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Mr. J. C. Gannon was Crown Prosecutor. THE TRIAL OF MARGARET NORTH. Margaret North was arraigned on a charge of having on January 24 feloniouly and maliciously…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Susan Bucknell, P. A. Jennings, Kate Clements King and another, Cecilia M. M'Elhone, Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Maria Elizabeth Moseley, Wm. Mo[?]eley, George Osborne, James Partridge, John Patrick, Ann E…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In this case the petitioner, Walter Riddle, a farmer and selector near Cowra, prayed for the dissolution of his marriage with Catherine Maria Riddle on the grounds of cruelty and of adultery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Re Commercial Banking Company of Sydney v. Cochrane. Mr. Gaden, for the petitioning bank, applied for leave to withdraw the petition. Leave was given. Re F. J. Gow and G. E. Bryant, trading as John Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In this case Robert Lee brought an action against Andrew Schmidt for the recovery of the sum of £153 6s 6d alleged to be owing by defendant to plaintiff for goods supplied and services rendered to him by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With its vast territorial area New South Wales, in comparison to older countries, has comparatively few police. Were all the peace officers in the colony, foot and mounted, mustered to-morrow, all…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →At the trial of M. Zola, the famous novelist, for the charge made by him against General Billot, the Fenech Minister for War, and other war officials in connection with the trial of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →James Granger v. Charles Gittoes.— Amount claimed £2 19s 2½d for bread delivered. Verdict for amount and costs. Booth and Co. v. Norman Weston…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Margaret North, a young woman, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging her with having, on January 21, murdered Charles Michael Guest. The facts of the case, which at the time were fully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. C. G. Heydon, Q.C., instructed by Messrs. Makinson and Plunkett, appeared for the appellants and Mr. Scholes for the Commissioners. In this case the appellants, the Ven. Archdeacon David…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →His Honor, in giving judgment, said be had repeated over and over again that a petitioner seeking relief from the court on the ground of adultery must affirmatively, and beyond reasonable doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Cullen, instructed by Messrs. Holdsworth and Son, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Gordon, instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and Co., for the defendant company. This was a case stated by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The jury in the case of Margaret North, a young woman charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Charles Michael Guest, at Darlingburst on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the Central Criminal Court, London, Lord William Nevill, who had given himself up, pleaded guilty to several charges of fraud in connection with the recent money-lending…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FRANK ADAM BENJAMIN HOLMES, a tight—rope walker, was found guilty at the Criminal Court of wounding his wife with intent to murder. He fired two revolver shots into her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE fact that I have been compelled by the police to appear before Mr stipendiary Magistrate Edwards at the above Court to answer a charge of having indecently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To one who knows some police reports are deliciously humorous, and of this nature is the one with which the daily press was stuffed on Wednesday and Thursday, spent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TRUTH has many a time and oft maintained that there is little use in citizens opposing their evidence to that of those paid performers in the witness box, the police ; and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Friday last the Minister for Justine casually dropped in at Bathurst Gaol, with the Comptroller-General, Captain Neitenstein. It was a surprise visit, but the Minister reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cruelty to a Horse.—At the Water Polic. Court on Friday Thomas Maloney was charged with having worked a horse suffering from sore shoulders. He was fined £1…
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