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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1870

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 5

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. G. Hill, and Caraber. Of seventeen prisoners who were brought before the Bench, three were discharged and other three were…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 5

BEFORE their Worships Messrs. Kettle, Spence, Josephson, E. Chapman, and Manning. Three drunkards were punished. James Hnnnon and Elisha Bahan were fined 40s. and…

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Police. Central Police Court. Tuesday. Before the City Magistrates

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

George Munroe and 19 Michael Carroll were brought before the Bench, pursuant to the remand of the 17th and 20th December. Joseph Iffland appeared, and his declaration or statement, when, on the 16th December, he believed himself…

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Water Police Court. Before the Water Police and other Magistrates

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

Martin Meany, landlord of the Patent Slip Hold, George-street was brought before the Court charged with having, on the 18th December, taken from one William Spence in payment for liquors supplied in his licensed house, certain…

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Central Police Court.—friday. (Before Captain Scott, P.M.)

Empire · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

Thomas Trevithick, charged with assulting his wife; Frederick O'Neil, alias Sinclair, charged with stealing a saddle and bridle, of the value of £3 10s., the property of James Brown; and Thomas Langdal…

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Fourfold Murder in Belgium

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 4
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Murders generally come, in battalions, it is often said, and the adage is verified in Belgium. For many years, the country has not witnessed an execution, the absence of…

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Murder of a Landlord

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 6

In Ireland, another landlord murder is reported. The deceased, whose name was O'Brien, was found dead, his face and head being dreadfully mangled, in a field near his own house, in the county of Lettrim. A gunshot wound…

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Murder of Two Ladies in Brussels

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 6

A mysterious murder has been perpetrated in Brussels. For some time the house, No. 7. Rue de Brabant, the street which bounds the arrival side of the Northern Railway station, has been occupied by two ladies named Van de…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 5

BEFORE the CHIFE COMMISSIONER. In the esftate of William A. Howell, a second meeting. Six debts were proved. In the estate of Janies M'Nab, a single meeting. One…

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Belgium. Murder of Two Ladies in Brussels

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 4

A mysterious murder has been perpetrated in Brussels. For some time the house, No. 7. Rue de Brabant, the street which bounds, the arrival side of the Northern Railway…

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Law. Metropolitan District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 5

BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge SIMPSON. ANDREWS V. RENWICK. This was an action for the recovery of the sum of£45, being amount claimed as due for extras on a building…

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Insolvency Court. Before the Chief Commissioner

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

Certificates of conformity were granted to James Doyle Brown, William John O'Brien, Richard Peek, William Setebell, David Campbell Williams, and William Wardrop Cameron…

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Insolvency Court.—friday. (Before the Chief Commissione.)

Empire · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

A second meeting was held in the estate of William A. Howell, Insolvent was sworn and did not amend his schedule, Six debts were proved. A single meeting was held in the estate of James…

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Metropolitan District Court.—friday. (Before his Honor Judge Simpson.)

Empire · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

ANDREWS V. RENWICK.—This was an action for £45 being an amount alleged to be due as extras upon a building contract entered into between the parties for the erection of a house in Elizabeth-street. Although…

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Lam Gazette. Supreme Court, Last Day of Fourth Term, 1869. BEFORE their Honors Mr. Justice Hargrave, Mr. Justice (GREEN, and Mr. Justice Faucett. Admission of Attorneys

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 3

The following gentlemen were admitted and sworn in as attorney, solicitors, and proctors of the Supreme Court. Mr. Charles John Augustus Story—from the office of Mr. Thurlow, of Sydney—admitted on the motion of the…

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Water Police Court. (Before Mr. T. Hale.)

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1870 · page 2

Six drunkards were mulcted in various sums. Joseph Duggan, supposed to be of unsound mind, was remanded until Wednesday next. John G. Whiteman, a youth who had deserted the…

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Police Courts, This Day. Central Police Court. (Before Messrs. Evans and Spence.)

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1870 · page 2

James Connor, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s., or three days to gaol; for assaulting a constable, was fined an additional 10s., or three days to gaol ; and for tearing the constable's uniform coat was…

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Coroner's Court, This Day

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1870 · page 2

The City Coroner, this morning, held an inquest at the Daniel Lambert Hotel, Newtown, touching the death of a boy named Peter Stephen Murphy, who was a[?]cidentally drowned on New Year's Day. John…

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The Triple Murder in Belgium. (From the Alliance.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1870 · page 3

SOME four years since, a young man named Jacques Dessons le Moustier, a native of Freylange, near Arlon, Belgium, came to live at Hornu, Belgium, as a shepherd. He became acquainted with a young…

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