Water Police Court
BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Hunt and Goldring. William Dole, labourer, having been found loitering in M'dicolm s[?]ne for a suspected unlawful purpose, was…
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Central Police Court
BEFORE Messrs. Jolly, Reading, and Pope. Twenty-one persons were fined for drunkenness. Bridget Maher was charged with having no visible lawful means of subsistence, and pleaded guilty. To be imprisoned…
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THE Mudgee Times reports that at about 10 o'clock on Chritmas night Mrs. Martin went to bed, accompanied by her niece, Kate Lestrange, who occupied the same bedroom, and shortly…
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Early on Sunday morning a report reached Gulgong to the effect that Mrs. Martin, hotel-keeper at Guntawang, had been murdered. Senior-constable Merrin and constable Gleeson started for the scene, and…
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THE City Coroner concluded at the Observer Tavern, yesterday morning, the inquest on the body of Joseph Clarke. There being no further evidence to bring forward, the…
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David Bow, of Cunningham's Creek, farmer. Cause of sequestration, pressure of a judgment creditor. Liabilities, £137 19s; assets, £4; deficiency, £133 19s. Official assignee, Mr. F. T. Humphrey…
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[?]p, now in Mudgee gaol, late of Gul[?]es, £24 9s. 8d. Assets, £2 17s. Mr. [?]nee. H[?] of the Glebe. Liabilities, £29…
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THE fourth term of the sittings in Banco ended last Wednesday the 22nd instant, having been extended to that day by a rule of Court in order that certain reserved judgments might be delivered. The last day of term, as…
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Mr. Carruth, formerly editor of the Vineland INDEPENDENT, who was shot in his office by C. B, Landis, on Friday, March 19th, died at his residence in Vineland, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning…
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A charge of assault and robbery was initiated at the Central Police Court this morning, before Messrs. Davies and Poarce. John Graham, 30, a drayowner, and Martin Bourke, alias Ryan, 27, labo[?]er, were accused…
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At the Water Police Court, this morning, a middle-aged woman named Louisa Willing, was charged with having, at Balmain, on the 3rd December last, attempted to kill and murder herself by taking poison…
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As inquest was held on Friday morning, at the Observer Tavern, Lower George-street, touching the death of a man whoso name is at present unknown. The following depositions were taken:—…
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An inquest was held at the Observer Tavern this morning on some human remains, viz., a head and lower limbs of a human body found in the water of the Blackwattle Swamp. James Ryan, of No. 1…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Lester, Holborow, M'Mahon, Levy, and Marks. Several persons were brought before the Court, and fined for drunenness…
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BEFORE the Mayor, with Messrs. Spence, Pearce, Hunt, Davies, and Harris. Forty-two persons were fined in sums varying from 5s. to 20s. for drunkenness or for riotous behaviour…
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An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday morning, at the Observer Tavern, on some human remains, consisting of the head and lower extremities of James Ryan…
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CAPTAIN F. O[?]LSON, of the schooner Belle Brandon, who has just returned to Auckland from a cruise among the South Sea. Islands, sends the following letter to the WEEKLY HERALD—"Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Courts. This Da[?] Water Polige[?] (Before Mesr[?] Hunt [?]
William Eury, a, clerk in the [?] of New South Wales, was charged with having [?]pted to procure abortion. The information of Am[?] Klein, of Church-street, Parramatta, was to the effect that William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insolvency Court. This Day. Surrenders. [?] Bevege, of Tamworth, innkeepen Cause
[?] of creditors, who have men in pos[?] £643 4s 8d. Assets, £290 3s. Deli[?], £352 ls 8d. Official Assignee, Mr. A S[?] An[?] Charles Maclean, of Murrurrundi, licensed…
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The City Coroner held an inquest this morning at his office teaching the death of William Dwyer, a butcher, who died while on bis way to the Infirmary in a cart on the first instant. Elizabeth Dwyer, wife of deceased…
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