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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1878

2,994 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 150

Murder and Pillage at the Friendly Group

Evening News · Thursday 31 January 1878 · page 2

The natives are becoming very insulting to foreigners, and the Britons here are about to ask for the appointment of a resident Consul. Boats are being stolen, horses stabbed with yam spades, houses…

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Law. Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1878 · page 8

BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge WILKINSON. Mr. F. E. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. MALICIOUSLY WOUNDING. John Wooller was charged with having, on the 25th…

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Water Police Court

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1878 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The business at the Water Police Court this morning included large number of cases in which persons were charged with allowing filth to accumulate on premises, and in several cases heavy fines…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1878 · page 6

BEFORE Messrs. Waugh, Connell, and Murray. Thirteen persons were fined for drunkenness. Patrick Seale, 18, was charged with having assaulted and beat one Maude Craig, of the age of 2 years, and denied the…

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Law. Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1878 · page 6

SURRENDER.—George Kettley, of Camden, near Sydney, labourer. Causes of insolvency: Pressure of creditors and illness of himself and family. Liabilities, £55 11s. 7d. Assets, 10s. Mr. R. H. Sempill, official assignee…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1878 · page 6

BEFORE Mr. District Court Judge WILKINSON. Mr. F. E. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. JURORS FINED. James Plummer, of Burwood, ironmonger; James…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 7

BEFORE Messrs. Jolly, Reading, Parnell, and Holborow. Nineteen persons were fined for drunkenness. Three of these were also charged with using obscene language, of which charge they professed to know nothing, but upon…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 7

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Messrs. Smithers, Smart, and Charlton. Four persons were fined for drunkenness. Henry Bradshaw and William Wilson were each fined 10s., or two days'…

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The Butcher Inviolable. a Drama--in 3 Acts. Act I. Scene--Police Court. Police Magistrate, Grumbling Party, &c,, &c

Sydney Punch · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 3

P.M.--Now, sir ! What have you to complain of ? G.P.--Why, the matter is this. I have the misfortune to be the close neighbour of a butcher who keeps and kills a calf once a week on his premises, and as this is an intolerable nuisance to me and the neighbours, as well as a breach of the law, I come to ask the aid of a…

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Police Court. (Before Mr 8. Solomon,’J. P.) Vagrancy

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 6

John Davis, brought up under the Vagrant Act, was sent to Parramatta gaol for three months. (Before Messrs. S. Solomon and C. A…

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Coroner's Court

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 40

The Coroner, on Friday, held an inquest at the Diamond Pottery Hotel, Botany-road, respecting the death of a young girl named Ann Conway, daughter of Thomas Conway, night watchman at Mr. Andrew…

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Insolvency Court. SURRENDERS

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 40

Peter Keane, of Campbelltown, farmer. Cause of sequestration: Being liable for insolvent's father's debts. Liabilities, £262 10s 6d; assets, £5. Assignee, Mr. A. Sandeman…

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Police Court. Monday, January 28. (Before Messrs McRae, Stuart, Bowling, and Hunt, J’ s.P.) VAGRANCY

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 6

Mary Ann Smith was sentenced to be imprisoned, in Maitland gaol for one month, for vagrancy DRUNKENNESS…

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Law. Court of Quarter Sessions. Before Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 152

Mr. F. E. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. Thomas Dwyer and James Turner, each charged with having obtained money by false pretences, pleaded guilty and were remanded for sentence…

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Insolvency Court. This Day. Surrenders

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 5

Robert Wilson, or Brown Mountain. Cause of requestration: Judgment sin Supreme Court and District Court, at Bega, and notice of writ of [?]a [?]a. Liabilities, £180 18s 6d. Assets, £5. Assignee, Mr. S. Lyons…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 7

Before Mr. District Court Judge WILKINSON. Mr. F. E. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Emma M'Carthy, Mary Ellen M'Carthy, James Magner,…

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Law. Insolvency Court. Friday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1878 · page 7

Thomas Shene, of Nobbs-street, Surry Hills, broker Cause of insolvency; Pressure of creditors, Liabilities, £169 15s. Assets, £35. Mr. S. Lyons, official assignee. John Keith Morrison, of Tumut, millwright. Causes…

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Water Police Court

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1878 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Water Police Court, this morning, a women named Blargaret Stuart was found guilty of stealing a table cloth, value £2, the property of Henry Taylor, and sent to gaol for two mouths. Jas Kidd,…

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