Suspected Child Murder. Newcastle, This Day
Shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon the skeleton of an infant, minus the skull, was found by a miner in the sand between Tighe's Hill and the…
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Police Intelligence Balmain. Monday, January 25
WIFE DESERTION.—Dennis Hannan, seaman, was charged on Warrant with having deserted his wife, Catherine Hannan. Defendant informed the Bench that he…
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Mr. A. M. Fisher, D.S.M., presided at the Central Police Court yesterday. Marian M'Namara was fined 20s., or seven days, for drunkenness, and 20s.. or a month, for using…
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RIOTOUS.—Alfred Williams for riotous behaviour in Buckland-street 20s, or seven days. LANGUAGE.—Mary Ann Smith for using…
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DRUNKS.—Sixteen persons on the eve of our anniversary Day got tight, and were dealt with as usual. LANGUAGE.—James Matthews, 20. and George Roberts, 32, were not sufficiently choice in their…
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DRUNKS.—Forty-eight persons indulged too freely in strong waters, and suffered accordingly. A WANDERER.—William Carroll, 14, was found by Constable Brown sleeping out. He was ordered to…
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In the Charge branch of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT on Monday, Mr. Fisher, D.S.M., presiding, a number of persons were brought before the Bench for breaches of the peace, and in several cases very heavy penalties were imposed…
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A MUNICIPAL revision court, presided over by the Mayor (Mr. J. Nobbs), and Alderman Baker, Grim wood, R. Richardson, H. Richardson, Ritchie, and Scarborough was held at the…
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A Court of Appeal under the Crown Lands Act, of 1884, was held this morning by the Minister for Lands, the Hon. Gerald Spring, at the Lands' Office. There were…
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MARK KRA[?]NE[?] pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and seven previous convictions were recorded. Fined 10s, or 48 hours. Daniel Fitzgerald, a notorious character,…
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BAD LANGUAGE.—Samuel Hallam, Margaret M'Keown, and James Ozenburg, were fined 40s., or two months, for using obscene language. John Walsh was fined…
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Prothonotary's Office: Re Whitworth, at half-past 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder of a Child by Her Mother and Sisters. Extraordinary Tragedy Near Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A shocking tragedy took place early this morning at Coburg (formerly known as Pentridge), in the house of Mr. Charles Hampton, who has for many years been a warder in the Pentridge prison. Mr…
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At the Central Police Court this morning, George Doherty, a rough looking young man, was charged with a most brutal and unprovoked assault upon a…
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At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, before Mr. A. M. Fisher, D.S.M., Samuel Ewing, 14 years, on a charge of having stolen 4s. from a till, the property of Henry Cox Cato, was ordered to be imprisoned until the Court rose…
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At the Central Police Court yesterday, Joseph Thompson was charged before Mr. Fisher, D.S.M., with having a watch in his possession reasonably suspected to be stolen, and was sent…
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The following appeals considered at the Land Court to-day are additional to those published in our first edition:— Maurice Wolf appealed against the…
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His Excellency Lord Carrington held another Extradition Court in the Executive Council Chamber this morning. Mr. Williams, Crown Solicitor, appeared for…
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In the Central Licensing Court, yesterday, before Messrs. Johnson and Fisher, D.S.Ms., and J. Macintosh, J.P., transfers of licences were granted in the following cases:—From James Charles to John…
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