Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations
James Scott, farmer, of Nullamanna. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee. Edward Thomas Barnes, labourer, of North Berry Jerry. Mr. N. F. Gibiln, official…
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E. L. C. Wilson and the Oxley Murder
By the steamer Peregrine there arrived yesterday afternoon Acting Sergeants Fey and Wyeland Constable Gaffney, of the Queensland police. With them was Edward Liton Carus Wilson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Behind the Bars. [No. Ii.] Society in Gaol. (Continued.) Among the "Silvertails."
"Lord Bertie's" Hoax—Holt, the Bank Manager, and Sir H Parkes—Lord Vane Whirlwind and the Money-lender. The Meeting at Government House—Footraces at Trial Bay—"Stiffening" a Sprinter. Last week I referred to "Lord Bertie's love episode in the Melbourne Gaol, and how he came to marry one of the female prisoners incarcerated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sampson and the Police. Legal Proceedings Instituted
A telegram from Bendigo in Friday's Melbourne "Age" says: Following on the fracas between Sampson, the strong man, and members of the police force at the theatre last night, Sampson has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Serious Charge. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Against a Civil Servant. Police Court Proceedings
The charge against Henry Arthur Slater, 42, Civil servant, of having, at Waverley, on or about October 4 last, assaulted with intent, etc., a girl under the age of 14 years, to wit 13 years and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Courts. "The Man in the Street" Plea
"This appears to be another case of 'the man in the street,'" remarked Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, when John Spencer (27), laborer, was charged with being found on the Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Poona Riots. Indian Revenge. Two Witnesses Shot Dead. Third Murder Attempted
LONDON, February 10.—During the prevalence of the plague at Foona in June, 1897, Lieutenant C. E. Ayerst was shot dead while out driving and Mr. W. C. Rand,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court of Review. Appeals Against Land Tax Assessments
In the Court of Review today Judge Murray heard further appeals against land tax assessments. The Taxation Commissioners were represented by Mr. J. L. Campbell,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Conspiracy. Parramatta District Men at Penrith Court
John Hurley (80), William E. Flood (19), John Wall (28), Denis Hurley (54), and John McCoy (30), were charged at the Penrith Court on Tuesday, that they did, on or about the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Review. (Before Judge Murray.) Appeals Struck Out
The following appeals against land tax assessments were struck out, either owing to non-appearance or settlement—A. A. W. Griffiths, executors of the late Geo. Hill, A. T. Holdsworth and another…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Children's Pages. (Conducted by Dame Durden.) Court of Entertainers
King Highandmighty, whose word is final, and Whose sword is sharp. Queen Younghcart, who loves everyone not grown up, and does exactly as she pleases…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Troubles of France. Anti-Clerical Riots at Lille. Alleged Murder of a Schoolboy. LONDON, February 10, 3.50 p.m
Serious anti-clerical riots have occurred at Lille, France, and 25 arrests have been effected. The disturbances have been productive of sensational charges and courter charges…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Law Report. Friday, February 10. Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice O'Connor.) Case Struck Out
On the application of Mr. Broomfield, the motion in the case of P. P Butler re V. A. C. M'Quade was struck out. CASE POSTPONED…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. TUESDAY. Before Messrs F R Wilshire. P.M., and A Colless, J. P.
A number of cases, Granger v. Rooty Hill and Eastern Greek residents, were settled, and one was struck out on account of bad service. Granger v. J Beehan—claim, £1 1s 5d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Oxley Murder
E. L. C. Wilson, arrested at Albany, W.A., while on the way to England, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the boy Hill at Oxley, Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charged with Murdering a Chinaman
A man, Alfred Ford, was arrested at Willenabrina, near Warracknabeal (Victoria), on a charge of murdering a Chinese, Dan Young, at Horsham, on or about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murder by a Clergyman's Daughter
Bertha Peterson, a daughter of the Rev. William Peterson, Rector of Biddenden, near Cranbook, Kent (Eng.), had a trifling quarrel with a man named Whitby, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attempted D0uble Murder and Suicide. an Indian Shoots Two Countrymen
At Narrandera an Indian named Mahomet Ali, better known as "Charlie," a man of eccentric habits, conceived the idea that two brothers, also Indians, named…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Push" Outrages. Are the Police Afraid ? (To the Editor.)
Sir,—"Push" atrocities of the nature of those that have lately engrossed the public mind, are fully maintaining their standard in the pages of crime. They are not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →POLICE V. People. a Bega Bobby's Blunder. Abortive Charge of Arson
FOLLOWING TRUTH'S strictures on the despicable methods employed by the police, and more laterly those of those country police, to take up cases against individuals, the…
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