Stock Returns. Police Proceedings
A telegram from Narrabri last Tuesday says:—"Nine stock owners were today fined !0s 10d each at the Police Court for neglecting to furnish…
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Quarter Sessions.—thursday. (Before Judge Docker.) Charge of Assault
Denis O'Brien pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on 5th December, at Sydney, assaulted George Staccy, and occasioned him actual bodily harm. There was a second count of common…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Amora Sentenced. Reservation of Points. Address of Mr. Wise
Captain Joseph Horacio Amora, who was yesterday convicted at the Central Criminal Court of the larceny of £290, the moneys of James Walter Kerr, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Courts. Quarter Sessions. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.) SENTENCED
Frank Percival, who was convicted on Wednesday on a charge of having uttered a forged receipt for money, purported to have been signed by Ernest Leafe, was to-day sentenced to three years' hard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cases for To-day. William Fletcher and William Dunk, horse-stealing
The remaining cases for trial, viz., Timothy Field, assault; James Flood and John Keenan, assault and robbery; Antonio Celco, larceny; and Edwin Sherwin Rowe, false pretences (three charges). will be postponed till…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Promotions. Changes of Station
The authorities, doubtless acting on hints thrown out by the presiding magistrate at Newtown recently during the hearing of charges of alleged misconduct against a couple of members of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Damage to a Fountain
At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., an elderly man named Thomas Binks was c[?]arged with damaging a drinking fountain at the corner of College and Albert streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal. the Volksraad and the High Court
LONDON, February 25.—Further reports from Pretoria in reference to the deadlock between the Volksraad and the High Court of Justice state that President Kruger has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Counterfeit Coin. the Recent Seizure. Accused Before the Court
At the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., Joseph Kelly, watch repairer, was charged on remand with having in his possession seven counterfeit coins resembling sovereigns with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central Criminal Court.—thursday. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) Embezz[?]ment
Arthur James Speer, late city treasurer of the Municipal Council of Sydney, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, on 21st October, embezzled the sum of £3699 2s 2d, the property of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentence Passed Upon Joseph Amora. References to the Full Court
Mr. Justice Simpson sat at the Central Criminal Court yesterday afternoon for the purpose of passing sentence upon Joseph Horatio Amora, who had been found guilty of the larceny of £290, the money of James Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Norton's Case. Contempt of Court. a Fine of £50
Mr. John Norton appeared before the Full Court to-day to show cause why a writ of attachment should not issue against him for contempt of court in having printed a report of certain police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gilt Coins The Raid in William-street. A Case at the Water. A Man Charged With Having Counterfeit Coins in His Possession
Joseph Kelly, 34, on remand, was charged, at the Water Police Court, today, before Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., with having in his possession seven pieces of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Edition. Late Cables. The Mountain Murders. The Extradition Proceedings. Identifying Preston's Coat. Butler and Detective Roche. Scene in Court. Case May Go to Supreme Court. No Decision for Months
LONDON, February 25.—At the Extradition Court at San Francisco to-day Detective Roche identified a coat found in the possession of Butler as having belonged to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Massacre. By New Guinea Natives Forty Persons Murdered. Fearful Butchery -- Of Police and Miners. COOKTOWN
News of a very dreadful massacre in New Guinea reached here yesterday by the schooner Curlew. The captain of the vessel states that just before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Important District Court Decision. the Ancient Order of Druids Difficulty. Judgment Against the Grand Lodge
Judge Fitzhardiage, who is at present at Cooma, yesterday sent to the Registrar of the District Court his reserved judgment in the case of Edward John Hill v. the Grand Lodge of New South Wales of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Deadlock in the Transvaal. the Volksraad and the High Court. President Kruger Supports the Volksraad
LONDON, Thursday. -- President Kruger has appealed to the Volksraad to make the position of the High Court of Justice subservient to the Republic. He points out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. Butler Once More. a Probable Appeal. To the Supreme Court. Of the United States -- A Long Delay Likely -- Preston's Coat -- Evidence of Detective Roche -- Butler Fits the Coat On in Court, LONDON. February 25
The proceedings in connection with the application for the extradition of the suspected murderer' Butler were continued in San Francisco yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Transvaal. the Volesraad and the High Court. London, Feb. 25
Further advices from Pretoria in reference to the deadlock that has occurred between the Volksraad and the High Court of Justice state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life in New Guinea. Wholesale Massacre. a Party Killed by Blacks. Government Resident Speared. Native Police and Miners Clubbed. Details of the Outrage
BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram was received, from Cooktown last evening stating that the schooner Curlew had arrived there during the day from Woodlark Island via Samarai (New…
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