Summons Cases. Assault
Thomas Moroney pleaded guilty to having assaulted one Even Jones, at Stockton, on the 13th inst., but added that he had received great provocation…
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Courts & crime, 1890
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Victoria. Sentenced to Death
George Day, aged 24, was tried on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Williams, on a charge of having committed a criminal assault upon Mrs. May Jones. The prisoner is her cousin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tommy Ryan. In a Sydney Police Court. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
CONSIDERABLE public interest attached to the proceedings of the Water Police Court business this morning when it became known that the notorious aboriginal, Tommy Ryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Daring Burglary in Sydney. Bill Sikes at Work. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
A MOST cool and daring robbery was effected at M'Lean Bros. and Rigg's large warehouse, 512 George-street, last night, when some £30 in money was stolen. The manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 19. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and T. W. Weir, J.P.) Drunks
ELIZABETH LONDES, 31, John Young, 42, a labourer, John Shields, 39, a labourer, and Daniel Pollock, 29, a miner, were fined in sums varying from 5s to 10s, with the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Attendance Cases
ISABBELLA MORROW was fined, 1s and 5s 6d costs, for not sending her child to school the requisite number of days. John Shaw, for a similar offence, fined 2s, 6d, and 5s 6d costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tighe's Hill Police Station. to the Editor
SIR,—You will oblige by granting me a little space in your valuable paper, re Tighe's Hill police-station. I see by your paper this morning of the acceptance of the tender of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, March 20. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin and W. Shaw, Js.P.) Drunks
JOHN M'CABE, 50, a labourer; Mary Watt, 28, a domestic servant; Edward Rogers, 26, a labourer; John Christophersen, 40, a labourer; and Richard Roach, 49, a labourer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Police Court. FRIDAY, 21st MARCH. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases
Mr. BERNARD appeared to prosecute several parents for neglecting to send their children to school during the half-year ending December, 1889, resulting as follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 21. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.P.) Alleged Valueless Cheque
A YOUNG man named E. A. Selk, alias Parry, 29, a drover, appeared on remand from Maitland to answer a charge of having obtained from one Edward Young, on the 7th…
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LONDON, Friday.—The trial of Richard Davies and George Davies, the young men charged with the murder of their father, near Crewe, at the end of January last, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland. Deaths in Maitland Gaol
On Friday afternoon, Mr. J. N. Brooks, the coroner, conducted an inquiry into the circumstances attending two deaths that have just taken plane in the gaol. The first was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, March 22. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. Shaw, J.P.) Drunk
HENRY FITZJAMES, 50, a draper, was fined 10s, with an option of 48 hours' gaol, for having been drunk. Riotous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Crewe Murder
LONDON, Friday Night.—Richard Davies, aged 17, and George Davies, aged 15, were to-day convicted of the wilful murder of their father, Richard Davies, at the village…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Drink and Obscenity
CHARLES OUTRAM, on being called the first time, failed to put in an appearance, but, just prior to the business of the court being finished, he appeared, evidently the worse for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Child Murder Case
An influential deputation waited upon the Governor to-day to ask that the sentence of 10 years' imprisonment passed on Bella Ferguson for child murder be remitted. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 24. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Ludlow, J.P.) Drunks
JAMES CLARKE, age 47, a dealer, and Henry Thompson, age 47, a sailor, were each fined 10s or 48 hour's for being drunk on Sunday in Hunter-street and at Carrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Outrage at Maitland. Accused Before the Court
AT the West Maitland Police Court, before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., four young men named John Dahlan, Frderick Watters, William Connors, and Edward Connors were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, 25Th March. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) the Boy Burglars
THE four boys, Charles and Joseph Heaton and Albert and John Ford, were brought up for sentence, when the Bench administered a severe lecture to them, and ordered them all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horrible Murder at St. Kilda An Uncle Shot By His Nephew. MELBOURNE
GEORGE THOMAS MAY, aged 29, was shot dead at midnight when entering his own garden. He lived with his father, sister, and nephew in a side street at St. Kilda. At…
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