The Transvaal. Deadlock Between the Volksraad and the High Court. London, Feb. 24
News from Pretoria states that a deadlock has occurred between the Volks[?]d and the High Court of Justice in the Transvaal…
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Criminal Court. Trial of Captain Amora. Accused Found Guilty. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.)
The trial of Joseph Horatio Amora on a charge of having in May last stolen the sum of £290, the property of James Walter Kerr, was concluded yesterday. After a lengthy retirement, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal. the Volksraad and the High Court. the Legality of the Volksraad's Proceedings
LONDON, Wednesday.--A deadlock has occurred in the Transvaal between the Volksraad, or Parliament, and High Court of Justice of the Republic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Murder. a Bendigo Sensation. Death of a Young Woman. Her Husband Arrested -- Exhumation of the Corpse -- Evidences of Foul Play. MELBOURNE
On the 11th instant a young woman, wife of Charles Hall, a well known footballer of Bendigo, and the mother of one child, was found dead in her house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Courts. Criminal Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Cohen.) the Late City Treasurer. Speer Pleads Guilty. £5000 DEFICIENCY
Arthur James Speer, late city treasurer to the Municipal Council of Sydney, pleaded guilty to-day to an indictment charging him with having, on October 21, 1896, embezzled the sum of £3699 2s 2d…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notorious Gaol Breakers. Sentenced To-day
MOREE, Friday.—Pabolo and Smith, the two men who twice escaped from custody here, were sentenced this morning to four years' imprisonment for horse-stealing and twelve months in Maitland Gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police. Alleged Assault and Robbery
At the Glebe Court yesterday, before Mr. F. W. Edward, S.M., Michael Hickey (31), alias Thomas Hargraves, Henry Wilson, and Harrington, was charged with, on December 11, 1891, at Annandale, assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murderous Assault. In Pentridge Gaol. Two Wanders Attacked. MELBOURNE
A murderous assault was made a few days ago by a coloured convict named King, alias Fraser, on two warders at Pentridge Prison. King, who before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assisted at Newcastle. a Woman Charged With Theft. NEWCASTLE
On arrival of the twenty minutes to I train from Sydney to-day the police arrested an elderly woman named Kate Cuthbert. She was charged by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water Police Court. To-day's Cases
Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., presided in the charge division. Sarah Horsey, 50, for being drunk in the Domain and making use of indecent language, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central Police Court. To-day's Cases
Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., presided. Josephine Bell Hanna, 18, domestic servant, was remanded for a week on a charge of attempting to commit suicide…
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At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday Dennis O'Brien, who was charged with having assaulted George Stacey, occasioning him actual bodily harm, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Criminal Court. the Late City Treasurer Sentenced. Six Years' Penal Servitude
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice Cohen, the late City Treasurer, Arthur James Speer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having embezzled, on October 21, 1896, the sum of £3699 2s 2d, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Assault and Robbery
Michael Hiskey, alias Hargraves, alias Wilson, alias Harrington, was at the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., charged that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Criminal Court. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.) Captain Amora Sentenced. Legal Points Reserved
Joseph Horatio Amora, who was convicted on Wednesday on a charge of having stolen the sum of £290, the property of James Walter Kerr, was called upon for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Contract Brandy" for Gaol Patients
The report of the chief medical officer on the supply of alcohol to prisoners in gaols proves with unpleasant emphasis that the State has been dosing its sick prisoners with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bankruptcy Court
The Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. A. Henry) dealt with a number of matters yesterday. The certificate of Thomas Bryant was suspended for six months, bankruptcy having been brought about by rash…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Diamonds. Robbery at the Mining Museum
The police have received intimation of the theft of rough diamonds from the Mining and Geological Museum, in the Domain. The officers detailed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. the Semaphore Murder Case
ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Andrew Drummond was placed on trial at the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered John King, on January 25. Walter Anson, a chemist, said he…
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