A Strange Story of Theft
Madame du Noyer, in one of her interesting resting letters, tells a strange story of the theft of rings from the dead, which she heard from the lips of the lady who played…
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Courts & crime, 1903
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Murder by a Lunatic
LONDON, Friday.—A sensational trial for murder at Capetown has ended in a verdict that an Englishman named Louis Hart is insane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charlestown Police Court. Tuesday, December 1. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)
Elizabeth Mount, charged with drunkenness at Dudley on the 30th November, was fined 10s, and for using indecent language was fined £1…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 4. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Drunkenness
Three first offenders for being drunk were fined 5s, in default detention until the rising of the court. Jane Nott and Dora Griffiths, for a similar offence, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The High Court
The formal sitting of the High Court in Adelaide was remarkable for two things, a fine congratulatory address by the Attorney-General, as leader of the bar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Far East. Chinese Court Roused
LONDON, Saturday.—The Tientsin correspondent of the "Standard," commenting upon the comicality of China's even dreaming at this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court
Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and M. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. In the adjourned case Police v. Shelton,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Case of Assault
William Learmouth was charged with assaulting Jessie Ward, at Charlestown, on the 13th September. Mr. R. C. Cowan, instructed by Messrs. Braye and Cohen,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 7. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness
Three first offenders for drunkenness were fined-5s, in default to be detained until the rising of the court. Joseph Tillett was charged with being a habitual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arbitration Court. a Railway Appeal. Sydney
In the Arbitration Court to-day the President, Mr. Justice Cohen, delivered his reserved decision in the appeal of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Common Assault
William Learmouth, who, on Monday, was found guilty of committing a common assault on Jessie Ward at Charlestown on the 13th September, was brought before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charge of Assault
Ah Won, Nam How, and Yong Sow were charged with assaulting and with inflicting bodily harm on Arthur Cross at Newcastle, on the 28th November. Mr. R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 8. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Indecent Behaviour
John Matthews, arrested by Senior-Constable M'Kellar for indecent behaviour in Scott-street on Monday night, was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, December 7th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.) Shooting with Intent
Henry Hunter, on remand, was charged with shooting with intent at George Bennett, on the 18th November, on the Young Wallsend road. The accused was further…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Petriana Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry. Melbourne
A Marine Court inquiry into the stranding and wreck of the oil steamer Petriana which took place near the entrance to Port Philip on 28th November, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault
James Beeson was charged with assaulting and inflicting actual bodily harm on John "Duff at Newcastle, on the 30th September. Accused pleaded not guilty. John Duff deposed that he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Common Assault
Ah Wong, Nam How, and Yong Low, who were on Tuesday found guilty of a common assault on Arthur Cross at Newcastle on the 29th November were brought up for sentence. Ah…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder by a Princess
LONDON, Wednesday.—Princess Otto Windisch-Graetz, daughter of the late Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, surprising her husband alone with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 9. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Improper Behaviour
John Wilson pleaded guilty to behaving in an indecent manner in Scott-street at 11.15 a.m. on Tuesday. Constable T. Mulcahy explained the nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Police Court. Thursday, December 10th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)
William Allen pleaded guilty to being drunk and using obscene language at Plattsburg, on the 9th instant, and was fined 5s, or twenty-four hours'…
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