Horrible Murder
On Monday last, at about 12 noon, at J. H. Donnelly's Town and Country Hotel, Tamworth, there began an inquest on the body of Elizabeth Hart (otherwise Kins formerly Harris). who on the…
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Police
At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, the Police Magistrate was assisted in the Crime Court by Messrs. Renwick, Callaghan, M'Coy, Sladen, and Solomon; and in the Summons Court by Messrs. Grey, M'Beath, and Carpenter…
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At 1 o'clock to-day a dastardly assault was committed on a Frenchwoman named Mrs. Dole, and her infant child, Jean Baptists Avi[?]k. Mrs. Dole resides in Kent-street, and her husband is at present…
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TAMWORTH, Wednesday.âThe inquiry into the came of the death of Elizabeth King closed at 2 p.m. to-day, and the jury, after retiring for 20 minutes, returned a Verdict of wilful murder…
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James Locke, of Port Macquarie, sawmill proprietor. Liabilities, £410 16s. lld., of which £200 is secured: Assets, £796. Mr. Sandeman, official assignee. PETITION AND AFFIDAVIT…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, December:31. Ecclesiastical 'Jurisdiction.—(Before his Honor Sir William Manning.) Callaghan and Wife V. MYERS
This was a probate suit to test the validity of a document propounded by the plaintiffs (John Callaghan and Catherine his wife) as the last will of Martin Hurley, late of Tamworth, by which Mrs. Callaghan was made the sole devisee…
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At the WATER POLICE COURT yesterday, Messrs. Hun[?] and Gray presided. Six persons found drunk and disorderly in the public streets were brought up and discharged; three others, charged…
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Chamber List.—Hammond v. Constable, in re Joseph Elenekave and others, prohibition; River Y. Bring, interpleader; Chapman v. Stuckey, foreign attachment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Law Report. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.—november 12. (Reported specially for the Herald.) Robertson and Others V. Day, on Appeal From the Supreme Court of New South Wales. (Present: The Right Hon. Sir Montague Smith, the Right Hon. Sir James Colville, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Collier, the Right Hon. Sir Barnes Peacock, and the Right Hon. Sir Henry Keating.)
This was an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, by which it was ordered (the Chief Justice dissenting) that the verdict found for the plaintiffs (the appellants) be set aside, and the verdict…
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At the Water Police Court yesterday morning William Wheatley, 25, a plasterer, was charged with the above offence. The prosecutrix, Mrs. Edwards, is deat and dumb. Her evidence was to the effect that,…
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At the Central Police Court, on Monday, Antoine Massoni (30), an Italian, and Boym Girolim alias Elzer Venel (27), a Frenchman, and both it is believed New Caledonian convicts, were charged with…
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ONE of the most during attempts at assault and robbery that have been made for a long time past was committed about a quarter past 11 o'clock on Saturday night, on Mr. Robert M. Morgan, a…
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Though the police have announced that they do not lit present fed called open to take any further action about what is variously termed tho Ruston square mystery and the Euston-square murder, the…
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AT the Central Police Court yesterday morning, the presiding magistrates were Mr. Crane, police magistrate, the newly-elected mayor, Mr. Robert Fowler, and Messrs. Jolly, Reading, Holborrow, and…
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An inquiry was held at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, Saturday morning, by the City Coroner, touching the death of William Charles Robinson. Deceased was a greengrocer, aged 33, and carried on business at 55,…
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William Henry Cook, of Nitasdale-street, draper. Liabilities,£143 15s 6d; assets, £23. Mr. Lyons, official assign[?]. Joseph. Davies, carrier. Liabilities, £84; assets,…
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At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT, on Saturday, the Police Magistrate was assisted by Messrs Arguimbau, Brown, Field, W. Fowler, Pordriau, and Deane. John Howard was charghed with being a suspected person,…
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At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT, yesterday, before Messrs. Pearce, Moses, and Hunt, William Carroll (50) was fined 20s., or, in default of payment, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment, for riotous behaviour in Market-street…
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At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, the Police Magistrate wes assisted in the Crime Court by Messrs. Neale, Barden, Dean, and Field; and in the Summons Court by Messrs. Charlton, Lipman, Harwood, Linsley,…
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Lewie Sampson, commercial travellery, late of the Cambridge Club Hotel. Liabilities, £2233 3s; assets, £225. At the Water Police Court, to-day, the adju[?]cating magistrates were the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Palmer, Edwards, Greville, and O'Brown. A notorious [?]briate, named Elizabeth M'Clusky,…
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