Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Alleged Criminal Assault
A man named Angus Stockton has been arrested on a charge of assaulting the daughter of a baker named Peterson at Newbridge. The girl was in the habit of driving…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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A Bank Clerk in Trouble. Alleged Theft of £211. SYDNEY
GEORGE WEBSTER SHERBIN, a young man, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen the sum of £211 7s 6d, the moneys of the Bank of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, Martin, Thorn, and Gibb, Js.P.) Only One
GEORGE FORRESTER, age 40, an engine-driver, was fined the usual 10s, or in default 48 hours' in the lockup, for having been drunk on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Murder by a Chinaman. His Death from Opium Poisoning. ADELAIDE
GIN GAL, the Chinaman who murdered his wife, a young English girl, yesterday, died last night from the effects of opium poisoning. The request on his wife was opened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From Broken Hill. Terrific Heat. Return of the Sydney Police. Broken Hill
To-DAY has been terribly hot, the thermometer registering 112 degrees in the shade. The last hatch of the Sydney police returned to the capital last night. Two or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newtown Tragedy. Mrs. Rowley at the Police Court. SYDNEY
At the Newtown Police Court to-day, Clara Rowley was charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking chlorodyne. Coustable Rex stated that he arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Assault of a Witness. Heavy Sentence. SYDNEY
THE young man James Ahern, convicted at the Quarter Sessions yesterday of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Francis Conlon by striking him with a stone because he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Shipwreck. the Crew Arrested for Murder
LONDON, Thursday.—The eight survivors of the ship Thekla, which was wreeked on the voyage from Philadelphia to Havre, have been arrested on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, February 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M. and Messrs. Thorn and Asher, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A LABOURER named James Fraser was fined 5s, with an option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Robbing Fishermen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Contempt of Court Case. a Chief Justice Snubbed
LONDON, Friday.—The Privy Council has decided that the Governor of the Bahama Islands was justified in exercising his prerogative in releasing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Wilful Murder. Accused Discharged by the Coroner's Court. Re-arrested by the Police
A inquest was held at Lochinvar on Saturday before Mr. J. N. Brooks, Coroner, on the death of Charles Naseby, who died on Wednesday night. The medical evidence went to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Extensive Sheep-stealing. Sydney
THE man M'Leod who was captured in connection with the great sheep-stealing case was remanded from the Coonabarabran Police Court on two charges at Dubbo. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Saturday, February 4. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) a Serious Charge
ERNEST ALBERT HARTUP, age 24, miner, was charged by warrant with having, at Dudley, in September last, been criminally intimate with Alice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Martin, J.p.) a Solitary
ROBBINS RIVERS, 42, seaman, for being drunk in Watt-street on the previous evening, was lined the usual 5s, or in default 24 hours' gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend and Plattsburg Police Court. Monday, February 6. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkeness
WILLIAM H. TICHBOURNE was charged with being drunk in Kemp-street on the 4th instant. He was cautioned and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
Two seamen named David Thompson and Alexander Duncan, and two married, women named Elizabeth Gee and Ellen Cubbin were fined in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Burglary
SHORTLY before 1 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Thomas Tourle, of North Waratah, was aroused from his sleep by the sound of someone attempting to break into the house. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Christie, J.P.) Drunkenness
PATRICK M'CAFFERRTY, 28, the seaman who attempted to swim ashore from the ship Torrisdale on the previous day, was fined 5s, or in default…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault
A MAN named James Boyle, age 24, was arrested at Wickham yesterday afternoon by Detective M'Hattie and Constable Broder, on a charge of inflicting grevious bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Summons Cases. Assault
John Kennedy sued Bernard Doohan for assault. Mr. Dart appeared for the complainant, who said that on the…
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