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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1877

2,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 124

Insolvency Court. This Day Surrenders

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1877 · page 3

Sheridan Corbya, of Balmain, theatrical manager. Cause of sequestration, losses in theatrical business and to pressure of a [?], who has issued a [?] writ[?] against insolvent. Liabilities, £402 17s 7[?]d. Assets £2 10s…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Wednesday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1877 · page 7

Joseph Kemp, of Forest Reefs, near Lucknow, storekeeper. Cause of insolvency: Pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £866 6s. 4d. Assets, £865 2s. 5d. Deficiency, £1 3s. 11d. Mr. R. H. Sempill, official assignee…

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Central Police Court

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1877 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Central Police Court yesterday, eleven persons were punished for drunkenness, one of these (Ellen Pavey) being fined, in addition, 40s, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment, for using…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1877 · page 7

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell, and others. Three inebriates were each fined 5s., or two days in the lockup, and four 10s., or four days…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Thursday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1877 · page 7

Sheridan Corbyn, of Balmain, near Sydney, theatrical manager. Causes at insolvency: Losses in theatrical business and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £402 17s. 7½d. Assets £2 10s. Deficiency, £400 7s. 7½d. Mr. R. H…

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Police! Police!!

Sydney Punch · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 4

THE following notice appeared in the Maitland Mercury of the 20th:--ANY PERSON or PERSONS ALLOWING THEIR FOWLS to TRESPASS IN MY VINEYARD will be SHOT, after this date. MR MYERS,…

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Singular Charge of Assault

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 5

A case of considerable interest to smokers came before the magistrates of the Stafford Petty Sessions on Thursday. A stationer of Stafford was charged with assaulting a newspaper reporter. It appeared…

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Attempted Stealing of President Lincoln's Remains

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 26

A letter, dated Springfield, Ill., November 10, saya:—"The latter developments in regard to the attempted desecration of the tomb of Lincoln, and the stealing of his remains show that it was the…

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Extraordinary Charge of Murder

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 27

On November 13, Jane Favel, aged fifty-five, Catherine Samuels, aged twenty-one, and George Favel, aged, twenty-two, were brought up at the police court, Leighton Buzzard, before Sir Richard…

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Supposed Murder and Suicide

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 5

A DISTRESSING case was brought to light last Saturday at No. 14, Coldbath-square, Clerkenwell. A respectable married woman, named Sarah Jane Langley, and her daughter, Hannah Florence…

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Insolvency Court. SURRENDERS

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 9

John Turner, of Trunkey, late of Milburn Creek near Carcoar, laborer. Cause of sequestrati n: Losses in mining speculations. Liabilities, £90 16s o½d; assets, £18 14s 5d; deficiency, £72 ls 7£d. Assignee. Mr. S. Lyons…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Strange Death from a Fall

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 4

The City Coroner, this morning, commenced an inquest at Mr. L Damon's Bee Hive Hotel, in Princes-street, concerning the death of a boy named Cornelius Phillip Lawrence, aged 11 years, who, with another boy,…

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Stand Aside, Sir! (Dedicated, without permission, to William Bull, Esq., J.P. (Vide S. M. Herald Police Report, 24th Jan.)

Sydney Punch · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 7

AS Mr. Bull was sitting 'neath a fig's umbrageous boughs, And was looking at the cricket match with pride, sir, A bobby stood before him--in fact, right his light--Says Mr. B., indignant: "Stand aside, sir!"…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 3

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Hunt, Taylor, and Oatley. Eight inebriates were each fined 5s., and [?] 10s., with the usual alternatives…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. Smart, Davies, Neale, B. C. Murray,and M'Lean. Nine persons were fined for drunkenness; an equal number against whom no previous conviction was known were…

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Court of Ouarter Sessions

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 3

The Court of Quarter Sessions opened at Darlinghurst, this morning, before his Honor Mr. District. Court Judge Dowling, with Mr. W. J. Forster prosecuting on behalf of the Grown. The calendar, in…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Saturday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 3

John Kenny, of Ironbarks, miner. Liabilities, £121 12s. 3d. Assets. £5. Mr. Lyons, official assignee, William Henry Magaire, of Bourke-street, Sydney, clerk in the Telegraph Office. Liabilities, £199 lOs. Assets, £46…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Ancidentally Killed by a Fall

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1877 · page 3

The City Coroner, [?] resumed the inquiry at the [?] Prince-street, touching the death of the boy named Cornelias Phillip Lawrence, who died in the Infirmary on Aniversary Day, from injuries…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 7

BEFORE Messrs. Marsh, Holborow, Solomon, Brodziak, Marks, and Gray. Twelve inebriates were each fined 5s., and seven 10s., with the usual alternative…

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