Before Sebastapol and Before the Court. Two Crimea War Veterans
At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Rogers. Michael George Higgins, an old man, was charged with falsely pretending at…
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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, February 4. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.m.) a Double Barrel
Arthur Wilson, on remand, pleaded guilty to being drunk on the Granville railway station on the 2nd February. He was further charged with Indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strangled Boy. Father Charged with Murder The Shoreditch Crime. LONDON
Giving evidence yesterday at the trial of John Starchfield, charged with the murder of his seven-year-old son, who was found- strangled in a railway . carriage at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglary at Kembla. Wollongong. Saturday Night
At the meeting of the Wollongong Council last night Alderman Walter Lance was elected Mayor for the ensuing term. The other candidates wore Alderman Kirby and Beatson…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →N.Z. Police and the Strike. Rioters Sent to Gaol. Wellington (N.z.)
The Minister for Justice, replying to the Chief Justice's comments on the conduct of the police in the recent strike riots, practically admits that a small number of the force…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Reeks Murder. Still a Mystery. London
The dragging operations yesterday in the shaft pit near which Mr. Kent Reeks was found murdered did not result in the discovery of anything that would throw any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Court Criticised. "Party Judgments." Labor and Unification
The Labor Conference yesterday afternoon discussed a resolution which aimed at extending the party system of Liblabism to the High Court Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss Marie Lloyd Annoyed. Ejected by Police. Vancouver, Saturday Morning
Miss Marie Lloyd, the well-known English Variety artiste, was very much annoyed by the publication in the "Vancouver World" of a series of statements asserting that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shoreditch Murder. Lad's Father Charged
LONDON, Friday Evening.--At the investigation of the murder of the lad Starchfield, whose body was found in a train, Moore, a timber porter, stated that he saw the lad's father,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court
Next Water Police Court, Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Indistrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Corbitt v Smith; name v Quinn; Doherty v Salon; Kelsey v Jones; Shonfield v Counsell; Lonergan v…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troublesome Cadets. Police Court Proceedings
WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The conduct of a number of cadets when returning from the recent camp at Liverpool was the subject of police court proceedings at East Maitland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Reeks Murder. Latest Police Theory. London, Sunday Evening
The police are inclined to attribute the of Thomas Kent Rooks, the Sydney engineer whose body was found in a pit near Wolver-hampton to a gang of international…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Zeriachia Zrex. Charge or Stealing
After a chase extending over a quarter of a mile, Senior-Constabis Sexton at 3 o'clock yesterday morning arrested a man at the point of his revolver in Walker-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rioters Sentenced. Wellington (N.z.)
Several persons convicted of participating in the strike riots, were sentenced to terms ranging from three months to two years' hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assault in a Train. Perth
The police received a cable from Colombo stating that a passenger had been arrested on the Orvieto on suspicion of being the man who assaulted a woman in a railway carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Years. New Zealand Strike Rioters Sentenced
WELLINGTON, Sunday.--A number of persons, convicted of disorderly offences during the recent strike in Wellington, were sentenced in the Supreme Court, the sentences varying…
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Before His Honor, Judge Backhouse, in No. 1 Court.— At 10 a.m.: Smith v Snudden; Bryant and Others v Galpine; Bewley, Limited v Australasian Motor Cab Company, Limited; John Sands, Limited v Lambert…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Burglary. Attempt to Chop Walls Down Cheques for £90 Stolen
The burglars who broke into Messrs. Welsh Brothers' [?] foundry, at the corner of Kent-street and [?] city, last night, and stole cheques representing £90, acted as if they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Stealing. Losses Near Blacktown. Constable's Horse in a Cab
Great indignation exists about Blacktown district, on account of continued cattle-steal-ing. Stock are turned into agistment paddocks to rest prior to the monthly sales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Liverpool Murder. Sumner's Indifference. London, Feb. 6
It is not likely that Sumner, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Miss Bradfield will appeal. He appears indifferent to his fate, and was…
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