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Courts & crime, 1877

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Divorce Court. Tuesday February 20. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave). SMITH V. SMITH

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 8

The decree nisi made herein six months ago, was sought to be made absolute. On the motion of Mr. O'Connor, instructed by Mr. Greer, the matter was adjourned for a week. Mr, Bennett appeared to oppose…

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Divorce Court. Friday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hugrave.) Remarkable Divorce Case. M'NEILLY V. M'NEILLY

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 5

This was the hearing of a divorce suit brought by Charlotte Elizabeth M'Neilly, formerly Charlotte Elisabeth Atkinson, of Orange, against her husband, Thomas M'Neilly, of orange. The issues for trial were…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. Hunt, Taylor, and Greville. Four persons were fined tor drunkenness. James Brown was fined 10s., or four days' gaol, for having been drunk and disorderly…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. Smart, Cunninghame, and Davies. Eight persons were fined for drunkenness. George Johnson, guilty of using obscene language, was sentenced to pay a penalty of 10s., or to be imprisoned four…

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Police Courts. This Day. Central Police Court. (Before Messrs. Palmer, Pearce, Hunt, Davies, Walkins, and Maclean.)

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

Twenty three persons were punished for drunkenness. Hight were cautioned and discharged. Biles O'Neil, on a charge of being a common prostitute, and found wandering about in Market-street and…

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Water Police Court. This Day. (Before Messrs. Holborow Goodrish[?]nd Tavlbr.)

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

Several persons were punished for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. [?] William Teaffey was punished for riotous behaviour and like vise for resulting a constable in the execution…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Saturday. Surrender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

Mary Ann Davison, of Forbes-street, Sydney, publican. Liabilities, £342 8s. 3d., of which £220 is secured. Assets, £261 14s. 9d. Mr. Lyons, official assignee. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Accidental Death

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

The city coroner this morning resumed the inquiry at his office concerning the death of Thomas Crowen, alias John Clark, who, on the 22nd instant, died at the Infirmary from the effects of injuries accidentally…

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Libel Action for £2000. Supreme Court. This Day. Sittings in Banco Court for Trial of Causes. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice Sir James Martin and a jury of four.) ROBERTSON V. M'BLHONE

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1877 · page 3

When this action was called on, to-day, the plaintiff's counted (Mr. Darley) intimated that plaintiff, at his own request, desired that a non-suit should be entered, with a view of bringing on the action again with better…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

BFORE Messrs. Hunt, Davies, Pearce, Palmer, Watkins, M'Lean, and Spence. Nineteen persons were apprehended on Saturday and twelve on Sunday in a state of intoxication. Of these…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Holborow, Taylor, Gray, and Goodridge. Ten persons were fined for drunkenness. James Driscoll, Warren Kerr, James Collins, and Mary Perry were…

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Murderous Assault at Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 2

We gather from the Melbourne Age that an Italian named Noccanzio Maggini was charged on remand with stabbing his employer, a fellow countryman, with a knife. Francisco Antonio Parilli,…

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Police Courts. Central Police Court. This Day. (Before Messrs. Helsham, Hyam, Perdrian, and Hughes.)

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 3

Seventeen persons were punished for drunkenness, one of these, Maris Thornton, was sentenced to a months' incarceration, for using indecent language in Clarence-street…

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The Frankston Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 4

As announced by telegram, the trial of William Hastings on the charge of murdering his wife at Frankston on the lst December, commenced on Thursday last at the Central Criminal Court, Melbourne…

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Banco Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

Before his Honor Sir WILLIAM MANNING and a jury of four. BLOXSOME V. WIGGER. Jury: Messrs. Albert Eastway, William Andrews, John…

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Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

BEFORE the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. In the matter of the Rex Tin Mining Company, Mr. E. Stephen, on behalf of the official liquidator, applied for the sanction of the Court to the acceptance of an offer of…

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Supreme Court. This Day

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 3

Sittings in Banco Court for trial of causes, before his Honor Sir William Manning and a jury of four. O'BRIEN v. HIMM[?]. This is an action brought by William O'Brien against…

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Law. Supreme Court.—monday, February 26. Sittings for Causes. Banco Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

BEFORE his Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE and a jury of four. ROBERTSON V. M'ELHONE. Jury: Messrs. Alexander Steel, W. K. Smith, J. H. Myers, and H. Dare…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Death from Natural Causes

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiel) resumed to-day, at the Observer Tavern, lower George-street, from yesterday afternoon, the enquiry concerning the death of an infant named Mary Isabella Weekes. The mother of…

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Coroner's Court. the Fatal Occurrence in Neutral Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1877 · page 7

ON Monday morning Mr. Shiell resumed the inquest on the body of Thomas Craven, when the following further evidence was taken:—Richard Johnson, shipwright's surveyor to the Marine Board, residing at Balmain, said that on Saturday…

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