Alleged Theft. Sydney
AUGUST REES, a respectable-looking middle aged man, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing 20 half-pound packets of tea, and £2 pounds of sugar,…
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Courts & crime, 1891
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Alleged Assault. Sydney
THOMAS SULLIVAN, 28, boilermaker, and James Murphy, 17, dealer, were charged be. Mr. J. Johnson, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Attempt to Commit Murder
A most deliberate attempt to perpetrate a double murder was made in Warregul on Saturday evening about 8.30 by a man named William Isaac…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend-Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, November 16. Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M. Unsound Mind
ALICE ELEANOR CRIDLAND, a middle aged woman, was brought up as being of unsound mind. Henry Cridland residing at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 16. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunks
JOHN PARRELL, 56, a labourer, was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours, for having been drunk in Hunter street on Saturday evening. He said,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 17. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
JOHN M'GUIGAN, 31, a fireman, Sarah Chapman, 39, James Grenwell, 36, a fireman, Thomas Linden, 44, a musician, Henry Caldwell, 32, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Powers of the Police
DURING the hearing of the assault case, Price v Dunn, at the Police Court yesterday, the Police Magistrate informed Sub inspector Lynch that he, not being a magistrate, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Foveaux-street Murder. the Last Act. Sydney
THIS morning Maurice Dalton, who murdered his wife in Foveaux-street, was executed at Darlinghurst Gaol. Up to the last he made no confession of his guilt, but,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Scandal in the Salvation Army. Murder and Suicide
LONDON, Monday.—A great sensation has been caused in Salvation Army circles in London by news received from Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. It appears that during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Divorce Court. Pritchard Against Pritchard. Sydney
IN the Divorce Court today, before Mr.Justice Windeyer, the Newcastle suit of Pritchard against Pritchard was heard. The husband, Thomas Pritchard, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Alleged Theft
ABOUT 5 p.m. yesterday a little lad named James Wilson was arrested on a charge of having stolen a purse containing the sum of 30s from Thomas M'Donald, of Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Cheque Stealing. Sydney
A TALL man, with a heavy moustache, giving the name of Ogle, was charged at the Water Police to-day with stealing a cheque for £14, the property of Joseph Grundy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 18. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Indecent Language and Violent
JOHN HANLEY, 21, a seaman, and John Carslon, 24, a seaman, were each fined £2, with an option of 14 days' goal, for having used indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Murderous Assault. a Shearer Stoned at Albury. SYDNEY
A REPORT came to hand to-day from Yarra Yasra Station, Germanton district, which states that a murderous assault was committed yesterday by a man employed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 19. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Drunk
JAMES M'MILLEN, 29, a labourer, was fined 5s for drunkenness. Language. Clara Davis, 21, was fined £2, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →His Dream Came True. Divorce Court Proceedings. SYDNEY
THERE are dreamers and dreamers, but the latest variety turned up in the Divorce Court this morning, in the petitioner in the divorce suit of Wilding v. Wilding,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Water-police Boats
DURING the earlier part of the present year the police authorities found it neeceesary to cell for tenders for the construction of two boats for the use of the water police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 20. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Alleged Vagrancy
JOHN BAPTITT was brought up, on remand from the 12th instant, charged with having no visible lawful mears of support, and was discharged, on the application of the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scene in an American Court. The Prisoner Shoots Himself
NEWS from Kansas City (U.S.) gives. as account of a sensational event in court is that city. A well-known young man about town named Frank Rowlands has been in prison…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Petty Theft
AT the Police Court yesterday, a brawny shearer named Robert O'Neill was brought up on a charge of having stolen a pair of shoes valued at 1s, the property of Benjamin…
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