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Courts & crime, 1870

4,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 209

Central Police Court.—saturday. (Before Captain Scott and Messrs. Love, Thompson, and Burdekin.)

Empire · Monday 24 January 1870 · page 3

John Blakey, cab-driver, and Georgo Carstairs, pugilist, under remand, were again brought before the Court, charged with stealing £64 from the person of John Mcally. Mr. Forster appeared for the…

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Insolvency Court. Surrenders

Empire · Monday 24 January 1870 · page 3

John R. Jones, of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, gentleman. Cause of insolvency: Pressure of creditors. Schedule to be filed by February 4th. Official assignee, Mr. F. T. Humphery…

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Water Police Court,—saturday. (Before Mr.P. L. Cloote, W.P.M.; and Messrs. Day and Elliott.)

Empire · Monday 24 January 1870 · page 3

Two drunkards were punished. William Henry Tregay, for riotous behaviour in George-street, was fined 10s., or three days' gaol. Elizabeth Forster, for making use of obscene language…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Saturday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1870 · page 3

JOHN Russell Jones, of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, lately residing at Petersham, gentleman. On petition and affidavit. Liabilities amount to about £2400 and assets to about £2200. The statement required by Rule 20, in…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Smithers, Thompson, and Elliott. James Liddle for resisting a constable in the execution of his duty, was fined 10s., in default three days…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs. Pearce, Vickery, Murph, Powell, and Thompson. Fourteen persons, convioted of drunkonuess, riotous behaviour, or using obscene language, were uned in sums…

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

Empire · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

Richard Smith was fined 20s., or seven days to gaol, for furiously driving two horses, attached to an omnibus, in George-street. Henry Sweetman, arrested by constable Doggett…

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Water Police Court. Monday. (Before Messrs. J. B. Smith and A. Thompson.)

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 2

Luko Flynn, for carelessly driving a horse attached to a cab on the South Head Road, was fined 20s, or seven days to goal. James White, who had resisted a constable in the…

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Water Police Court.—monday. (Before Messrs. J. B. Smith and A. Thompson.)

Empire · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

About a dozen drunkards were punished. Luke Flynn, for carelessly driving a horse attached to a cab on the South Head Road, was fined 20s, or seven days to gaol…

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The Late Murder at Brisbane

Empire · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

Quite a sensation was ereated in Brisbane, says the Express of the 20th instant, by the intelligence that two persons had at length been apprehended by the police in connection with Hartnett's murder…

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Coroner's Inquest. Death in Gaol Resulting From Intemperance

Empire · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 2

An inquest was on Monday morning hold before the City Coroner at her Majesty's gaol, at Dalinghurst, upon the body of a prisoner named Frederick Brown, who expired there on Sunday. The following was the…

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Insolvency Court. Surrenders

Empire · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

Thomas Parmeter, of Warkworth, near Singleton, farmer. Cause of insolveney: Lossea in business. Liabilities, L415. Assets, L541 2s. 6d. Official assignee, Mr. F. T. Humphery…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Monday, Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 2

Thomas Fnrmeter, of Warkworth, near Singleton, farmer. Liabilities due by insolvent on mortgngo, &o., £230; liabilities due, unresorved, £185: totqal debta and claims, £115, Assets, £541 2s. 6d. Value of property…

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Police Courts, This Day. The Alleged Fraud on the E, S., and A. C. Bank. (Before Captain Scott.)

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

James Colder, under remand from Friday, was again brought before the Court in custody, charged with conspiring to defraud the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank of the sum of £400…

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Coroner's Court, This Day The Mysterious Case, of the Young Woman Found Drowned Near Pyrmont Bridge. Adjourned Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

The inquest upon the body of the young woman, Margaret Boyce, who was found floating iu the water near Pyrmont Bridge, on the morning of Wednesday last was this morning resumed before the City Coroner…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate, Messrs Raphael, Evans, Macintosh, and Murphy. Two persons were fined 10s. for disorderly conduct while drank, and one was fined 10s for riotous behaviour…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs Renwick and Dickson Selina Ford, on summons, for assaulting Lucy Jaue Stretton, was ordcred to pay a penally of 10s, and 6s. 6d…

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Central Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Captain Scott.)

Empire · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 3

THE ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE E., S., AND A. C. BANK. James Calder, under remand from Friday, was again brought before the Court in custody, charged with conspiring to defraud the English, Scottish, and Australian…

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Mysterious Murder at Deloraine, Tasmania

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 3

At the Supreme Court, Launceston, on the 13th and 14th instant, his Honor the Chief Justice (Sir Valentine Fleming) heard the following case :— George Conboy was charged with the wilful…

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Water Police Court.—tuesday. (Befor[?] Mr. Cloete, W.P.M., and Messrs. Renwick and Dickson, J.P.s

Empire · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 3

James Power, for illegally slaughtering a pig upon his premises in Lower George-street, was fined 29s., with 7s. 4d. costs; and for dressing the animal, was similarly [?]ted…

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