The Petersham Murders. Verdict of Wilful Murder. SYDNEY
The adjourned inquest respecting the deaths of Mrs. Millar and her grand-daughter (Maggie Dutt), the victims of the Petersham tragedy, was…
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Courts & crime, 1898
1,032 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 52
Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, December 21. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Drunkenness
Charles Earl (miner) was fined for having been drunk in Hunter-street on the 20th inst. REMANDED…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta Police Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Dr. Walker, J.p.) Wednesday, December 21. Drunk and Disorderly
Samuel Hamer was charged with being drunk and disorderly on 30th November at Lochinvar. Accused pleaded not guilty. Constable Barry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International News. the Dreyfus Trial. Other Decisions of the Court of Cassation. Dissension in the Army. the Orleanists Hopeful
LONDON, Wednesday.—It is announced that the decision of the Court of Cassation relative to the Dreyfus case will be final. It is expected that it…
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LONDON, Thursday.—News from China states that a French priest was murdered at Hupei during the riot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 22. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Threatening Words
William Curreen, bootmaker, was charged by warrant with having made use of threatening words to his wife, Fanny Curreen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Republic Shooting Case. Moore Sentenced to Three Months. SYDNEY
William Henry Moore, master of the ship Republic, who was convicted yesterday on a charge of common assault in connection with a disturbance which took place on…
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Messrs. A. G. Cullum and Wright, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday. Patrick O'Brien and Bridget O'Brien…
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Perhaps one of the ghastliest murders that ever shocked London was that which a Pole named Schneider committed in William-street, Regent's Park, in November…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, December 23. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, S.m.) Indecent Behaviour
Martin Fahey, fireman, was fined 10s, with the option of three days' gaol for having behaved indecently in Burwood-street on the night of the…
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LONDON, Friday.—The headquarters of the Russian international police service have been fixed in London. Hitherto the headquarters have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A British Subject Shot Dead. the Aggressor Charged with Culpable Homicide. Demand by the British Government. a Petition to the Queen
LONDON, Saturday.—A disturbance took place in Johannesburg, opposite the house of a Mr. Edgar, a British subject. A number of Boer police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Murder of a Pasha
LONDON, Sunday.—Ghani Pasha, one of the Sultan's aides-de-camp, who was killed in a pastrycook's shop in Constantinople by Hafurz Bey, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 26. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
James Montgomery, Robert Hamilton, labourers, and Thos, Smith, Seaman, were fined for having indulged in more than enough Christmas cheer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court Tuesday, December 27. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Drunkenness
John and James (New Caledonian seamen), and John Cunningham, butcher, were each fined for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Appalling Crime. a Triple Murder. Fiendish Outrage. Brisbane
A diabolical outrage, followed, by triple murder, was committed yester-night two miles front Gatton, midway between Ipswich and Toowoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. the Transvaal. the Murder of an Englishman. Re-arrest of the Murderer
LONDON, Monday.—The constable who shot Mr. Edgar, the British subject opposite whose house a disturbance took place, has been re-arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. H. Crothers and C. E. Nicholson, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. A young man named Joseph Monaghan…
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Allanson and Charlton were further charged with having, at Merewether, on the 26th inst., in company, unlawfully assaulted Mary Wooton…
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Mounted-constable Dolman, who has been connected with the East Maitland police station during the past six years, has been promoted to the rank of…
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