Seamen Sentenced. the Carnarvon Trouble. London, Feb. 5
A sentence of two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, has been imposed upon two seamen belonging to H.M.S. Carnarvon who were convicted of throwing the…
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Arbitration Court
Works Department, Phillip-street. -- (Before the Registrar.) At 10 a.m.: Re Tailors' award -- Application for permission to give work out…
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In the Metropolian District Court yesterday Judge Backhouse had before him an action in which George Alderton sought to recover £25 from Charles J. Wright. The parties…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Liquor Act Prosecutions
At the Water Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., Inspector Sherwood proceeded against Charles Henry Henderson, licensee of the Star and Garter Hotel, King-street, upon an information…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Courts. an Apologetic Thief
A seaman named John Anderson appeared before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at the Water Police Court, to answer a charge of stealing a pair of boots and a pigskin belt, belonging to Harry D. Renwick, a steward on the barque…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration
Ernest Augustus Stewart Grant, of York-street, Waratah, labourer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing by Finding. a Purse Full of Money. He Wanted to Find the Owner
Powell G. Heinrich, 27, labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court with stealing by finding a purse containing a railway ticket, some other articles, and £5 in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fugitive Offenders Act. Questions Before the Full Court
Some questions under the Fugitive Offenders Act were before the Full Court to-day. In November last a provisional warrant was issued for the arrest of William M'Kelvy,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) a Partnership Dispute
George Alderton, of Crow's Nest, North Sydney, sued Charles J. Wright, of Lane Cove-road, North Sydney, hairdresser, claiming £2[?], balance of purchase money of the goodwill of a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Law Report. Tuesday, February 6. District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Claim for Share of Good-will. Alderton v Wright
Mr. Boyce, instructed by Mr. A. E. Whatmore, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. A. W. Clapin, for the defendant. This was an action brought by George Alderton, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Poisoning Case. Lover Charged with Murder
A curious poisoning affair has occurred at Newtown, a suburb of Wellington, N.Z., the participants being Allan Hinchliffe, canvasser, and Mabel Clark, in whose house the man was…
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A cherubic, greybeard, named Adolph Finch, native of Germany, was before the Water Police Court to-day, charged with begging in Carrington-street, City. He had a well-washed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Zealand Burglary. Accused Man Extradited
LONDON, Wednesday.--Samuel M'Shane, who, upon the arrival of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Paparoa at London six weeks ago, was arrested, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Christmas Episode. Sydney Drane Sentenced
A young man named Sydney Drane, who was convicted of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon a woman in Duke-street, Woolloomooloo, on Christmas night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Royal Hotel Tragedy. Murder of Mrs. Gregory. Inquest Resumed. Accused Before the Court
This morning the City Coroner, Mr. 'A. N. Barnett, resumed the inquiry at the Coroner's Court, Queen's-square, into the cause of death of Mercy Gregory, who lost her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Spurious Half-sovereign. Man Charged with Uttering
A complaint was made at No. 2 Police Station last evening by a Haymarket tradesman to the effect that he had had a gilded sixpence, resembling a half-sovereign, given to him…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Lawyer in Gaol. Story of a Divorce Plot
One of the most famous of American lawyers, Mr. Abraham H. Hummel, was recently sentenced to a year's imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of £100. He stands convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Philately Case. Alleged Theft of Stamps. Tobacconist on Trial
A middle-aged man named William Jago, who was said to be a tobacconist, was placed on trial, before Judge Murray, at the Darlinghurst Sessions, yesterday, to answer a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Courts. Embezzling Ship's Cargo
At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., Albert Eigel, 50, William Williams, 25, and Edward Cooney, 25, all seamen of the steamship Tropic, were charged with the larceny, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson.)
On the motion of Mr. Boyce (instructed by Mr. F. R. Cowper), probate was granted of the will and codicil of Frederick William Elliott, lately residing at Algeria and Cassell…
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