Execution of Campbell for the Narrandera Murder
On the morning of the 10th the last sentence of the law was carried out upon Robert Campbell, convicted at the assizes, in October last of the murder of the brothers…
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Courts & crime, 1871
47 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Bungendore. Court of Petty Sessions. FRIDAY—January 13. (Before Lieut. Col. Russell P.M., and N. S. Powell, Esq. J P)
Jesse Manwaring appeared on summons at the instance of Elizabeth Crawley, charged with having concealed a pig, dead or alive, the property of her husband Henry Crewley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wife Murder in Ohio
THE details of the recent horrible wife murder near Lima, Ohio, are given bp the Western Associated Press as follows:—The man's name who committed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bungendore. Court of Petty Sessions
FRIDAY—February 10th: Before Lt.-Col. Russell, and Messrs Powell and Rutledge. MISCONDUCT BY A CONSTABLE. Patrick McDonagh, a police constable,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fiji. Horrible Tragedy on Board the Marion Renny—murder of Nine Persons
IT seems reserved for Fiji to furnish the rest of the world with details of tragedies on the sea, exciting and horrible enough for the plot of a sixpenny romance. The America, ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, March 21. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs Davis and Wright.)
ASSAULT.—William G. O'Niell was summoned by Thomas Buttle for an alleged assault. From the evidence of the complainant it seemed that on Tuesday 14th instant,…
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THIS court was held on Friday last, before Mr District Judge McFARLAND. There were only nine cases on the cause list, of which the following were disposed of by the court:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bungendore. Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, March 10Th 1871. BEFORE Lieut. Col. Russell, and Messrs Powell and Rutledge. Sunday Shooting
John Simpson appeared on summons at the instance of Constable McKeon, for shooting for sport on Sunday, the 19th February at Ashby. Defendant pleaded guilty and stated in the way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gosling Creek Murder
ON the 13th instant, information was conveyed to the police by two youths, named Daniel McGuinness and Edward Crampton, that they had discovered the remains of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goulburn Circuit Court
THIS court opened on Monday morning, April 3rd, at ten o'clock, before his Honour Mr Justice Faucett. The Solicitor-General, Mr C. Windeyer. prosecuted for the Crown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Forest Creek Murder
PATRICK MARTIN was indicted for that he, on the 3rd day of January, 1871, at Forest Creek did feloniously, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Criminal Court
BEFORE his Honour Mr Justice HARGRAVE. MURDER. John Griffin was charged with having,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions
MICHAEL BURNS, who had been twice previously brought up and remanded, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, on Monday was remanded by the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and District News. Court of Petty Sessions. Before his worship the police magistrate. CATTLE-STEALING
Alfred Armstrong, Edward Armstrong (father and son), and William Gambell, on remand, were brought up for further examination on a charge of the above nature. There…
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Friday, June 9th, 1871. Before N. S. Powell, Esq., J.P. WHEAT STEALING.—John Lawless was brought up, in virtue of a search warrant, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Brutal Murder Near Hall's Creek
A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Denman, on the 8th of June, touching the death of a man named John Jones, who was found dead under his dray, near Hall's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bungendore. [The following reached us too late for insertion in our last issue:—] Court of Petty Sessions. FRIDAY—June 16th. (Before N. S. Powell, Esq., J.P.)
John Lawless appeared on bail to answer a charge of having stolen a quantity of wheat from H. Crawley. This was a remand case. Thomas Dwyer, of Molonglo Plain, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Murder Near Parramatta
THE quiet town of Parramatta was seldom thrown into such a state of excitement as it was last night, by the intelligence which was spread that an old and well known resident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Polynesian Slave Trade. Murder of Three Seamen
THE Stormbird, schooner, Captain Hurley, arrived at Mackay, Queensland, with fifty-one Polynesian labourers, on the 30th May. She reports a treacherous attack by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Systematic Child Murder
A strange sensational rumour was current in London a fortnight ago to the effect that a nursemaid had been detected whose mania was the destruction of the children…
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