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Scene from the Bondi riot case:—Mr. Williamson was trying to extract from Robert Burns, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, some information regarding his previous relations with the court. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE Messrs J. K. Lethbridge, J. D Single and J. Shand, J's.P. Owing to the unavoidable absonce of our regular roporter, our notice of the days pro…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, the bench in the Charge Court was occupied by Mr. Buchanan, S. M. George Cooper was charged with having stolen a swag, containing a tent, a pair of blankets, five shirts, one pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, January 9.—An application for the release of the Mignonette survivors, who were sentenced to sis months' imprisonment for the murder of the lad Parker, has been refused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Mattoney, charged with using in decent language in Duncan-street, was fined 20s, or seven days. Daniel Wallace and George Johnston, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Police Manual which has hitherto been the authorised guide for the police force of this colony has been superseded by another, copies of which are about to be issued to all members of the force. Forming part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sensational statement has been made that a girl, 12 years of age, while wandering about the Melbourne cemetery looking for a relative's crave, was accosted by a man, who, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Andrew Anderson, for being drunk and using insulting language on 2nd inst: Henry Sin [?] deposed that the language was made use of to him in presence of ladies. Constable Murdock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The vexed question of what we are to do with our larrikins is forcing itself upon us with, renewed vigour, in consequence of the riot at Bondi on Boxing Day. For the many to attack the few generally shows…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →Chas Hay w. T. Jessup, for £6, which defendant admitted, but asked for a week to pay. Granted. Paul Viscovitch v. Sydney Burk, for £7…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The convict Barnes, who alleges that he murdered Mr. J. B. Slack, of South Melbourne, in October last, is said to be a raving lunatic. No decision has yet been come to by the law officers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Water Police Court, on Monday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., the first 18 prisoners were charged with having created a riot at Bondi on Boxing Day:—Walter Burns, alias Choppy, Jas. Kelly,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Francis M. Darcey, who had been remanded to gaol for seven days on suspicion of being of Unsound mind, was discharged. SUMMONS CASES…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A great furore has been occasioned in "Castle" circles in Ireland by the contemptuous refusal of the Corporation of Limerick to pay the police tax levied on that city by the Crown. This tax is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public feeling is considerably agitated just now as to the most desirable site for the new courthouse for Maitland, for which the sum of £7000 has been voted by the Government towards its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the following cases verdicts were given for the amounts claimed, with costs :— R. L. Duan v. Francis Devlin. £4 7s 6d Michael Colley v. Thomas Wilson, £3, 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Newtown Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., two men and two ladies were fined for having been drunk. One of the latter said that she was not very drunk, but might have had a glass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the CENTRAL, POLICE COURT, on Saturday, the bench in the Charge Court was occupied by Mr. Buchanan, S.M. Several persons were punished for drunkenness or other minor offences. James Berry, dealer, and Catherine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The convict Barnes, who alleges that he murdered Mr. J. B. Slack, of South Melbourne, in October last, is said to be a raving lunatic. No decision has yet been come to by the law officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public feeling is considerably agitated just now as to the most desirable site for the new courthouse for Maitland, for which the sum of £7000 has been voted by the Government towards its…
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