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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1871

3,962 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 199

Coroner's Court This Day Fatal Accident on Board the Mall Steamer Avoca

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1871 · page 2

AN inquest was held this morning on beard the mail steamer Avoca, to inquire into the cause of the death of a coloured man named John Roberts. Louis Delhine said : I am a seaman on board the steamship…

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Water Police Court. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Dickinson and Tooth.)

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

Four men wore fined 5s each, in default, two days' imprisonment, for being in a state of intoxication in the public streets. Gilbert Wright, brought up under the Vagrant Act,…

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Water Police Court.—monday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Smithers, Curran, and Hale.)

Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

Six persons were punished for being drunk in the public streets. On the summons sheet there were seven cases, Hugh Nandick was fined 20s and costs, 5s, for…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Smithers, Curran, Hale, and Browne. Six persons were punished for drunkenness. Martha Hyland, charged with suffering from derangement of the…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the Mayor and the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Pearce, Spence, Murphy, Vickery, Kippax, and Macintosh. Seventeen persons, convicted of drunkenness or of disorderly conduct, or of using obscene language in public…

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Central Police Court.—monday. (Before the Mayor, Messrs. Pearce, Macintosh, and Kippax.)

Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

Thomas Scott, Margaret Maraden, Henry Morgan, and Robert Appleton were fined 20s each, or seven days, for being drunk and disorderly; and Henry Jones, and [?]. F. Bael for similar offences, were fined…

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Police Courts, This Day Central Police Court. (Before the Mayor and Captain Scott, with Messrs. Evans, Raphael, and Hezlet.)

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

Francis W. Bullivant was charged with deserting his wife, Margaret Bullivant. He was ordered to pay 10s per week for three months. John Monson was charged with knowingly…

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Insolvency Court

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

Wednesday, 3rd May, at 11 a.m.—Charles Hare Atkinson, first or only meeting; John Simmonds, first or only meeting; William Hubert Russell, first or only meeting; Alexander Finch, adjourned special from…

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Law. Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. In the estate of Dansey J. Dansey, a special meeting. One witness was examined by a creditor. The adjourned single meeting in the same estate was called on, and was…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Friday. (Before Sir Alfred Stephen.)

Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 3

John Lawless, James Lawless, and Charles Spratt, who were arraigned for having committed perjury at Merriwa, were found guilty and brought up for sentence. His Honor, in addressing the prisoners, said he…

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Insolvency Court.—monday. (Before Mr. Chief Commissioner Deffell.) Meetings of Cerditors

Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

In the estate of Dansey John Dansey, special examination meeting. Alfred J. Watt was examined. An adjourned single meeting was resumed in the same estate but no further debt proved…

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Water Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Dickinson and Tooth.)

Empire · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

Four men were fined 5s each, in default, two days' imprisonment, for being in a state of intoxication in the public streets. Gilbert Wright, brought up under the Vagrant Act,…

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Police Courts, This Day Water Police Court. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, Messrs. Josephson, Evans, Lexton, and Tait.)

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

SIX persons were fined for being intoxicated in the streets. Richard Lefevre wu fined 20s, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment, for making use of obscene…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Cameron, Dickinson, and Foote. Four persons convicted of drunkenness were fined in various penalties…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the Mayor and the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Rapheal, Hezlet, Evans, and Kippax. Eight persons were fined in sums varying from 1s. to 10s. for drunkenness…

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Daring Burglary in George-street

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

AT a late hour last night, or early this morning, a daring burglary with robbery was perpetrated at the premises of Mr. Maddock, bookseller, George-street. It appears that at the farther end of the…

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Assault on Mr. David Buchanan, M.P.

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

AT about half-past 12 o'clock to-day a violent assault was committed in King-street on Mr. David Buchanan. It seems that Mr. Buchanan was walking leisurely along, when he was accosted by a person of respectable…

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Execution of a Boy for Murder

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 3

WINDSOB, Vt., January 20.-Henry Welcome, the boy who murdered Perry Russell, at Hinesburg, in this State, on the 3rd of October, 1868, was hanged in the State prison at this place to-day…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Certificates were granted to William M'Dowell, Louis Patrick Doyle, William Moloney, John Quinn, Edward Muscutt, Thomas Macdormott, John Ford, and Michael…

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Central Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Mayor and Captain Scott, with Messrs. Evans, Raphael, and Hezlet.)

Empire · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 2

Francis W. Bullivant was charged with deserting his wife, Margaret Bullivant. He was ordered to pay 10s per week for three months. John Monson was charged with knowingly…

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