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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1879

3,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 157

Law Report. Insolvency Court.—thursday Jan. 9. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1879 · page 6

James Rutledge, of Balmain, journalist. Liabilities £378 19s. Assets, £35 10s. Deficiency, £343 9s. Andrew Dunshea, of Cope's Creek, tin miner. Debts. £86 11s. lOd. Assets, £97 10s. Surplus, £10 18s. 2d…

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Latest Telegrams. Criminal Assault

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

MUDGEE, Friday—Charles Smith, a groom in the employ of the landlord of the Imperial Hotel, was brought up at the police court, yesterday, charged with attempting to commit a criminal assault on…

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Berrima Gaol Inquiry Commission

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 8

WE subjoin the evidence given by Senior Warder Bennett before above Commission :— Chairman.] What is your name?…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 3

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday—the Bench being composed of the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Jolly, Reading, Skarratt, and Thomas—Siawell Prendergast, an old vagrant, was charged with having maliciously…

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The Temperance Lectures at Darlinghurst Gaol

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 13

A number of letters and extracts from reports, relating to certain temperance lectures which had been delivered at the Darlinghurst Gaol, were published…

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Father Collingridge and the Gaol Lectures

Sydney Punch · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 7

Father Collingridge seems determined to re-open the old sore, which has been so long rankling in his bosom. As the buffoonery of Mr. Alfred Allen is at present excluded from the precincts of the Gaol, and other objectionable features have been removed, Mr…

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Police Court. Saturday, 4Th January. (Before Hon. J. Blaxland, and Messrs

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

J. Camden Goodridge,J. E. Manning, Ch[?]s.Blaxland, and J. King Heydon, J’s,P.) Senior, constable Dove v. Phillip…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 2. (Before Mr. Ja[?]thy,J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

Patrick Sheen, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the Volunteer Hotel, South Cr[?]k, was fined [?] for being drunk, and for Constable McGarvie in the execution of his duty…

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Conway in Court

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 5

At the Melbourne District Court, on Monday, Mr. John Conway, the promoter and manager of the Australian Eleven cricketers, was sued, according to the TELEGRAPH, by a youth named Charles Bohamer,…

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Insolvency Court. SURRENDERS

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 14

John Scully, of Wickham, near Newcastle. dealer. Cause of sequestration: Sickness and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £125 16s 8d. Assets, £15 7s 6d. Mr. R. H. Sempill, official assignce…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, Jan. 8.(Before Messrs. Byrnes, Gibbons, and Goold, J’s. P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 5

DRUNKENNESS :—John Hen[?]y, for being drunk and disorderly, was sent to gaol for 7 days.— R. Wiley, for drunkenness, was admonished and discharged…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Dec, 31. (Before Messrs. R. Dick and J., McQuade, J’s,P

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

Patrick McDive[?] and Thomas ma[?]er were charged with having no visible means of support. The cases being proved, each of the…

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Law Notices. Insolvency Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 3

Saturday.—Holiday at Supreme Court. Monday, January 13.—Holiday at Supreme Court. Before the District Commissioner: At Orange, Eliza Annie Hollands, first and only…

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The Barrington Police. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 40

SIR,—In your issue of the 4th instant your correspondent, from Back Creek, the made such gross mis-statements that, in justice to the parties concerned, I feel compelled to answer them. He states in that letter the "two policemen…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—friday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 3

James Harmer, of Liverpool Plains, fanner. Liabilities, £350 10s. 8d. Assets, £410. Surplus, £59 9s. 4d. Mr. Lyons, official assignee. Robert Joseph Alleyne, of Goulburn. Liabilities, £8[?]…

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Conditional Purchase Inquiry Court. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 18

SIR,—In your Issue of the 7th instant I notice that a correspondent, signing himself "Bushman," makes a very feeble effort at disparagingly criticising my letter on the Inquiry Court, which appeared in your issue of the 23rd ultimo, and…

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Campeelltown Police Court. Saturday, January 4. (Before Messrs. Thos. Chippendall, E, H. Fieldhouse,J.kidd,J.Hocking, and P.B. Hurley,J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

McLennon V. Champion:—This was a case in which some unsound: posts and rails were sold by plaintiff’s son to defendant, and defendant taking a…

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Parramata Small Debts Court. Thursday, Jan. 2. (Before Messrs. H . By[?], G[?]dic, and Pearce, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 3

Rutter, v. Moulds ; rent, £3 10s. verdict for plaintiff; Payment by weekly instalments of 5s. Rutter v. Burker: rent, £2, 5s: verdict…

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Stealing a Policeman's Horse

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1879 · page 2

A cool and daring case of horse stealing was committed in George-street on Friday morning last. The animal belonged to Senior—sergeant Dalton, of the police force, and was left outside Messrs. Dunrich's…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1879 · page 3

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT, on Saturday (Messrs. Crane, P.M., Smart, Cunninghame, Arguimbau, Brown, Pinhey, and W. Fowler being on the bench), William Fawcett was charged with obtaining goods by a false…

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