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Courts & crime, 1891

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Assault on a Wife

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 3

At tie Central Police Court to-day Alexander Mora, 40, laborer, was charged with having assaulted his wife, Maria, in view of a constable, by striking her with his fist. He was fined 40s,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 7

Mr. W. Johnson, S. M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT on Saturday. Robert Walsh was charged with having assaulted his wife Rachel in a violent manner, and on the application of…

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The Whitechapel Murder

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, February 28.—The coroner's jury in the case of the recent murder of a woman in Whitechapel, has returned an open verdict. Owing to the lack of…

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Three Graceless Ones. Sent to Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 6

MARGARET Kate and Theresa Gallaher, three sisters, whoso wild caperings in Goulburn-street were recorded on Saturday, were brought up at the Central to-day and…

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The Whitechapel Murder. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

The coroner's jury in the case of the murder of a woman in Whitechapel, has returned an open verdict. In the absence of evidence against Sadler he will…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide at Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

Early on Saturday morning an old man named Colley, residing in Simmons-street, Newtown, made an attempt to murder his wife in bed and afterwards cut his throat with a razor…

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The Whitechapel Murder. Finding of the Coroner's Jury

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night. -- At the coronial inquiry into the recent murder which took place at Whitechapel in the East End of London, and which was supposed to bear…

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Tragedy at Newtown. Alleged Attempted Murder and Suicide

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

What appears to have been a case of attempted murder and suicide took place at Newtown at about 2 a.m. on Saturday. Prom the information that can be gathered, it appears that a man…

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Shocking Affair at Newtown. Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 6

A SHOCKING affair, mid one which nearly ended in a double tragedy, is reported front Newtown to-day, when an old man named Colley; living in Simmons-street, made a…

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Murder and Suicide. By a Mad Mother. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 4

A terrible tragedy, resulting in the death bf the wife of a signalman named Watson and her infant child, occurred at Yambowie, near Torowie, on Sunday night. Two years…

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Fearful Tragedy in South Australia. Child Murder and Suicide

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 6

Adelaide, Monday.—Jumbowie, a little Government settlement about six miles from Turowie, on the northern railway line, has been the scene of a fearful tragedy enacted by a mother…

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Shooting Tragedy at Newtown. Alleged Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

A shocking tragedy, and one possessing several remarkable features came under the notice of the police authorities at Newtown early on Saturday morning. From the information obtainable it would appear that…

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Murder and Suicide by a Mother. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

A terrible tragedy took place at Gumbowie Siding on Saturday night. Mrs. Watson, the wife of the signalman, out the throat of her child, four months old, and destroyed herself in a…

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The Great Strike. Unionists Want Work. Riot in a Scottish Port. Bludgeons and Crowbars. Pistol-shots and the Police LONDON, February 27

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

A number of the union laborers, who were on strike, have begged the Shipping Federation to allow them to return to their former employment. This…

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Police. the Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 2

At the Newtown Court yesterday, Mr. C Delohery, D.S.M., presiding, Joseph Colley (86) charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on one Lucy Colley (61),was…

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A Compromised Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 5

Before Acting-Judge Gibson, in the District Court to-day, George Hicks, of Pittwater, proceeded against William Porter and James E. M'Mahon, of the Lane Cove River, for £100…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 7

Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Ah How, having stolen a quantity of old zino of the value of 6s, the property of Goon Ping, was sentenced to two months'…

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Three Graceless Ones. Sent to Gaol

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 6

MARGARET, Kate and Theresa Gallaher, three sisters, whose wild caperings in Goutburn-street wore recorded on Saturday, were brought up at the Central to-day and…

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The Adelaide Wife Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- At the criminal sittings to-day, before Mr. Justice Bundly and a jury, Charles Lowenthal, aged 36, pleaded not guilty to baring murdered his wife at Adelaide…

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Victoria. the Murder of a Sweetheart

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- At a meeting of the executive Council this afternoon the case of John Thomas Phelan, who was convicted last week of murdering his paramour, Ada Hatton,…

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