Potsdam Orgies. Count Lynar Sentenced
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The court-martial at Berlin of Count Hohenau and Count Lynar, upon charges of scandalous conduct known as the Potsdam orgies,…
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Penrith Police Court MONDAY, Before Mr Jamison, P.M.
William Chapman, charged with giving an unstamped receipt to Wm J Adams, formerly of Sprigwood, was fined £2, 6s costs; in default, sesan days—one month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daydawn Murder. Inquest Terminated. Verdict of Wilful Murder
PERTH (W.A.), Friday. -- The inquest on the victim of the Daydawn murder, terminated to-day, the jury finding that Clinton was wilfully murdered by Smith shooting him while lying on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forger King Sentenced to Ten Years
NOT since the days of the celebrated "Jim the Penman" has such a gifted master forger met his deserts as Guy Richard Preston, alias Redgrave, who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ruffianly Assault a Constable Butted Magisterial Leniency
Gus Johnson, 28, coal lumper, was charged at the Water Court yesteerday with having been drunk and disorderly in Argyle-street on January 18, making use of bad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shadowed by the Police
Sergeant O'Dea and Constable Collins, of the No.2 Police Station, had their attention drawn during the week to a middle-aged man, who had been pawning a fairly large quantity of goods of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brutal Assault on a Policeman. a Violent Com, Lumper
Gas Johnson, 28, a coal lumper, was charged at the Water Police Court with having been drunk and disorderly in Argyle-street. Miller's Point, on January 18; having made use…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 22. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.s.m.) Overholding a Tenement
Joseph Walker v. John Hourigan.—No appearance of parties. THE ASSAULT ON THE WILD WEST MAN…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Courts. a Valueless Cheque
At the Water Police Court Julius Allison Smith, a commercial traveller was charged before Mr. King, D.S.M., with having obtained 11s 6d. from Francis G. Olsen, by means of a valueless cheque, on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wednesday, January 22. a Woman Charged. a Christmas Night Ride
Alice Maud Warner, a young woman, with a luxuriant crop of auburn hair, was charged with (1) stealing at Katoomba on December 25, 1907, ono gelding, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That Court of Petty Sessions
The agitation has started again--and opportunely so, if St. George district is not to be utterly tabooed. This question of a Court for the district has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Special Court. Newcastle
No definite official information is available when the Special Coal Court will resume its sittings, but it is stated that the health of Judge Heydon is still far from satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Insufficient Police Protection at North Sydney. to the Editor
Sir, -- I deem it essential to bring under the notice of the public the gangs of young men hanging about Walker-street, near Lavender-street, and Lavender Bay Wharf, that it is not safe for a lady to go to the boat alone…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hornsby Police Court. Tuesday, January 21. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M., and Messrs. J. R. Colls and H. E. Jordan,, J's.P.) Unregistered Dogs
Thomas Louis, Jane Elizabeth Roleston, Ernest Marshall Walker, William Coffman, William Leigh, aud James Savage, who had been summoned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Well-to-do Woman. Goes Shoplifting. Collapses in Court
A married woman giving the name af Annie Dolf, 33 years old, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with having stolen a remnant, two belts, and a pair ol gloves from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Post-Card Gentleman. Sends One to a Lady And Asks the Court for Protection. A Kenthurst Witness
At the Windsor Police Court, Frank McClymont complained that Edward Rabey, on 22nd December, at Forrester, did violently and maliciously him…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women Charged with Murder
The death of Emily Pilgrim, a young woman of 19 years, which occurred at Sydney Hospital on January 12 last, was the subject of a corontal inquiry by Mr. S. Murphy on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canine Police Aids
The Antwerp police have been experimenting with dogs as assistants to the night watch, but with rather unsatisfactory results. The police have seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Assault Hoodlums at Ashfield a Man Seriously Injured
A middle-aged man named Henry Stewart, 55 years of age, a resident of Abercrombie-street, Redfern, was seriously injured just before, midnight, by being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Before the Melbourne Court a Month's Hard Labour
George Croft was before the City Court, Melbourne, on Thursday, charged with Imposition. He had described himself as "Sir John Marwick, baronet," and had said he had a…
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