burrowa road, within the Young borough boundary. A hawker named Hans Oland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, January 7Th, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., D. Ludlow, and P. Bennett, J's.P.) INTOXICATION
Four persons were fined for drunkenness. DENIED HE WAS DRUNK. John Trainer was charged with drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. Contempt of Court
When the sentence passed upon G. W. Wilson to 12 months' imprisonment for contempt of court at Bowen was made known, the Government ordered a full inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday January 8Th. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Curious Cow and Calf Case
WILLIAM G. WORLEY sued William Boyd Swansea, Lake Macquarie, for the sum of £10, being the value of one cow and two calves in the possession of the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, January 8Th, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw and D. Murray, Js.P.) INBURIETY
Two persons paid the usual penalty for drunkenness. BAD LANGUAGE James Fraser, labourer, was fined 20s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Execution of Louisa Collins. History of the Crime. The Night Before the Gallows. Outside the Gaol and Within. The Woman's Last Hours. The Final Tragic Act. A Bungled Business. Horrible and Revolting Scene. History of the Crime
THE details in connection with the atrocious crime for which Louisa Collins yesterday paid the last dread penalty of the law are so fresh in the minds of the public that there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Young Murder. Arrest of Two Men
YOUNG, Wednesday. — Detective Cooking was up here on Sunday and Monday investigating the crime, and left for some up-line township on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, January 9Th, 1889. (Before Messrs. G.C. Martin and W.H. Shaw, Js.P.) INEBRIETY
ONE person was fined for drunkenness. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Andrew Olson and John M'Cartney, seamen were each fined £2, or 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. a Stray Bull
MR. J. BEDFORD, Inspector of nuisances, appeared to prosecute John Simpson for allowing a bull to stray in the streets. Defendant pleaded guilty, and, on promising to keep…
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