Alleged Murder of a Missionary. The Report Discredited
THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday Morning.—The police have received information that reports had reached Kewi that the Rev. W. Savage and the crew of the Mary, a…
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Courts & crime, 1889
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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, October 30. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Cox, Js.P.) Inebriates
MARY SPENCER, 28, and John M'Loan, 37, for over-indulgence in spirituous liquors, wore each fined 5s or twenty-four hours. Cheap Travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, October 30. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Licensing Business
THE license of the Carrington Hotel, Plattsburg, was transferred from A. H. Walker to George Hudson. A both license was granted to John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] The Irish Murder Case. the Men Sentenced
LONDON, Wednesday. — The prisoners charged with murdering Inspector Martin were brought up for sentence at Maryborough today, when Coil was sentenced to…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Evidence has been given during the trial of the men charged with the murder of Dr. Cronin at Chicago that Major La Caron, the notorious spy, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 31. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, J.P., W. H. Shaw, J.P., and Major Bolton, J.P.) Drunks
FOR drunkenness: Annie Ramshaw, 25, one of the unfortunate class, was fined 10s or forty-eight hours; James Cramelton, 26, seaman, fined 5s or twenty-four hours;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. Thursday, October 31, 1889. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., Martin, and Shaw, Js.P.) Breach of Licensing Act
JOHN DAVIES, licensee of the Paragon Hotel, was charged with selling liquor in his hotel on Sunday, and pleaded guilty. The police stated this was the third offence…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—During the Cronin trial several members of the Clanna-Gael testified that they attended the Camp of the Twenty when Cronin's report,…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The trial of the persons supposed to be implicated in the murder of Dr. Cronin has commenced. Evidence was given that after Le Caron's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wollongong Police Magistrate. Charges Disproved. SYDNEY, Friday Night
THE Minister for Justice has received the report of Mr. District Court Judge Back-house, who was appointed to inquire into charges against Mr. W. H. Thomas, police…
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LONDON, Saturday.—At the Cronin trial a convict named Pellett, from Winnipeg, testified that the prisoner Burke described to him the plot to decoy and murder Cronin,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 2. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
ALBERT PRIDDUS, a labourer, and John Collins, a miner, were fined the usual 5s, or twenty-four hours, for being drunk in the city on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian News. New South Wales. Alleged Murder
THREE drovers named John Leo, Christopher Hetherington and Charles M'Keahnie have been arrested at Queensland charged with killing James Connolly. The our men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Guinea Murder. Thursday Island, Monday Night
THE Eileen sailed at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon with Inspector Urquhart and seven troopers aboard, for Murray Island and Kewei, to see if the report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN BUTTERBY, M. P. Nelson, and John Paterson were each fined 10s, with the alternative of 48 hours' hard labour, for drunkenness. Mary Hurley and Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →E. H. Taylor in the Bankruptcy Court. Another Insolvency. SYDNEY, Monday Night
IN Bankruptcy to-day the National Bank of Australasia presented a petition for the sequestration of the estate of G. K. Kirkland and E. H. Taylor, trading as G. F. Kirkland…
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LONDON, Monday.—At the trial of the men charged with having murdered Dr. Cronin, evidence has been given by Winnipeg convicts, who swear that four men beat Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, November 5. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) a Bush Row
CONSTABLE JORDAN summoned John Thompson for riotous behaviour and using obscene language at Catherine Hill Bay on the 26th ult.; also, Andrew M'Guinness, for being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 5. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Drunks
JAMES CHESTER, 41, seaman, Henry Griffiths, 19, seaman, William Meikle, 22, seaman, and Brian Lonegan, 50, farmer, for being drunk in public places were each fined 5s or 24…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah. Flower Stealing
Complaints have boon made that during the absence of Constable Quigley from North Waratah several gardens have been plundered by larrikins prowling about the…
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