Victoria. Attempted Murder and Suicide
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--An old farmer named Laughlan Byrns, living at Ultina, near Clunes, quarrelled with his wife on Saturday and struck her on the head with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Courts & crime, 1896
8,001 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
Murder of a Black Bay
BRISBANE, Monday.—At the Georgetown Police Court on Friday a man named Thomas Syme, aged 70 was charged with the murder of a black boy on Dagworth Station. The prisoner is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Alleged Murder of a Black
GEORGETOWN, Saturday.--Thomas Syme, aged 70, was charged at the police court yesterday with the murder of a black boy on Dagworth station. The prisoner is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Licensing Court
The weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held to-day. Messrs. Addison (chairman) and Johnson, S.M., and Penny, L.M., occupied the bench. Transfers of licences were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Notices. Supreme Court,—monday, January 6
Prothonotary'S Office—Before the Prothonotary: Golde[?] Diorite-mining Company v. Chappell, 10.30; Hartig[?] V. Ra[?]erty,11; Hacker v. Boyd, 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gunnedah Sensation. Trial of Ethel Wright. The Charge of Attempted Murder. Will Probably Be Abandoned-Sympathy for the Accused-Prospect of Her Marriage. GUNNEDAH
Ethel Susanah Wright, under committal in connection with the Gunnedah sensation, left by the mail train under police escort for Tamworth. She expresses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newtown Police Court
Thomas Seanlon, for being illegally on the promises of Mr. George. Carter, at Strathfield, was given three months' hard labour yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redfern Police Court
At the Redforn Police Court yesterday William Porter, whoso language in Botany- road, was even more oppressive than the weather, was fined £3, with the option of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charges of Stealing
At the Parramatta Court yesterday, W. T. White proceeded against Frederick Manderson and William Cogger for stealing a quantity of tallow, valued at 12s. Manderson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Police Court. To-day's Cases
Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided charge court. William M'Kenna, a licensed vanman, was charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court. To-day's Cases
Peter W. Lofgen, seaman, for using indecent language in Harrington street, was fined £1 or fourteen days. Julias Widerberg, laborer, was similarly dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Berrima Gaol
Captain Pennefather, the Comptroller-General of Prisons in Queensland paid a visit to Berrima Gaol recently, and expressed himself in the visitors' book as being very much impressed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hyde Park Assault
In connection with the recent assault and robbery in Hyde Park, of which Mr. Haynes, a printer, was the victim, two men were arrested by Detective Goulder. Mr. Haynes refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Investigation
It appeared at first sight that the persons which took part in this tragedy had carried oat their work so well and left no traces behind them that the perpetrators would never be discovered,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Assault and Robbery. Two Men Committed
JUNEE, Tuesday.—George Cole and George Wayling were committed for trial yesterday on a charge of assaulting a man named Courtney and robbing him of £15. The police found £10 in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Murder. Brisbane
At Georgetown Thomas Symes, aged 70, was charged at the police court with the murder of a black boy named Mick Dagworth. The prisoner admitted to the arresting constable that he shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Licensing Court
The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday Messrs. Addison and Johnson, S.Ms., and Penny, L.M., presided Thirty-six applications for hawkers' licenses were granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Courts. Illegally on Premises
At the Newtown Court yesterday, Thomas Scanlan (29), was sentenced to three months Imprisonment with hard labor, on a charge of being found in the dwelling-house of George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration's
Henry Fisher, of Burraga, miner. Mr. Palmer, official assignee. John Munsie. of Ballina. Richmond River, laborer. Mr. Palmer, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Courts. Selling Loquor at Unlawful Hours
In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, Hugh O'Reilly was fined 10s for selling liquor at the Shannon Hotel, Riley-street, during unlawful hours on the 29th December…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →