Mysterious Murder
LONDON, Sunday.—A telegram from Vienna gives particulars of a shocking and mysterious tragedy which has taken place in that city. A…
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Courts & crime, 1895
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Newcastle Police Court Saturday, February 2. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Weir, J.P.) Drunk
CHARLES HARDING, described as a ship's apprentice, appeared on bail to answer an accusation from Senior-constable Meara of having been troubled with…
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Mr. J. N. Brooks, Police Magistrate, returned to Maitland at the end of last week, after having carried out a term of relief duty at Sydney and Parramatta. Mr. Brooks took…
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Mr. J. N. Brooks, P M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. DRUNKENNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 4. (Before W. E. Henry, P.M.)
MATILDA GORDON summoned Arthur Moodie for a renewal of the order for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. The order was granted for 7s…
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A YOUNG man named Robert Marshall was arraigned at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of attempting to choke Thomas M'Millan, with intent thereby to rob him…
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AT the Minmi Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., John Williams, Joseph Hunter. and William Teasdale, miners, of Minmi, were charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, February 4. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. O'Mara and Ludlow, J.P.) An Assertive Person
THE widely-comprehensive nature of the doings of George Hommings, labourer, comprising as many varieties as the Empire and Oxford could…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Alleged Contempt of Court
Mr. Joseph Symes, the freethought lecturer, has been summoned to appear before the Supreme Court, to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt…
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Early on Saturday morning last the shop front of Mr. Forrester, in Tudor-street, which consisted of one large sheet of plate glass, was maliciously broken, and several…
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AT Minmi yesterday, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., John Williams, Joseph Hunter, and W. Teasdale, miners, of Minmi, were charged, on remand from the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, February 5. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Obscene Language
CONSTABLE DWAN induced T. Wright, by means or a "blue slip," to toe the mark. Wright, it appeared, backed the wrong man at the fisticuff…
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IN the Minmi Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., Alexander M'Donald, 48, and Thomas Hoare, 18, two Seaham miners, were charged on remand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, February 5. (Before W. E. Henry, P.m.) Small Debts
W. DAVEY v. J. Bashford, goods, £3 2s 9d. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. Same v. R. Bounty, goods, £5 8s 4d…
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Mr. H. Crothers, J. P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. William J. Edwards was the only delinquent, and he being unable to prove to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, February 6. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Clapin, J.P.) Drunk
IT was level money betting that it was not Highland whisky Duncan Campbell had been drinking before he met Constable Sells, but it turned him…
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MR. J. N. BROOKS, P.M., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. DISCHARGED…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, February 7. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Pint Pewter Pot Purloined
HARRY TAYLOR, fireman, was charged with stealing a pewter measure, valued at 3s 6d, the property of George Bunn, at Newcastle, on the 6th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Scheme of Murder. a Diabolical Idea. Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney
AT the Water Police Court to-day a middle-aged man named Henry Boyd, alias Broad, alias Boydoll, was charged, on remand, with endeavouring, on January 24, to persuade…
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Mr. J. N. Brooks, Police Magistrate, occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. John Cleaver, who had been sent from Wallsend for medical…
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