Attempted Murder
Much excitement was caused in Market-street last night at the discovery of what appeared to have been a deliberate attempt at murder, the victim being Mrs. Sarah Kirby, who has for many…
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Much excitement was caused in Market-street last night at the discovery of what appeared to have been a deliberate attempt at murder, the victim being Mrs. Sarah Kirby, who has for many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. John M'Nulty, 21, a dealer, was charged with having assaulted Samuel Crewe in a violent manner. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the Quarter Sessions to-day a respectably-attired young lady, a rather recent arrival from England, named Leila de Poole, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Quarter Sessions to-day a middle-aged man named William Challinor was arraigned on a charge of having committed an indecent assault upon a married woman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henry Lydard, 29, laborer, and James M'Manus, 26, laborer, were charged with having, in company with others, broken glass to the extent of £2, the property of Angus Cameron, of the City…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The land court, Messrs. Rogers Q.C. (president), Freeman, and Brandis, commenced its sittings at Darlinghurst on Monday. Charles Baldwin appealed against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elizabeth Large, the proprietress of a small refreshment shop at 192½ Elizabeth-street, was charged at the Central Court yesterday, at the instance of Sub-inspector John Bell,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RESIDENTS in or near Market-street, at the park end, were startled last night about 10 o'clock by the report that a woman had been murdered in a shop between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What appeared to have been a premeditated attempt to murder took place in a shop in Market-street last night. About 10 o'clock a woman named Mrs. Sally Stock Kirby, 62…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henry Grear and William Grear, 333 Kent-street, Sydney, sued Alfred Wallis, Ivy-street, Redfern, for the recovery of £13 5s, balance due on account of goods sold and delivered. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Canaway appeared on behalf of the Minister for Lands. APPEALS. TAMWORTH.—Charles Baldwin appealed against…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Susan Barter, convicted of a charge of forgery, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment in Darlinghurst Gaol. Norman Adolphe, convicted of uttering counterfeit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Canaway appeared for the Minister for Lands. APPEALS. Re Charles Baldwin. Appeal against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →T. P. Ewin, of Newtown, sued Sameul Crofts, of Eumore, grocer, to recover £11 9s 10d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for £7 14s 4d. GREAR V. WALLIS…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Armstrong prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. STEALING FROM THE PERSON. James Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge that he did at Sydney, on January 11 last, steal £1 15s from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBURY, Wednesday.—Edward Pococt, chief clerk in the railway goods shed here, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with stealing the sum of £1812s l0d, the property of the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TIMOTHY GRIFFIN, 59, a resident of Wells- street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from two incised wounds on the forehead and a contused eyelid…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HENRY M'NEFF, a middle-aged man, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with stealing a sheep, the property of Henry M'Namara, at Canterbury, on January 28…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Samuel Kirby (34), a bookseller, was charged before Mr, J. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Court yesterday, with causing grievous bodily harm to his mother, Sally Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SERIOUS case of assault was reported to the police this morning, and the accused, Thomas Brennan, was at once arrested. It is alleged that accused and a young woman…
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