Riotious Behaviour. Young Men Before the Court
Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., in the police court yesterday morning, William Hoye, Thomas Gorman, James Southgate and Alexander Matthews, were…
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The Enmore Murder
The State Cabinet has decided that the law shall be allowed to take its course in regard to the case of Nicholas Baxter, who was sentenced to death for…
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A sensation was caused at Ballinn when it became known that human remains had been found buried near the Lismore-road, about a mile from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Appeal Court Must Go
THE Court of Industrial Appeal, which is an Irvine-created adjunct to the Wages Board system in Victoria, has never smelt sweet to the democracy. It came…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Brutal Assault. an Old Woman the Victim
A brutal assault is reported to have been committed at Benlomond, in the north, last evening, upon an old woman named M'Guigan, between 70 and 80…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Horse-breaking in Public Streets
Augustus Thomas Jones was charged with the above offence on 1st instant by Constable Mackenzie, who described how the horse was bucking and playing up with his head down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arbitration Court. Shop Assistants' Case. Common Rule Fight Abandoned
The fight against the common rule application in connection with the shop assistants' award same to an end to-day. The latter proposed the minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Debts Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. BAXTER V. Cattanach and Co
Mr., Vaughan asked for an adjournment, as the Merchants and Traders' Association (who issued the summons) not having advised that the case was defended or having sent the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Joel Murder. Sensational Allegations. Plot to Kill Kruger. Leads to Murder and Blackmail. London
Some sensational assertions have been made by a man named Prank Veltheim, who was arrested in Paris last month on on English extradition warrant, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demented Mother's Fate. Suicide After Five-fold Murder
A collier's wife at Sleehum, Northumberland, became demented after suffering a long illness, and drowned her five children. She then committed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on Salvationists. Scotch Police Determined to Stop Open-air Christianity London, Sept. 4
A bott[?] between the Salvation Army and the authorities at Motherwell, Scotland, over the question of [?] speech, continues to arouse local…
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Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. and Mr. W. W.Lockwood, J.P. UNSOUND MIND. A man named William Noble, on remand,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Police Court
Two first offending drunks were sumlarily dealt with at the police court yesterday morning before Mr. P. E [?] J.P On the application of Sub-Inspector M[?] J.P. On the application…
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George Tafft, 20 years of age, was found guilty of the murder of Maud Fletcher, 17, at Quirindi (N.S.W.), and sentenced to death. The story of the crime is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Ju Jitsu in Court
At Perth (W.A.) Criminal Court, William Stone was charged with assaulting Mizubata, a Japanese cook, at Broome Hill station. Mizubata said he was walking in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Man Confesses to Murder and Arson
At the Glen Innes police court William Riley was charged with being of unsound mind. The Government Medical Officer stated that accused had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Worth the Risk. Cashier’s Remarkable Comment When Arrested for Theft
“I have been expecting this,” said Percy Ferguson, when he was arrested in Brixton road on 2nd August, “They have been a long time making up their…
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Senior-Constable White, who has been resident to Wagga for the past 12 months, has resigned, and, it is understood, intends to enter the hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deaf and Dumb Man Sentenced. Declares His Innocence
At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions to-day, John Mansted, a deaf and dumb man, was convicted of assault on a young woman at Alexandra, and…
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