A Murder Mystery That Has Never Been Solved a Crime That Baffled the English Police
The story of what he describes as the "Eight-minute Murder Mystery" is thus related by Ladbroke Black in an English paper:--…
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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 15. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M.)
P. H. Agnew was granted a second-hand dealers license. P.Todhey, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, or one hour's imprisonment with light…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wild West" Actor Injured. Alleged Assault at Parramatta. Young Max Arrested
Constable Grigor, of Parramatta, found a man named William M'Leod, about 11 o'clock on Friday night, lying insensible, in a pool of blood, outside Tattersall's Hotel, Parramatta, M'Leod…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Courts. Getting a Free Ride
William Cassidy, 42, a labourer, pleaded guilty yesterday at the Central Police Court to evading [?] of railway fare from Black[?] to Sydney on January 17. Cassidy was fined 20s. or seven days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 15
(Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M., and Messrs. W. A. McDonald and C. J. Byrnes, J's.P., Licensing Magistrates.) Henry Ziems was granted a renewal of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From Gaol to a Home. Reform of Female Prisoners. Training for a Better Life
The question of prison reform has again been engaging the attention of the Government, and the Premier states that it has been determined to make a further advance in that direction by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Dartmoor Prison. a Convict Mutiny. Conspiracy to Break Gaol. a Prisoner Killed. Iii
Among the regulations in force in English prisons is one which prohibits communication between convicts, but it can be well imagined that if this rule were strictly observed a long…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Liverpool Police Court. Wednesday, January 15. (Before Mr. D. R. Jamieson, P.M., and Messrs. Christiansen and Chapman, J'sP.)BATHING in the Nude
John Gentleman, a resident of Guildford, was fined 5s, and 6s costs, for bathing in the creak at Fairfield, within view of a public place, and not being clothed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Franco-british Exhibitions. Queensland Court. Departure of Managing Staff
BRISBANE, Friday.--Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, has been appointed Honorary Commissioner to the Queensland Court of the Franco-British Exhibition, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Early Bird's" Notebook. Notes and Comments [?] Court Blood Stock Sale
To lovers of good horses the auction on Friday, March 12, of this noted stud is full or interest. The late owner, Mr. Charles Baldwin, was born on the Hunter River,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shop Assistants' Federation. a Case for the High Court. Melbourne
The conference of interstate delegates from the shop assistants' unions concluded to-day when the most important business transacted was the election of officers, which resulted:…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, January 15. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M.)
Board of Water Supply and Sewerage v. T. M'Auliffe.—Verdict for 5s, with costs. J. Foley and Co. v. John F. Geddes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unions and Arbitration. Newcastle Wharf-laborers' Strike. Intervention of the Court. a Conference of the Parties Held
The matter of the application made on behalf of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co., Ltd. for directions as to whether they were right or wrong in employing free labor,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Coal-mining Court Mr. Bowling May Resign. Hesitation Among the Miners. the Choice of an Advocate. Newcastle
The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation resumed its meeting at the Trades Hall to-day. A large part of the business transacted affected…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →University Students' Riots. Crowd Charged by Police. Many Arrests. London. December 6
The little brown dog of Battersea is still standing on his pedestal. A force of more than two hundred policemen, however, was required to guard…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold-stealing at Bendigo. Chinese Arrested. Melbourne. Saturday Night
Six Chinese have been arrested at Bondige on a charge of being in possession of gold-bearing quartz and gold supposed to have been stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Bogus Count. Gaol-bird Marries Heiress. Naples. December 6
Countess di Castelmanardo. who was Miss Edith Van Buren, of New York, obtained to-day a legal separation from her "noble" husband when the beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Week's Miscellany: Compilation of the News of the World. Charged with Manslaughter
The Acting City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, held an inquiry on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hary Sullivan (60), a stcektaker, who was shop dead on New…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tragedy in an Asylum. Four Keepers Arrested for Murder. Paris. Dec. 11
Four Keepers in a Marseilles lunatic asylum were arrested to-day on a charge of murdering one of the patients, M. Tall-lefer, the musical director of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bogus Fortune. Leads to Murder and Suicide in America. New York, November 26
A terrible tragedy occurred at New Rochelle. New York, yesterday. Mr. Nicholas M. Smith, a prominent business man, was murdered while asleep by his wife, who…
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