Attempted Murder and Suicide
BRISBANE, Wednesday.-Albert Pritchard, residing at Wollongabba, came home drunk on New Year's Eve, took the baby and attempted to cut its throat. His wife rescued the child and ran…
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Horrible Murder in America
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A horrible murder is reported from Philadelphia, United States. A boarding-house keeper named Sehloops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND. Murder of a Cingalese
BRISBANE, This Day.—A Cingalese named Peter has been murdered at Charters Towers, and in connection with the crime, a countryman named Silver and…
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THE regular meeting of the Water Police Court Licensing Bench, consisting of their Worships Mr. Addison, S.M., and Mr. Mackintosh, L.M., was held to-day at…
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Isaac Abrahams, who it is alleged received a quantity of stolen tweed at Brisbane (Q.), was remanded back to that city in charge of a Queensland constable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Irish Crimes Act. Another M.P. Sentenced. London, January 2
Mr. John Finucane, M.P. for East Limerick, has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for intimidation. [Mr. John Finucaue was educated at…
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Archibald Brown and Henry Woods were each fined 10s or three days for behaving riotously in the public streets. Ellen Tierney, who assisted Ann Tierney, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tunbridge Wells Murder. Execution of Two Youths
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. Henry Matthews, Q.C., the Home Secretary, has refused to recommend her Majesty to grant a reprieve in the case of the two youths,…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The inquest was resumed to-day at Bradford on the body of the boy found murdered and horribly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Yarra Bend Murder. Confession by a Lunatic
MELBOURNE, Fridays.-The lunatic Howard, who was suspected of the murder of Warder Hunter, at the Yarra Bend Asylum, has confessed to the crime. He says: "When I first came in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Magistrate's Rebuke. MR. T. K. ABBOTT, S.M., and Mr. T. M. WILLIAMSON
During the proceedings at the Central Police Court this morning a contretemps occurred between Mr. Abbott, S.M., who was on the Bench on the charge side, and Mr. T. M. Williamson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault on a Woman in Adrlaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
An assault of a serious nature is alleged to have been perpetrated in Adelaide on Tuesday morning. Eleven or 12 men entered the house of a middleaged woman named Mrs. Margaret Abbott and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Negro Plot. Intended Murder, Plunder and Arson. the Scheme Defeated
LONDON, Tuesday.--Telegrams from New York state that seven negro servants employed by a Colonel Plaxton at Areola, a township in Illinois, plotted to rob the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 4
Chamber List.—At 10 a.m.: Gurney v. Leggatt, W. Charter, claimant; Young v. Richardson, Davis v. Selmes, Andrews and chisholm, claimants; Wright, Heaton, and Company, Limited, v. Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Law Notices. Supreme Court.--friday, January 4
CHAMBER LIST.--At 10 a.m. Gurney v. Leggat, W. Ch[?]ner. claimant; Young v. Richardson; Davis v. Selmes, Andrews and Chisholm claimants; Wright, Hoaton and Company, Limited v. Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder of a Prison Warder. Confession by the Murderer. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Joseph Howard, the lunatic at present under restraint on suspicion of having murdered Warder Hunter at the Yarra Bend Asylum on Saturday last, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tunbridge Wells Murder. a Reprieve Refused. the Execution. London, January 1
Mr. Henry Matthews, M.P., Home Secretary, has been appealed to on behalf of the two youths sentenced to death for the murder of an engine driver at Tunbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Negro Conspiracy. Plan to Murder, Rob, and Burn. the Scheme Frustrated. London, January 1
News from New York states that seven negroes in the employment of a Colonel Paxton, of Areola, Illinois, concocted a plan to plunder the house and then set…
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