Burglary at a Post Office
The metropolitan police authorities received a telegram from Cape[?] yesterday to the effect that the local post office had been broken into during the night. The mail bags were cut…
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Charged with Forgery
William Hure, 32, labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with forging the name of J. P. J. Dwyer to a money order for £3, and uttering the same to John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing From a Blind Man
Charles Lob[?] (35), shearer, was charged at the same court with stealing two pipes, a cake of tobacco, a matchbox, a knife, and £2 in money, the property of Matthew Colson, on December 25. Prosecutor, a blind man, was…
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Ill-treating a Horse.—At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M. Charles Barnes, 20, a baker, was fined 20s, or 14 days' imprisonment for having cruelly ill-treated a horse by…
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At the Quarterly Licensing Court to-day an application was made by George Embelion, sen., for a conditional license for premises proposed to be erected at the corner of Brunker and Awaba roads. The application was opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accusing Hand. Remarkable Murder Trial
A somewhat remarkable murder trial commenced at the Connaught Winter Assizes, held at Sligo on December 3, when an elderly farmer named James Doherty was indicted for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Alleged Forgery
William Hure (32), laborer, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge, of forging the name, of J. P. J. Dwyer to a telegram form and a money order for £3, and uttering the latter to…
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When the members of the Newcastle Licensing Bench, Messrs. M. S. Love (chairman), G. F. Scott, and G. C. Martin, took their seats at the quarterly meeting yesterday. Mr. Love stated that he had pleasure in intimating…
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On the fifth day, when Lady Hartopp was about to enter the witness -box, her father, Mr. C. H. Wilson M. P., rose at the solicitors' table, and, evidently labouring under very…
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Arthur Raymond Wilson, 37, photographer, of U.S.A., and Henry Harris, 38, canvasser, of South America, were charged at Central Police Court yesterday by Detective M'Lean with, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Murder and Suicide. Discharged Coachman's Revenge
LONDON, January 8, 3:10 p.m.—A coachman, who had been in the employ of Mr. Finlay, a New York millionaire, and who had been discharged, cut the throat of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Folk. In the Divorce Court
The Divorce Court and its corridors during the prolonged hearing of Sir Charles Cradock -Hartopp's suit has reminded us of the spectacle at a fashionable West End theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gatton Murder. the Arrest in New Zealand. Made by a Man in a Delirium
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The supposition that one of the Gatton murderers had been discovered was exploded on the return of the police to-day. They found that the accuser…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trades and Labour. the Undertakers' Business. Effect of the Arbitration Court Award
In connection with the award of the Arbitration Court Riven last week with reference to the dispute in the undertakers' business, the clause dealing with the question of perquisites is one that presents some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leon, the Court Physician. Written for the "Hebrew Standard." [Continued]. Chapter Vi. Leon Tn Disguise
Of all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the minds; In search of this from realm to realm we roam, Our fleets come fraught with every folly home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Baby's Death. Cook Charged with Child Murder
Amelia Wieland, 19, a German subject, described as a cook, of Winn's-terrace,Walthumstow, was Charged at West Ham, London, with wifully murdering her illegitimate child,…
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Young Lawyer: "I claim the release of my client on the ground of idiocy. He is mad, and is not responsible for anything he may have done."…
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AT the Newtown Police-court on Monday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., James Johnson, of Mortdale, was charged with having on December 36 assaulted…
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Elizabeth Sturgeon, a married woman, was convicted at the Newtown Court of stealing four knives and some articles of clothing, valued at 15s, the property of Agnes Westerman, at whose house she had been lodging at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Alleged Assault on a Girl
Richard Cutter (65) appeared before Mr. L. S. Donaldson. S.M., at the Water Police Court on a charge of having assaulted a girl aged six years. He was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions on January 29…
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