Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Alleged Criminal Assault
Walter Underwood, 19, was arrested to-day on a charge of criminally assaulting a married woman. A PUGNACIOUS COOK…
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Courts & crime, 1892
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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 4. (Before Messrs. Martin, Thorn, and Asher, Js.P.) Drunks
WILLIAM MORGAN, 42, a miner, and Thomas Cleary, 67, a draper, were fined 5s and 10s respectively, with the usual alternatives, for drunkenness; and the latter received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia. Charged Wite Stealing
Henry Hoenberg, representing himself as the son of a German nobleman, was arrested on the steamer Polynesien en route for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Escaped From Murrurundi Gaol
ON Thursday evening, about half-past 5 o'clock, some excitement was caused in town (says the Murrurundi Times) by a report that a prisoner had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle District Court. March Sittings. Saturday, March 5. (Before His Honor Judge Backhouse.)
THE Court commenced its sittings at 10 o'clock. Hamilton Municipal Council v. Shapland…
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WHEN the new Court-house was opened, a quantity of new furniture was set it in such a way that the comfort of the legal profession, press,…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A scene of great excitement took place during the trial of a man for horse stealing in Indiana, U. S. The prisoner, who had a revolver concealed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Two Deaths in Gaol
Archibald Downes, sentenced with his wife last year to seven years' penal servitude for arson, died at St. Helena Gaol of dysentry. His wife was recently confined of a baby,…
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THE detectives have obtained most conclusive evidence as to the whereabouts of Williams, the supposed murderer of the woman at Windsor, and expect to make an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, March 7. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
GEORGE M'KIE was charged with being drunk on the 4th inst., and again, with being drunk on the 5th inst. whilst out on bail. For the first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, March 7. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Webb and Christie, Js.P.) Drunks
ALFRED DUFFY, 32, a seaman; Ellen Morgan, 33; James Patterson, 22, a seaman; John Murphy, 28, a miner; Thomas Cross, 53, a labourer; and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle District Court. March Sittings. Monday, March 7. (Before His Honor Judge Backhouse.) Wicken v. the Minister for Works. Apathy of the Crown Solicitor
THIS was a jury case in which Henry Wicken, of Hamilton, sought to recover from the Minister for Public Works the sum of £150, alleged to the due as compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Dodge for Theft. to the Editor
Sir,—I wish to draw your attention and that of the police to a new dodge for theft. Having spent the evening with a friend at Waratah, I was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court Tuesday, March 8. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
WILLIAM JACOBSON was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Moorehead-street on the 5th instant. He was fined 20s or in default 7 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, March 8. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Thorn, J.P.) Drunks
HENRY MILLETT, 45, and Charles Gordon, 49, seamen, were each fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' lock-up for drunkenness; and the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Windsor Murder. No Trace of the Murderer. MELBOURNE
AN inquest was opened this morning on the body of Mrs. Williams, who was found buried under a hearth-stone in a house in Windsor. A large quantity of evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Herbert Salwey in Court. He Reserves His Defence. SYDNEY
HERBERT SALWEY, 38, solicitor, was again before the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of obtaining by a false promise and false practice £2500 from James Balfour,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle District Court. Last Day. Tuesday, March 8. (Before His Honor Judge Backhouse.) Borough Council v. Hannell
THIS case came up for judgment, the evidence having been heard on Saturday It was one in which the Borough Council sued Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian News. New South Wales. Fatal Result of an Assault
On Monday a married man named William Needham, aged 39, was admitted into St. Vincent's Hospital in a very serious state, and subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, March 9. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Webb and Christie, Js.P.) Drunk
CHARLES GORDON, 49, a seaman, was fines 5s, with an alternative of 24 hours' lockup for drunkenness. Language…
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