Died in Gaol
CHARLES LUKINS, aged 62, who had served nine years of a life sentence for murdering rach[?] Baikie, died in Darlinghurst gaol on Saturday night very suddenly. He had suffered from…
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Courts & crime, 1911
525 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 27
Desperate Affray in Gaol
Henry Cooper and William Backney made a desperate attempt to escape from Hobart Gaol yesterday afternoon. Warder D[?]cott noticed the men climbing to the roof, and called upon…
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A visitor to Coonamble for the races, Raymond Galliges, missed some articles of wearing apparel from his room at a West Coonumble hotel (says the " Independent.") At the races…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Prisoner for Dubbo Gaol
THE prisoner Valentine, who was sentenced to there months in Dubbo gaol for escaping from custody at Lawson, was brought up on a charge of stealing a bicycle at Carcoar, and sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court. Monday, June 26
Before the Warden (Mr. C. E. Oslear). The following mining tenements were declared forfeited for non-fulfilment of residence and other conditions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Slave. Groans and Hisses in Police Court. Girl Who Never Smiled
A big crowd, almost entirely consisting of women, besieged the gates of W[?]cester Gundhan yesterday (says a London paper of April 25) for admission to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder on High Seas. London, Thursday night
Miss Alice Brewster, stewardess on the P. and O. steamer, China, was murdered by a Lascar steward after the vessel had left Colombo…
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The trial of John Kurtz and his son William Kurtz, on a charge of staling a draught filly, the property of Alfred Charles Huntley, of Cook's Gap, took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Court. dA Cobar Case
A slim, pleasant looking young woman, named Laurena Watson, petitioned Judge Gordon in tho Divorce Court on Wednesday for a divorce from George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo Police Court. (Before Mosses. H. T. Blacket and E. R. Hawke, J's.P)
THIS (Tuesday) morning, at the Dubbo Police Court, Sergeant Mcagaer proceeded against [?]bert Rook for cruelly ill-treaing a mare. the police testimony was that the animal had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubb0 Police Court. Tuesday, July 4, 1911. (Before Messrs. H. T. Blacket and E. R. Hawke, J's.P.). Cruelty Ill-treating a Horse
Herbert Rook was charged with working a bay mare drawing wood, the animal having a sore back. The accused made a statement that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. Tuesday, July 4, 1911. (Before Mr. T. Balrd, [?]ear., and Dr. Burkitt)
James H. Humphrey applied for a renewal of his license for the Collie Hotel, Collie. There were no police objections, and the renewal was…
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ALFRED WILKINSON, aged 59, pleaded not guilty this morning at the Police Court to a charge of being drunk in Maqua[?]-street, Constable McAlain detailed defend[?]…
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David S[?] was sentenced to death at Perth for the murder of Elizabeth Compton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Municipal Council v. G. UPTON
On Wednesday morning last at the local Court House, before Mr. O. Butler, P.M., George Upton was charge with riding a bicycle not provided with a light, after…
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David Horatio Smithson has been sentenced to death for murdering Elizabeth Compton at Woodiupine. The prisoner was practically unmoved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Burglary Alarm
There seems to be a general alarm amongst householders in regard to the burglar who is believed to be attempting to gain admission at night into…
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On Wednesday last before the Licensing Bench, Mr. W. J. Jackson of the Empire Hotel, made application for the renewal of his billiard license, which was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of an ex-Victorian Lady. Melbourne
Terrible news was received yesterday of the mysterious murder at Sea Point, South Africa, of Mrs. Margaret Douglas Palmer, once a school teacher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Tuesday, July 14, 1911, (Before Messrs. A. T. Cochrane and H. T. Blacket J[?]P.) Causing a Horse to be [?]-treated
Albert Munday pleaded not guilty to the above charge. Senior-constable Meagher deposed that a man named Rook was fined at…
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