Tasmania. Hobart, Monday. MURDER
An elderly woman named Webb was found dead in a Chinese garden at Louth this morning, in a battered condition. The police believe she was set upon by a…
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Courts & crime, 1891
946 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 48
Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 23. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Christie, J.P.) Drunks
CHARLES JUBLIN, 31, a seaman; Robert Nichol, 28, a labourer; Fletcher Watson, 20, a labourer; John Smith, 73, a labourer; Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, November 24. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Sunday Drinking
WILLIAM HUGHES pleaded guilty to being drunk in Dixon-street on Sunday, the 22nd instant, and was fined the regulation amount, £1…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament. Tuesday, 24Th November. Legislative Assembly. Permanent Artillery Medical Corps. District Court Judge M'Farland. State Labour Bureau. Chicago Exhibition Commission. Artificial Production of Rain. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. TONKIN,…
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A LABOURER named William Parker was charged with having, at Wickham, on the 18th instant, stolen a goat valued at 20s, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah Police Court. License Transferred
Application was made for the transfer of the license of the Marquis of Midlothian Hotel, Jesmond, from James Mitchell to Bartholomew Davison. Granted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 25. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin, J.P.) Riotous
EDWARD TAYLOR, 22, a clerk, and Peter George, 22, an oysterman, were each fined 10s, levy and distress, for having behaved riotously in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Brutal Murder. Beat His Wife's Brains Out. SYDNEY
A PEACEFUL domestic tragedy was enacted at Nowra last night, when an elderly man named Robert Williams killed his wife by beating out her brains with an iron bar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, 25Th November. Legislative Assembly. School Weathersheds. Baldwin Engines. Harbour Trust for Sydney. The Police Force. Electoral Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour, and announced the appointment of Mr. Henry Clarke to the Elections and Qualifications Committee, in the places of Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, November 26. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Insolvency.) Re William Kay
RANKRUPT, a carpenter, residing at Tighe's Hill, stated that he wished to amend his schedule by inserting a clause regarding the non-completion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Murder in the Islands
A trader named Morrow was lately murdered by the natives at Normanby. Island, and the resident magistrate at Samarai has gone to investigate the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Coroner's Court
THE necessity which exists for a Coroner's Court in this city was again made painfully apparent to all those persons whose duty it was yesterday to attend the inquest on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 28. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M.) Drunk
JOHN SNELL, 37, a miner, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' lookup, for drunkenness. Deemed to be Insane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Naval Court-Martial
LONDON, Friday.—The Court-martial has acquitted Lieutenant Fremantle, the commander of the gunboat Sabrina, which sank two fishing boats and drowned a fisherman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Socialist Meeting. Charged by the Police
LONDON, Monday.—Despite repeated warnings from the police authorities, and the fact that similar gatherings held already have been prohibited, an open air meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing a Watch
Thomas Carney pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a watch and obtain from the person of Robert Jefferson, at Newcastle, on the 10th of November…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hamilton Assault Case
William Irvine, a cab-driver, was indicted on a charge of assaulting James Vincent Plucknett, with intent to rob him, at Hamilton on the 14th of October last. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Five Years for Burglary
A YOUNG man named George Kelly was convicted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having on November 7, broken into the dwelling of Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend-Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, November 30. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Sunday Drunk
ROBERT DICKSON, a watchmaker, was charged with being drunk on Sunday, the 29th instant, and was fined £1, or seven days. He was imprisoned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 30. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and C. Christie, Js.P.) Drunk
ROBERT CURRY, 55, a miner; Joseph Buskett, 26, a miner; Chas. Reithby, 37, a seaman; Thomas Donohue, 28, a seaman; and Richard Barrett, 28,a…
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