A Child Suspected of Murder
AN inquest held at Charing Cross Hospital, London, on the body of Thomas James Hughes, 4 months old, induced an extraordinary conclusion…
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Courts & crime, 1895
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Greta Police Court. Friday, November 29. (Before Dr. W. H. Rogers and Mr. T. Jones, Js. P.) a Family Quarrel
HARRY J. HEBER was charged with assaulting his wife, Alberta Heber, on the night of the 28th inst. The accused pleaded guilty under provocation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, November 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn, Ludlow, and Moore, Js.P.) A Merry Crew
CONSTABLE DWAN proceeded against John Copeland, John Riler, Alexander Gallaghan, Robert Vine, James Steiner, and William Gallaghan by summons for riotons behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Building Society Frauds in England. Prisoners Sentenced. Fourteen Years for Balfour. the Public Jubilant. Further Charges Abandoned
LONDON, Thursday.—Jabez Spencer Balfour, who was recently found guilty before the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, November 30. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
HERMANN KADDERTZ, 50 years of age, and Theodore Anderson, for drunkenness, were fined 5s or 24 hours in the lockup…
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MR. G. F. SCOTT, P.M., and Messrs. H. Crethers and J. Enright, Js.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday…
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AT the Central Police Court to-day Florence Trembath was charged with having falsely sworn that she was over the age of 21 years, and that there was no legal impediment to…
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MR. H. CROTHERS, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Henry Curran was brought up as a person denoting derangement of mind. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 3. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) A Victim to Spasms
ANNA S. WINTER was charged with drunkenness, and pleaded not guilty. Constable Broder deposed that at half-past 7 on Monday night he…
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Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Alexander J. Small was charged on remand with having attempted to utter a…
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Thomas Williams, age 27, was arraigned on a charge of having, on October 24th, at Wallsend, broken and entered the dwelling-house of…
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Charles Pearson, aged 26, pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking and entering and stealing a quantity of furniture from the warehouse of Annie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, December 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Deserters
JOHN COLLINS and Hermann Okarzberg, pleaded guilty to deserting from the ship Garsdale, and were sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the North Sydney Attempted Wife Murder
WILLIAM SMITH, who a few weeks ago attempted to murder his wife and then cut his own throat, has now recovered sufficiently to attend the police court. He was remanded…
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Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William Flynn was fined 5s, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, December 5. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Alleged Wife Desertion
THE case of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Lovett v. Thomas Lovett was called and adjourned till Monday. In this case it is alleged that the defendant left his…
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Mr., G. F. Scott, P.M., and Mr. J. Cunningham and Dr. Wright, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Police Court. Friday, December 6. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M.)
GEORGE DELANEY was charged by Isaac Robinson with maliciously destroying a fence, the property of the complainant, a lessee of land near Jesmond, leased from the…
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Sergeant Hickey proceeded against John Minchin by summons for keeping his tobacco and hairdresser's shop open for the purpose of trading on Sunday, the 1st instant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Ludlow, Js.P.) Drunkenness
T. BRADBURY was charged with drunkenness and fined 5s, in default 24 hours. A second charge was withdrawn. Curiosity…
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