Burglary at Parramatta
The branch establishment of Mick Simm[?] at Parramatta was entered by thieves during last night, and goods to the value of £100 were stolen…
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Courts & crime, 1903
655 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 33
Alleged Murder
The inquest on the body of the murdered man, George Cullen, was opened at Adelaide on Saturday. The evidence failed to throw any light on the gruesome affair. Inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wellington Police Court. Friday, January 2. (Before Messrs. Kennard and Collins, J.sP.)
George Henry Manuel pleaded guilty to assaulting Constable O'Reilly while in the execution of his duty at Wellington on December 31, 1902, and was fined £3 or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Saturday, January 3. (Befora Mr. R. G. Daibuaty, J. P.)
THOMAS DESMOND, an old-age pensioner, was oharged with being drank in Erskinsstreet on the 2nd instant and was fined 2a 6d or the rising of the court,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court
A Licensing Court was held on Monday at the Court House, before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M. and Messrs. J. Heane and R. G. Dalbunty, J.sP…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Police Court. Monday, January 5Th. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.)
A YOUNG man named William Purvis was charged with stealing one pair of trousers, value 8s 6d, the property of Coorie Bros. of Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged cattle Stealing
The Galgong Police Court was crowded again last Friday, scores of people being unable to gain admission, when Ernest Hough and William Blaine (on bail) were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gatton Murder
A man working on a station near Wellington, N.Z., has denounced his mate as the author of the Gatton murders. The former tied the alleged murderer up and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Wednesday, 7Th January. (Before R. Griffiths, Eeq., J.P.)
Harry Lamplaugh, charged with using obscene language, wan fined 10s or 24 boon. On a charge of resisting tho police he was fined 20s or 48 hours…
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BEFORE the P.M. Frank Brown was charged by Constable Jenkins with using indecent language in Hunt-st., Wrightville. Pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, with 4s 10d costs…
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A discharged coachman in New York cut the throat of a little daughter of his employer, and then committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder and Suicide. London
A coachman who bad been in the employ of Finlay. a New York millionaire, and who bad been discharged, cut the throat of a little girl aged four years, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Arbitration Court
IT is very probable that before long the newly established Arbitration Court will become oven more discredited than the Board of Conciliation, which was summarily wiped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington Police Court. Friday, January 9. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.)
Mary Potter was charged with having insufficient lawful visible means of support. Mr. Kelly appeared for accused and consented to the police's request for a remand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ingenious Gaol-bird
In the Nineteenth Century and after, Sir Robert Anderson has an article on professional criminals, in the course of which he tells the following story:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Murder. London
King Alfonso of Spain and his mother were returning from church a[?] Madrid on Saturday, when a man named Feito fired a pistol at the royal carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Accusing Hand. Remarkable Murder Trial
A SOMEWHAT remarkable murder trial commenced the Connaught Winter Assizes, held at Sligo on December [?], when an elderly farmer named James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing. Gulgong Police Court Proceedings
The remanded case against Thomas Wood, Ernest Hough, and William Blaine, for alleged cattle stealing, was continued at the Gulgong Police Court on friday. The case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary
Burglars entered a house at Boulder, West Australia, and dragged the occupant, Mrs. Cummins, while in bed asleep, and then ransacked the place, securing £56…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. JANUARY 12, 1903. (Before W. Kierath, Esq., J.P.)
Mary Deane was charged with being a common prostitute, found bebaving in a rietuous manner in Daudaloo street, Narromine…
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