Bowral Police Court. Thursday, March 5th
BEFORE. Mr. R. S. McKenzie, J.P. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Sidney Bailey pleaded guilty to the above charge, and handed out 10/- rather than take 3 days rest at…
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Courts & crime, 1891
121 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 7
Murder in Perth
PERTH, Wednesday.—At daybreak yesterday a Chinese named Li Ki Hong, went to camp a few miles away, where three Chinese were sleeping with whom the visitor Had had a quarrel, arising out of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Debts Court. Friday, March 6
BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. There were three or four cases called at the Small Debts Court, but in each case a settlement had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Police Court. Saturday, March 14Th
BEFORE Mr. R. S. Mackenzie, J.P. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. William Williams pleaded guilty to having partaken too freely of a mild aperient…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berrima District Licensing Court. Moss Vale, Wednesday, March 18Th
BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and J. A. Badgery, J.P. BREACH OF THE LICENSING ACT. Michael Rice, licensee of the Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowral Small Debts Court. Friday, March 26Th. Before Messrs. J. G. Morris and T. Dawson, Js.P. Garnishee Order
Charles Waters v. Thomas Healey, Mr. C. C. Gale, garnishee. Claim £7 6/4. Mr. Gale informed the bench that he had a sum of money in his hands belonging to the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Police Court. Tuesday, March 24. BEFORE Messrs J. G. Morris and T. Dawson, Js.P. False Pretences
Laurence Donovan, a youth in the employ of Mr. McRse of Lower Mittagong, was brought up on a warrant charged with obtaining from John Holmes, storekeeper of Bowral, by false pretences, one coat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Police Magistrate Explains
Yesterday before the court opened Mr. F. R. Wilshire said ha desired to make an explanation in regard to a paragraph which had appeared in the local paper. It was well known, he said, that the country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowral Police Court. Friday, April 3Rd
BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. PROHIBITION. On the application of his wife, Jane MoAuley an order was issued in respect to Samuel McAuley,…
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A COURT for the hearing of appeals against the assossments made by the municipal valuators was held at the Town Hall, yesterday, before Mr. F. R. Wilshire P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Small Debts Court. Friday, April 3Rd
BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. GARNISHEE ORDER In the case of Holmss v. Bailey, Dr. Chisholm garnishee. defendant paid the amount of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, April 8Th. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. J. A. Badgery, H. Childs, W. J. Cordeaux and M. Bulter, J.s.P. AFFILIATION
Thomas Burke, on remand from Goulburn, was brought up charged on the information of Annie Morris of Berrima, with refusing to contribute to the support of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Nyngan Murder. Full Confession of the Crime
THE following confession was made by Black, the Nyngan murderer, on Friday last at the lockup, Nyngan. It is supposed that the crime weighed on his mind:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moss Vale Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 8th. BEFORE Messrs. Wilshire P.M., J. A. Badgery, and H. E. Kater, Js.P. Breach of the Licensing Act
H. B. Bond, of the Grand Hotel, pleaded guilty, through his solicitor, Mr. Gale, to having sold liquor on his licensed premises after hours on the night of the 24th March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ballarat Tragedy. Johnston Sentenced to Death
MELBOURNE, Friday.—James. Johnston was tried at Bullarat to day for the murder of his wife, Mary Gourlay Johnston. Mr. Justice Webb presided. The facts are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy in Hobart. Murder and Attempted Suicide
A terrible tragedy has been enacted at Sandy Bay, Hobart. A widow named Annie Davidson, residing at the Bay, was found on Monday morning lying dead in her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Police Court. Friday,april 17Th
BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Mr. J. J. Campbell. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. James Tierney, pleaded guilty, and was find 10/…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Police Court. Monday, April 20Th
BEFORE Mr.R.S. McKonzie, J.P. "HE WAS ONE THEM—SECOND TO NONE OF THEM," John Kennedy was one of a few friends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Peak Hill Murder
AT the Dubbo assizes on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Steven, Lars Peter Hansen was tried on the charge of murdering his mate, Charles Duncker, known as the "Little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murder at Barcaldine Downs
M'LEOD, charged with wilful murder, was brought before Mr. Morris oil Saturday. George Lees, of the Queensland Volunteer Rifles, deposed that he was on guard at…
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