The Windsor Tragedy. the Jack the Ripper Theory. Box Opened by the Police. London
THE police have compared the supposed handwriting of Jack the Ripper with that of Deeming, but no similarity whatever exists between them…
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Courts & crime, 1892
1,139 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 57
Police Court
James Bayfield, from Toronto, was brought up for being drunk at Toronto on the 2nd inst., and was called upon to pay a fine of £1. For…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Lieutenant Hetherington, of the United States navy, has been tried on a charge of murdering a man named Robinson, an English banker. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Deposit Bank Case. Richardson Sentenced. SYDNEY
AT the Quarter Sessions to-day Thomas Smith Richardson, late proprietor and manager of the Sydney Deposit Bank, who was convicted on Thursday on a charge of…
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NICHOLAS BROWN pleaded not guilty, at the Quarter sessions to-day, to an indictment charging him with having, on March 16, attempted to break and enter the shop of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, April 11. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Colin Christie, J.P.) Drunks
MATTHEW O'NEIL, aged 50 years, blacksmith, was fined 5s, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment for having been drunk in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. the South Brisbane Murder Case
Frank Horrocks, charged with the murder of Wismuller in South Brisbane, was brought up at the Police Court to-day. After the evidence of the arresting detectives to the…
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Captain Morine, of the American barque California, was sued by William Ward, a cabin boy, for the sum of £1 10s alleged to be due for work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Windsor Tragedy. Examination of the Murdered Woman's Skull. The Governor of the Hull Gaol will Give Evidence. The Trial to Commence on the 22nd instant. MELBOURNE
THE examination of the skull of the murdered woman Mrs. Deeming shows that the fracture in it exactly fits the small fancy tomahawk found in the possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Licensing Court. Monday, April 11. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., T. Croudace, and T. Fryar, Js.P.)
THE following renewals of publicans' licenses were granted to-day:—C. H. Johnson, All Nations Hotel, Wallsend; W. Russell, hotel, Dudley;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, April 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M) Drunks
JOHN RICE, 50, labourer; Michael Holohan, 25, labourer; Michael James, 24, seaman; and Paul Williams, 50, seaman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup,…
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James Lawrence sued one William Charlton for that he did on the 4th instant steal the sum of £6 0s 2d. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, April 12. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.) East Lambton Colliery Wages Case
MESSRS. BUNN, Fairfull, Arston, Stobbart, and Walker, were sued by Alexander Fairfull. Thomas Firth, Jonathan Shields, and Thomas Brough, miners, for the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, April 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
WILLIAM BELL, 40, a labourer, Frank Foxall, 40, bricklayer, Alex. Chapman, 22, seaman, John Ryan, 33, labourer, and Bessie Johnston, age 40, an American woman, were…
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CHARLES HILDEBRADT pleaded not guilty as the Quarter Sessions, to-day, to an indictment charging him with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Stupid Joke. a Lunatic who Ought to be in Gaol. SYDNEY
A WANTON act was perpetrated yesterday while the train arriving at Albury at midnight, and known as the paper train, was passing Cootamundra. As the train was…
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ON the occasion of the Empress Eugenie's visit to Cairo in 1869, Nubar Pasha was presented by Napoleon III. with a valuable watch richly set with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, April 14. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Furious Riding
JOHN WILLIAMS, from Minmi, was charged with furious riding in Mary-street, Plattsburg, on the evening of the 9th inst. From the evidence of Constable Spicer, it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, April 14. (Before Messrs, Mair, P.M., and Martin, J.P.) Drunks
Archibald Mills, 40, a labourer, and John Collins, 28, a fireman, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Charged with Wilful Murder
An old woman named Emma Parry has been committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder. Florence Zimmerman, mother of the deceased, paid Perry £5 to adopt a child…
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