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Courts & crime, 1883

3,097 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 155

Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1883 · page 3

Mr Marsh, S.M., disposed of the business of the court on Saturday. Charles Longford was charged with having stolen a coat the property of John M'Kinlay. The prosecutor was…

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Assault

Evening News · Monday 9 April 1883 · page 3

Laurence Foley appeared before Mr. Clark, S.M., at the Central police court this morning, charged, on the information of James Kenny, with assaulting him. The complainant, a carter, alleged that he was…

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Police. Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

David Penfold was charged with—he being the servant of one Edward Thomas Newell—having embezzled the sum of £4, the moneys of his master. Mr. Gannon appeared for the defence. From the evidence for the prosecution it…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

Mr. Addison, S.M., presided in the Charge Court yesterday, and Mr. Buchanan, S.M., sat in the Summons Court. A number of cases of drunkenness and other minor…

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The Murder of Herr Maglath

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 2

LONDON, April 7.—The Buda-Pesth police have succeeded in arresting the murderers of Herr Maglath, who was killed in his own house by burglars a short time ago…

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The Murder of Herr Maglath. London, April 7

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 3

The Buda-Pestli police have succeeded in arresting the murderers of Herr Maglath, who was killed in his own house by burglars a short time ago…

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Metropolitan District Court. Monday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Isaacs V. TENNANT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

In this case Isaac L. Isaacs sued Tennant and Co. for conversion and detinue of a certain quantity of whisky. Dr. R. M. Sly, instructed by Mr. Levy, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Nash, instructed by Mr. Dowling,…

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Insolvency Court.—monday. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) Release of Estate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

In the matter of Margaret Pearse. A further affidavit having been filed, this estate, on the application of Mr. Slattery, was released from sequestration. THIRD MEETING…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Monday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.) Sentences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

Richard Gleeson and James Ryan, who had been convicted of garroting, were brought up for sentence. The records showed that Gleeson, who had also passed under the names of Carroll and Duval, had been convicted in the…

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Telegraphic News. [By Submarine Cable.] Dynamite Workers in Court. London, April 6

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 3

Four men named Norman, Gallagher, Wilson, and Dalton were brought up at Bow-street today, charged with being in unlawful possession of explosives. It had been ascertained that the…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—monday, April 8. In Equity.—(Before his Honor Mr. Justice FAUCETT, Acting Primary Judge.) ATTORRNEY-GENERAL V. Pyrmont Bridge Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 5

Mr. A. H. Simpson for the plaintiff, Mr. C. J. Manning for the defendants. The hearing of this suit was permitted to stand over for a month, with a view to settlement…

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Police. Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 7

Mr. Dillon, S. M., presided on the bench in the Charge Court yesterday, A number of cases of drunkenness were dealt with William Roberts, on a charge of having been drunk, was…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 7

Mr. Addison, S.M., presided in the Charge Court yesterday, and Mr. Buchanan, S.M., dealt with the business of the Summons Court. Alice Aqnew, 43 years, pleaded guilty to having been…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, April 7. (Before Mr. J. Taylor and A. Payten, J’ s. P)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 2

JOSEPH THOMPSON, supposed to be of unsound mind, was sent to gaol for seven days for medical treatment. Thomas Phipps, for wilfully breaking three…

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The Stannifer Murder. Sentence of Death. Armidale

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 2

Milbra Nott was put on her trial at the assizes yesterday, before Mr. Justice Innes and a jury, for the murder of a miner named Mitchell at Stannifer, near Inverell, in October last. The…

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Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Pettit V. DOWNEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 7

This was a motion for a new trial. Mr. Simpson, instructed by Mr. Coonan, appeared in support of the application, and Mr. G. H. Reid, instructed by Mr. Proetor, opposed it. After hearing evidence, his Honor reserved…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—tuesday. (Before the Chiep Commissioner.) Certificate Applications

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1883 · page 7

His HONOR directed that upon the payment of Court charges and expenses, certificates of conformity should be issued to Thomas Henry Maberly, William Amos the younger, James Wright, and Edward Archibald Young…

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Police. Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1883 · page 5

Mr. Dillon, S.M., presided on the bench in the Charge Court yesterday. A number of cases of drunkenness were dealt with. Mary Halloran, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1883 · page 5

Mr. Buchanan, S.M., presided in the Charge Court yesterday; and Mr. Addison, S.M., sat in the Summons Court, and disposed of a number of small debt cases. Mary Lesperd, 22 years, married, was charged with…

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The Armidale Tragedy. Milbra Nott Sentenced to Death. [By Telegraph.] Armidale

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1883 · page 3

The girl Milbra Nott, who sometime ago stabbed her lover, Robert Bruce Mitchell, for deserting her after alleged seduction, was charged before Sir George Innes yesterday with his murder…

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