The Confession of Murder. Inquest on the Body. SYDNEY
THE inquest on the body of the infant Nellie Baker, or Moore, found under the old Manly Wharf on Monday afternoon, was held to-day…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, May 31. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) the Important Mining Case
THE hearing of the case Cook and Forrester v. James Barr, manager of the Co-operative Colliery, for a claim of £4 7s 6d for 10½ yards of cutting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, May 31. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Weir, Js.P.) Drunk and Disorderly
A SEAMAN named John Brown was find 10s, with an option of 48 hours' lockup, for having been drunk and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, June 1. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.) Obscene Language
JOHN ROY, charged with using obscene language on the 26th May, was fined 5s and 7s 6d costs, or seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 1. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw and Martin, Js.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN CAGNEY, seaman, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours in the lockup, for being drunk. Language…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Stealing
A YOUNG seaman named Frank Johnson was charged with stealing all alarm clock, two rip saws, and a tomahawk, valued at £1 5s, the property of Michael Walsh…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton Police Court. Friday, June 2. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Riotous Behaviour
GEORGE KEEGAN and John Murphy, both hailing from Charlestown, were charged on the information of Constable Thompson with riotous behaviour at that place on May 26th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mercantile Bank Case a Grand Jury Drawn. Return of Millidge. Statement by the Adelaide Police. MELBOURNE
A GRAND Jury was drawn for by the Sheriff this afternoon, and 23 Melbourne residents convened to sit as grand jurors. Millidge returned to-day, and was…
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Two young men named Joseph Thompson, age 24, labourer, and William Horder, 26, were arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of having on Saturday night assaulted and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Dalby's Bankruptcy. Sent to Gaol. SYDNEY
THE adjourned examination under section 30 in connection with the estate of James Dalby, of Newcastle, was resumed before the Acting Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day. Bankrupt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death in Gaol. a Life Sentence Prisoner. SYDNEY
A aboriginal prisoner in Darlinghurst Gaol, known as "Tommy," died in the gaol hospital yesterday. He was undergoing a sentence of penal servitude for life for the murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Old Gaol Hill
THE excavations at the old Gaol Hill are still going on apace, writes a correspondent. In a few weeks hence the hill, with the old gaol foundations,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw and O'Mara, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A LABOURER named Charles Smith, a clerk named Walter Laycock, and three seamen named John Carlton, John Steel, and George Rolanson were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Darlinghurst Tragedy. Archer at the Central Criminal Court. SYDNEY
THE June sittings of the Central Criminal Court opened at Darlinghurst this morning before Sir George Innes. The calendar for the present sittings of the Court is a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Cases. Assault
A lad named William H. Dixon and an elderly woman named Jane Dixon were charged with having assaulted Ah Gin, at the Junction, on the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darlinghurst Tragedy Archer Charged with the Crime. Evidence at the Central Criminal Court. SYDNEY
AT the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Innes and a jury of 12, George Martin Walter Archer, a young man, was charged with wilfully and maliciously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, June 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
Two seamen, named John Carlton and John Brennan, were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inspection of Police
THE whole of the police in the Newcastle district mustered at the City Police Station yesterday, where the periodical inspection was made by Inspector Lynch and…
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Joseph Buxton, 32, labourer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having, on April 30th last, stolen a gelding, the property of James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 7. (Before Messrs. Scholey and Gibb, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named Charles Blewett and a fireman named Alfred Sweet were each fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness…
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