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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1875

3,129 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 157

Insolvency Court. Before the Chief Commissioner, Certificate Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1875 · page 437

In the estate of William Amos. On the application of Mr. Iceton it was ordered that the meeting stand over to the 20th April. In the matter of Charles Michael Ware. This was an…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. H. H. VO[?] and J. Taylor. A number of drunkards were brought before the Court and fined…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORE Messrs. Cunninghame, Smart, and Aaron. Fourteen pereons were fined for drunkenness. Ann Jones, Horatio Walpol[?], and Ann M'Andrew, charged with using obscene language, were severally…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 4

BEFORE the Mayor and the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Spence, Murphy, Bailey, Hunt, Jolly, Solomon, and Charlton. Twenty-seven persons were fined for drunkenness or…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 4

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Lester, Smithers, and M'Mahon. A number of persons were severally fined for drunkenness…

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Police Courts. This Day. Water Police Court. (Before Messrs. Lester. And Raphael.)

Evening News · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 2

Several persons were fined in various amounts, others were admonished and discharged. Martin Wall, on remand, appeared before the court for protection, as he was supposed to be of…

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Central Police Court. (Before Captain Scott. P.M., with Mr. Swart.)

Evening News · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 2

Mathew Clarke and Catherine Clarke were charged with uttering a counterfeit sovereign. Prisoners were remanded until Friday, [?] allowed.—William M'Grain, for offending against…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 4

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. MEETINGS OF CRNDITORS. In the matter of the Band of Hope Gold Mining Co. and the Companies' Act. This was a meeting to allow creditors…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Death from Buras

Evening News · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 2

An inquest was held before the City Coroner, the morning, on the body of a child, aged four years, named William Timothy Ford, who died at the Infirmary about 2 p.m. yesterday from the effects…

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Insolvency Court. This Day. (Before Mr. Chief Commissioner Deffell

Evening News · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 2

Certificates were granted to Phillip Doyle, Samuel Osborne, John Hay, and Jobs Hill. The applications of Joseph Browne, Arthur Dubois, and William Henry Royal were adjourned to the…

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Police Courts. This Day. Water Police Court. (Before the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. M'Mahon. Josephson, and Smart.)

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 5

Several drunkards were fined sums varying from 5s to 20s each, James Russell, 49, a seamen of the ship Belfast, was charged with assaulting Thomas Gillead,…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Hezlet, Paling, Charlton, and Smart. Ten persons were fined for drunkenness, and a li[?] number were admonished and discharged; one of the latter,…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORS the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Lester, Resding, and Rephsel. A number of drunkrds were severally fined. Doneld Munro, summoned by Sarah Ann Glbson for…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. CERTIFICATE MEETINGS. Certificstes of conformity were granted to Samuel Osborne, John Hay, and John Hill…

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Metropolitan District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 7

BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge WILEINSON. MINOR CASES. The whole of the cases dealt with to-day were of very little public importance, and involved only small amounts…

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Central Police Court. (Before Captain Scott, P.M., and Messrs, Love' Solomon, and Renwick. J.P.s.)

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 5

Several persona were punished for being drunk and disorderly. George Jones, alias James Rampling, was fined 10s. and Charles Dempsey 20s, for using obscene…

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Insolvency Court. This Day. Surrenders

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 5

John Alexander Larmach, of Macquarie-street, late of Double Bay, gentleman. Cause of [?]: Purchase of a large number of [?] in Peak Dounus Copper Co., and in the Elsmore [?] Mining Company, at large prices…

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Sydney Quarter Sessions. Tuesday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.) SENTENCES

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 5

William Wynn, embezzlement, nine months' imprisonment in Windsor gao]. William Macgregor, falsely registering the birth of a child, fined £5…

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Police Courts. This Day. Water Police Court. (Before the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Solomon, Oatley, and Charlton.)

Evening News · Thursday 8 April 1875 · page 5

Emery Wilcox, 35, a commercial traveller, apprehended this morning at twenty minutes past 7 o'clock by Constable Day, was brought up for protection, as he was supposed to be of unsound…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1875 · page 3

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Josepheon and Senior. A number of persons found drunk in the streets were severally fined…

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