Monday, August 30. (Before Mr. L.S.Donaldson, P.m.) Assault
Robert Troy (on remand, in custody since August 24 for medical examination) was charged with assault. The formal evidence given by constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1897
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Small Debts Court. Monday, August 30. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.m.) Gregory and Co. V. PEARCE
This was a claim (part heard on 23rd August) for £15, goods sold and delivered. Mr. C. H. Fitz-Gerald for plaintiff, Mr. R. Booth (Booth and Bushy) for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo Police Court. Monday, Aug. 30. 1997. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
ROBERT TROY for assaulting Alfred Parsons was sent to Dubbo gaol for 14 . William Richard McIntosh, on bail, was charged with having on 7th May in company with Ward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Monday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.M.)
WILLIAM HANCHARD waa chafed, on the information of Constable Howden, with having, on the preceding Saturday night, made use of obscene language in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Wife Murder. Infidelity the Cause
Considerable excitement was caused in Balhurston Saturday morning last by the news that a young man named Charles DcClouot had shot his wife twice at the Oxford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankruptcy Court. Monday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, Deputy Registrar.)
Re William George Orbell; meeting for examination. No creditors were present. In reply to the Deputy Registrar, baukrupt said he had been a hotel-keeper, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday, September 6. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.m.) a Lost Cheque
HENAR KLEIN v.Rrichard Edwards. This was a case in which plaintiff sued defendant for £210 13s 2d on a cheque allegad to have been lost. Mr. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Wednesday, September 8. (Before Mr. R. T. MacNevin, J. P.) Receiving and Stealing
Alfred Forder, 39, dealer, and Bernard M'Gowan, 38, labourer, were charged with having in their possession a quantity of wool supposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sensational Burglary. Sydney, September 10
A sensational burglary occurred at Annandale last night. Four men were engaged ransacking a tobacconist shop, when they were pounced upon by a watchman, who fired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thursday, October 9. (Before Mr. R. T. MacNevin, J.p.) Alleged Wool Stealing
Jas Doyle, labourer, was charged with stealing a quantity of wool, and was remanded until Monday next. Bail was allowed, self to £40, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Claim for Assault
A CASE around which a considerable amount of interest has centered for some weeks came on for hearing on Thursday at the Newcastle District Court before Judge Murray and jury of four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, Septembeb 13. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.m.) Uttering a Forged Note
SOPHIE ALLOM, a domestic servant, 20, was charged with uttering a forged £10 note, purporting to be issued by the English, Scottish, and Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday, September 14. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.m.) Alleged Wool Stealing
Allred Forder and Bernard M'Gowan, descrised as " dealers," were charged with stealing a quantity of wool, belonging to some person, or persons, unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Martial. Sydney
A court martial on H. P. White, assistant paymaster of H.M.S. Lizard, has found him guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to 18 months, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escape From Orange Gaol
A TELEGRAM from Orang, dated Monday, states that a prisoner named Richard Coghan, under committal for burglary, escaped from Orange gaol at 630. a.m. on Sunday. Up to the present, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, Sept. 20 (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.M., and Mr. E. G. Adams, J.p.) Drunk
A labourer was charged with being drunk in Darling-street on Saturday evening. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s; in default 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. (Before His H[?] Judge Gibson.)
The District Court opened at 2.25 p.m. on Monday, and started at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. There were only four cases of general in[?] and we publish them in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankruptcy Court. Monday, Sept. 20 (Before the Deputy-Registrar, Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.M)
THE names of Henry Madden and Robert Riley were called, but neither bankrupt appealed. Daniel James Evans was called, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Debts Court. Monday, Sept. 20. (Bofore Mr. L. S. Donaldson, P.M., and Mr. E. G. Adams, J.P.)
J. G. Brown v J. Byrum. Claim for £18 9s ld. No appearance for defence. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed, with 14s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suicide at Wellington Gaol
THE following evidence was given at the inquest on the body of James Moran, whose suicide in Wellington gaol. was reported in our last: Dr. Theo. Hugh Barker, sworn, stated : I am a legally…
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