Water Police Court
BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Gedye and Hale. Five persons were fined for drunkenness. Charles Hall and William Young, for riotous behaviour,…
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Central Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Mayor, with Mr. Evans.)
George clarke, for stealing a silver watch and gold guard, of the value of L4 10s, the property of J. Wilkinson, was committed to take his trial at the quarter sessions…
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CATHERINE BEGG was placed on her trial at Rockhampton for the wilful murder of a little girl named Ellen Macdonald Exworthy. The case was wh[?]lly one of circumstantial evidence, and in this respect…
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BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Certificates were granted to William John Goodman, George Crossman, John Jennings, and Joseph Dorman. Richard Thame, of Thame and Walker, applied for a…
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PATRICK GEARY, alias John Geary, and his wife, Margarct Geary, were brought before the Colac police court on Wednesday, charged with the murder of Thomas Brookhouse, at Colac, seventeen…
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BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge SIMPSON. BLACK V. PANTLING. Plaintiff sued to recover £7 as compensation for injuries to His buggy owing te defendant's negligent driving,…
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William Mo[?]ris, of William-street, Upper Paddington, messenser. Liabilities. L124 4s 3d. Assets, L10 2s. Deficiency, L122 18s 3d. Frederick Thomas Humphery, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUESDAY. (Before bis Honer Judge Dowling.) Mr. Foster prosecuted for the Crown. Stealing a Watch
John Blackett was charged with having stolen in a dwelling-house a watch and chain, the property of William M'Kay. The charge was not substantiated, and the prisoner having been found not guilty was discharged…
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BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge DOWLING.' Mr. W. J. Foster prosecuted for the Crown. STEALING. Michael Noonan was charged with stealing a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charge of Murder Committed Sixteen Years Ago. (From the Geelong Advertiser, April 6.)
PATRICK Geary, alias John Geary, and his wife, Margaret [?] were brought before the Colac Police Court on Wednesday, charged with the murder of Thomas Brookhouse, at Colac, seventeen years ago. The Bench…
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HARRIS AND ANOTHER v. HEWITT.—This was an action in which the plaintiffs, merchants in Melbourne, sued the defendant Hewitt, a commission agent, for £25 10s 4d, alleged to be due to plaintiffs. The facts…
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HARRIS AND ANOTHER V. HEWITT.—This was an action in which the plaintiffs, merchants in Melbourne, sued the defendant Hewitt, a commission agent, for L25 1Os 4d, alleged to be due to plaintiffs. The facts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water Police Court.—wednesday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Evans and Spence.)
Ten persons were fined in various sums, witn the usual alternative, for being in a state of intoxication in the public streets. Annie Harrison was found guilty of stealing a print…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Police Court. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Oatley, Raphael, and Tait.)
A number of drunkards were punished. Fangai, a man of colour from the South Seas, was brought up for protection, supposed to be of unsound mind…
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BEFORE the Mayor, with Messrs. Renwick, Hughes, Curran, and Meares. Seven persons were fined for drunkenness and for disorderly conduct…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Spence, and Evans. Ten drunkards were variously punished. Henry Thompson, who was fined 10s., in default four…
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Seven inebriates were punished. Ellen Brown, Lousia Lewis, Jane Davis, and Matilda Miller, described as women of the town, were fined 10s each, in default three days' gaol, for riotous behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Police Court.—wednesday. (Before the Mayor, with Messrs. Hughes, Renwick, and Curran.)
John Lumsdaine was charged with being on the premises of Messrs. Tait and Smith, Sussex-street; with intent to commit a felony. He was committed to take his trial at the quarter sessions…
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BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. In the estate of Frank W. Lewis, a third meeting. Two debts were proved, and the official assignee read his report…
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