The Parramatta Gaol
SIR,—With your kind permission I desire through the columns of TRUTH to ask certain questions concerning the Parramatta Gaol. I trust you will permit me to ask them in…
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7,686 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250
Police Promotions
According to custom, the following police promotions have been announced with the close of the year:-Constables Daly, Burnett, and Crimmins,…
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FRANK BENJAMIN HOLMES, 23, tight-rope walker, was brought up at Redfern Court on Tuesday, charged with having shot his wife, Alice Maria, with intent to murder her. The…
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JAMES HAREIS, a platelayer, who is charged with having murdered his wife, with attempting to murder his little girl, and then with attempting to take his own life…
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CHAMBER LIST.-Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simp-son, lit Queen's square—At 10 a.m.: "Wilson and another v Boyd, Boyd claimant, Sheriff's interpleader; in re the application of J. Harrington and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Public Service Board. Extraordinary Revelations Concerning Its Actions. Old Civil Servants Done Out of Their Pensions. Favors Shown to Ministers' Relatives. The Premier's Brother-in-Law Unfairly Kept On. George Anderson's Son ditto. The Way Police Pay is Earned. A Shortage in Rum. Every Civil Servant Should Read this Article. In Order to See How the Board Carries out its Duty
THE Public Service Board was appointed to reform the Civil Service, and retrench expenditure. In doing so it was to act fearlessly and independently, and do…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Burglary Boom. Exciting Arrests at Paddington. The Accused in Court
Great excitement was occasioned n Oxford-street, Paddington, on Saturday night by the arrest of two men, suspected of complicity in a robbery perpetrated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Attempted Burglary at Paddington. Exciting Capture
About 9 o'clock on Saturday evening an employee of Mr. George Mortimer, butcher, of Oxford-street, Paddington, heard a noise in the room over the shop. He went upstairs, and a door was slammed in his face,…
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A Constable Assaulted.—At the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., six Japanese seamen were charged with having assaulted Senior-constable Ad[?]ir while in the execution of his…
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LONDON, January 2, 3.30 p.m.-Despite General Weyler's assurances to the Queen that he did not distribute his protest to the press, the Ministry has decided to place him…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Tuesday, January 4
Chamber List.—Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, [?] Queen's-square.—At 10 a.m.: Wilson and another [?] Boyd, Boyd claimant, Sheriff's interpleader; in re the application of J. Harrington and C. L. Acts of 18[?], 15[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Capetown Bank Tragedy. Victorian Visitor Commits Murder and Suicide. Details of the Crime
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Standard Bank, at Claremont, in South Africa, was held up on November 20 by a man named Geo. Goodwin Crouch Smith, hailing from Melbourne. From…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushranging at Hornsby. Robbed by Armed Men. The Police in Pursuit
A sensational report, which has since been verified, reached the city this morning to the effect that an armed highway robbery was Effected near Hornsby. A man was walking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robberies at Paddington. a House to House Chase. Tussle with the Police
Plain-clothes Senior-constable Davoren, of Paddington, has a lively time on Saturday in that suburb while endeavoring to arrest two men suspected of robbery from dwellings in Oxford-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carruthers Libel Case the Minister Under Cross-examination. an Incident in Court
ARMIDALE, Saturday.-The hearing of the Carruthers libel ase was continued before Judge Backhouse and a jury to-day. Mr. Norton cross-examined Mr. Carruthers at length. The latter, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Libel Cases. Conclusion of the Evidence. A Scene in Court. ARMIDALE
At a quarter to 7 on Saturday evening the hearing of evidence in the charges against John Norton and George Lonsdale of criminally libelling the Minister for Lands was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Special Cables. General Weyler. To be Court-Martialled. Great Excitement in Madrid. LONDON, January 2
It is reported from Madrid that despite General Weyler's assurances to Maria Christina, the Queen Regent of Spain, that he would not distribute to the press his protest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Criminal Libel Case. the Minuter for Lands and " Truth." Mb. Carruthers Under Crossexamination. Categorical Denial of the Charge of Immorality. Dramatic Incident in Court. (From Our Special Reporter.) Armidale
Whilst the town of Armidale was on fet[?] to-day, and the Highland pipar[?] played v[?]gorously along the main street on their way to the Caledonian sports, Mr. Acting Justice Backhouse and a jury of 12 entered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Charged with Murder
ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--Hugh Grier, a miner, was charged with the murder of David Ruddle, at West Mount Morgan Police Court, today. Constable Daley who arrested the…
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At the Parramatta Police Court to-day Daniel Magill, 64, was charged with stealing a clock, salued at 12s 6d, from the dwelling house of A. H. Ferris, at Parramatta, on January 3. He was arrested with the…
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