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A MOST brutal and shocking murder appears to have been committed between nine and eleven o'clock on Saturday night, in the neighbourhood of Neutral Bay, the unfortunate victim being an elderly female of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The city was startled yesterday morning by the intelligence that an elderly woman had been murdered in a boat in the harbour under suspicious circumstances, which, so far as yet can be ascertained, appear to be to the full as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Margaret M. Gowan was fined 20s. or seven days, for making use of indecent language in King-street. John Pricatly, 18, was brought up charged with assaulting and robbing one Charles Shepherd of £1, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I only returned to Sydney last night, and this morning noticed in your issue of the 25th January the following report in connection with the vote for the Attorney-General's Department:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following prisoners pleaded guilty, and were remanded for sentence:—James Johnson, charged with stealing cloth, the property of Henry Zions; William Clegg, charged with attempting to commit suicide;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lodged in London, January 28th, at 9.55 p.m. Received in Sydney, February 1st, at 8.11 p.m. Mr. Shipworth, a barrister, has been sentenced to fine and imprisonment for contempt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Curran, Smithers, Lester, and Evans. A number of persons were fined for drunkenness. Felix O'Donohoe, alias O'Brien, charged with being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Pearce, Spence, Murphy, Meyer, Smart, and Charlton. Twenty-one persons were fined in sums varying from 2s. 6d. to 20s. on conviction of drunkenness or of disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twelve persons convicted of drunkenness were fined in sums varying from 5s to 40s. Mary Jones, for solloiting alms in Clarence-street, was sent to gaol for fourteen days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Twelve persons convicted of drunkenness were fined in sums varying from 5s to 40s. Mary Jones, for soliciting alms in Clarence-street, was sent to gaol for fourteen days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE coroner, Mr. B. Lipecomb, held an inquiry at Mr. George Atkinson's, Empire Hotel, Kiandra, on Monday last, into the circumstances attending the death of a Chinaman named He Nock, who was murdered on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Mark Bignell was brought up under warrant, charged with assaulting and beating Mary Louisa Bignell. Prisoner pleaded guilty. He was fined 60s, or one month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest upon the body of Mrs. Lee was initiated shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, at the Observer Tavern, Lower George-street, where the jury were empannelled; and of or having examined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At half-pat 3 o'clock yesterday the inquiry was resumed at the Coroner's Court, Macquarie-street. Michael Dower deposed: I am a licensed waterman, plying from the Circular Quay. I know the man now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, the City Coroner held, at the Observer Tavern, George-street North, opposite the Mariners' Church, an inquest on view of the body of Mrs. Lee, the unfortunate woman whose dead body had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Mark Bignell was brought up under warrant, charged with asaulting and beating Mary Louisa Bignell. Prisoner pleaded guilty. He was fined 60s. or one m[?]nth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge DOWLING. Mr. W. J. Foster, the Crown Prosecutor, appeared for the Crown. PLEADED GUILTY…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jane Alien, alias Jane Bird, was charged with receiving a quantity of clothing and other articles, the property of Edward Warby, well knowing the same to have been stolen Prisoner pleaded not guilty. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight parsons were fined in aums varying from 5s to 10s each, for being found drunk in the public streets. William Shaw, a boy 14 years eld, charged with stealing two pairs of boots, valued at 15s, the property…
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