Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re Henry John Maddison
THE official assignee reported that the liabilities were £92 18s 1d, and the assets nil. Bankrupt, a miner, residing at…
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Courts & crime, 1891
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Maitland Circuit Court. Third Day. Thursday, April 9. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer.) the Wickham Arson Case
THE trial of Michael Cassidy, baker, and his wife, Mary Josephine Cassidy, for maliciously setting fire to their dwelling-house and shop, in…
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THE New Zealand Times says that news has been received of a violent assault and robbery in the Wairoa South district. The victim is a feeble old man of 76, a farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, April 10. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.p.) Summons Cases. Alleged Assault
RALPH WOOD and Thomas Thomas were called upon to answer an information laid by Mow Young for assault, but the parties did not appear, and the case was struck out…
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JOSEPH RAYMOND BRADLEY, late manager of the Devonshire-street branch of the E.S. and A.C. Bank, who, on Thursday of last week, pleaded guilty to two charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, April 10. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) a Sad Case
JAMES BURCHELL was charged with neglecting to send his two children to school at New Lambton. Defendant pleaded guilty, and told a pitiful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Circuit Court. Walters v. the Monkwearmouth Colliery Company. A Settlement Effected
THE case of Elizabeth Walters v. the Monk. wearmouth Colliery Company was abruptly settled in the Circuit Court yesterday, by the plaintiff agreeing to accept £400, without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Murder of a Doctor
IN December last the body of an Englishman—Dr. Lindemann, of Manchester—was discovered crushed and bruised almost beyond recognition in a ravine near San Remo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, April 11. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Without Leave
JOHN SPENCER, 26, a seaman pleaded guilty to having been absent without leave from the B.R. ship Benicia, at Newcastle, on the 9th inst. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Melbourne Letter. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Another Frightful Murder
As you have learned by telegram, the Narbethong murderer has been captured, and has admitted his guilt, though, in the minds of some people, there is a somewhat romantic…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The man who was arrested at St. Petersburg, on suspicion of being about to make an attempt on the life of the Czar of Russia, at a review of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Protestant Clergymen sent to Gaol
THE Rev. Mr. Hallowes, Protestant rector, and the Rev. Mr. Harrison, Protestant curate of Arklow, have been summoned before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, April 13. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Language
WILLIAM LEE was charged with making use of obscene language in John-street, Plattsburg, on the 6th instant, and was fined 10s, and 5s 6d costs.—Paid…
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AN affair bearing some resemblance to the Cass case has arisen in Liverpool, aud caused considerable indignation. The other evening (says a London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, April 13. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., J. Beveridge, and C. Christie, Js.P.) Drunks
LOUIS LYNN 40, a seaman; George Thompson, 32, a labourer; Joseph Vaughan, 31, a labourer; Richard Boyland, 35, a painter, David…
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The medical men instructed to examine Cornelius Bourke, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his fellow-prisoner Stewart in the…
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James Fraser, a coal-trimmer, was charged with having assaulted Margaret Burgess on the 6th inst. Complainant stated that on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
GEORGE KEARNS, 57, a labourer; John Rice, 51; a labourer; and Joseph Fleming, 55, a seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Mrs. Summers. Melbourne
THE inquest on the body of Rose Summers, who died from an internal wound, resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against Finnegan. He was committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, 14Th April. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) a Forged Note
WILLIAM KERR, on remand, was charged with uttering a forged £1 note, purporting to be on the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,…
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