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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1869

3,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 170

Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. R. Hunt, J. B. Smithers, and A. Thompson. Robert Templeton, Thomas Hopkins, Daniel Kennedy, Charles Riordan, Maria Reece, and John O'Neill, locked…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Murphy, Pearce, Evans, and Oatley. Of thirty-five prisoners who were brought before the Bench, nine were discharged and one was remanded…

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Central Police Court.—monday. (Before Messrs. Pearce and Oatley.)

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 3

A number of drunkards were punished. Rose M'Dormott, a disorderly prostitute, was sent to gaol for one month. Kate Harrison was charged with wilfully…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. In the estate of John Smith, a special meeting. Insolvent and his wife and three witnesses were examined, and the meeting was adjourned until the 12th April…

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(From the Tribune.) Surrender of Logan the Supposed Murd[?]er

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 4

The murder of Mr. Charles M. Rogers, on the 31st ultimo, has excited a degree of publiC interest which is almost unprecedented in the annals of New York. The mystery connected with the murder, although it was…

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Insolvency Court.—monday. (Before the Chief Commissioner.)

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 3

Re John Smith: Special meeting, Margaret Neal W S sworn, and examined by Mr. Salomons for creditor; as also B F. Bozon. Bridget Smith, wife of in elvent, was likewise examined Insolvent identified…

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Law. Metropolitan Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge DOWLING and juries of twelve. Mr. Butler prosecuted for the Crown. WOUNDING WITH INTENT…

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The Rogers Murder in New York. (From the New york Herald, Jan. 5.)

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 4

An investigation into the circumstance attending the death of Mr. Charles M. Rogers, who died from wounds received from an unknown man on Thursday morning while he was sweeping the area of his house…

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Latest from NewZealand War on the East Coast. Murder of Ten of the N[?]a Te Manawas by Te Kooti

Empire · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 3

The Right Hon. the Earl of Pembroke, who has been for some time cruising about New Zealand and the Islands, arrived in Port Jackson yesterday, in the yacht Albatross. We have by this opportunity…

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The War on the East Coast of New Zealand. Murder of Ten of the Nga Te Manawas by Te Kooti. Major Mair Falls Back on Opotiki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 5

By the arrival from Auckland, yesterday, of Earl Pembroke's yacht (the Albatross), we have received Auckland papers to the 27th March, and we are sorry to add, the news from the seat of war on the East…

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The Druitt Street Murder (Before his Worship the Police Magistrate.)

Empire · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 3

Margaret Brown was now brought up, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of the woman Marr M'Donald, on whose body an inquest was held last weck, which terminated in a verdict of wilful…

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Water Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, and Mr. Dickinson, J.P.)

Empire · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 3

Several drunkards were punished James Tapp was charged with violently assaulting Arthur Bowden; but the evidenoewas so contradictory that the bench dismissed the case…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Pin[?]ey, Love, Thompson. Vickery, Palser, and Clarke. Of eighteen prisoners who were brought before the Court one was discharged and four were remanded…

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Central Police Court.—tuesday

Empire · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 3

(Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. Vickery, A number of drunkards were discharged. Albert H. Cooper, charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding one Isaac Abraham, was remanded…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Mr. Dickinson. James Watson and Samuel Levin, locked up for drunkenness, were fined, the former 10s. and the latter 20s., with the alternative of three days' and seven days' imprisonment…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Certificates were granted to Raphael Gambor, John James Dennis, William Tumeth, and Frederick B[?]nd. In the estate of Thomas Etherington (second insolvency),…

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Law Proceedings This Day. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

MASTER'S OFFICE.—At 10.30: Malcolm and others v. Harris and another, defendants' discharges and state of facts. Before the First Clerk. At 10.30: Swan v. Thackeray, taxation…

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Insolvency Court.—tuesday. (Before the Chief Commissioner.)

Empire · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 3

Applications for certificates were granted in the estates of [?] and Gambor, and ex parte [?] Gambor, John James Dennis, Willian Tornetti, and Frderick Bond…

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L a W. Metropolitan District Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. District Judge DOWLING. SENTENCES. The undermentioned prisoners, who were convicted [?] ple[?]ded guilty, yesterday, were this morning brought up…

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Water Police Court.—wednesday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Burdekin.)

Empire · Thursday 8 April 1869 · page 2

James Rogers and Andrew Byrnes were fined £l, and 3s. 6d. costs, for furious driving and riding respectively. Mary Henderson was fined 10s., for throwing…

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