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Courts & crime, 1884

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Water Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr Buchanan, S.M., the dock was crowded with minor offenders. The following cases were those which presented points of interest above the…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 2

Another case of alleged indecent assault cames before Mr. Crane at the Central police court this morning, the offender in this case, Alexander James Kane being, as in the case of Seanlan, of…

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Central Police Court. Robbed of a Watch in Belmore Park

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 6

A man named Thomas Smith was charged, yesterday, before Mr Crane, S.M., with stealing a silver watch and £2 10s in money, the property of John Russell. The evidence of plain-clothes…

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Tracked: Or, The Bunbury Mystery. a Story of Love, Money, and Murder. Chapter Xxxv. Mrs. Foxborough's Confession

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 4

That Miss should be anxious to make the acquaintance of the mother she hardly knew, and of the half-sister she had never seen was only natural; but her feelings had been so aroused by…

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Extraordinary Outrage by Victorian Police Officers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 7

An extraordinary outrage was committed by Serveant O'Neil and Constable Slator, of the Ballarat police force this morning, near Buningyong. Mr. M'Grath, an ex-captain of the Ballarat Fire Brigadoe, was…

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Police. Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 7

Mr. Crane and Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court yesterday. Frederick Arnold was sent to gaol for three months for maliciously assaulting one Joseph Messenger…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 7

Yesterday, Mr. Marsh, S.M., sat in the Charge Court and Mr. Buchanan, S.M., in the Summons Court. John Connors was charged with having stolen 28 yards of print, valued at £1 2s. 2d., the property of Elizabeth…

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Balmain Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 7

Mr. Addison, S.M., occupied the chair on Wednesday. Several persons were fined for being drunk; also, several boys for bathing in Johnson's Bay in view of the public were fined in various sums. Samuel Dentford and Daniel…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—thursday, January 3. Surrender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 7

James M'Ardell, of Emmaville, miner. Liabilities, £77 1s. 11d. Assets, £2. Mr. Stephen, official assignee…

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Tracked; Or, The Bunbury Mystery. Story of Love, Money, and Murder. Chapter Xxxv.—(continued.)

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 4

'Oh, Bessie, darling,' exclaimed Mrs. Foxborough, as she wound her arm about her daughter. 'It is a terrible story for a mother to hare to tell how she ever came to desert a child like…

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Police. Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

In the Charge Court yesterday the bench was occupied by Mr. W. Crane, S.M. Several persons were punished for minor offences. David Ly[?]ll, 46, labourer, was charged with having…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

Yesterday, Mr. Marsh, S.M., presided on the bench In the Charge Court; and Mr. Buchanan, S.M., sat on the Summons side. Samuel Hanshaw, or Ash[?]r, was sentenced to 14 days'…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 31

At the the above Court on Wednesday Mr. Buchanan, S.M., presided on the Charge side. George Williams, aged 50 years, a carpenter, and John Sanders, aged 63 years, a plumber, were charged with,…

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Redfern Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided at this court yesterday. Charles Andersen was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for a brutal assault on his…

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St. Leonards Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

Mr. G. W. F.Addison, S.M., occupied the bench at the above court on Thursday, the 3rd instant. Sarah Hickey and Mary Ann Sulli[?]an were fined 10s. each, the former for drunkenness, and the latter for being drunk and…

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Assault and Robbery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 26

ON Thursday, Dec. 27, another evidence of, in certain directions, our iniquitous state of society was made manifest by the conduct of two ruffians, who, after they had committed their crime (as allegad)…

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Penrith Police Court. Wednesday, January 2nd, 1884

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 2

Before their worships Mr. J. K. Lethbridge and Dr. Duncan R.N., Js.P. John Harford, on remand, was charged by Constable Abbott under, the 78th section…

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Police Court. Wednesday, December 26. (Before Mr. C. A. Scrivener, J. P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 3

Elizabeth Hobbs, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or to be imprisoned till tho rising of the Court. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27…

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Supposed Murder at Marrick Ville

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 23

The City Coroner concluded the inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue on the 29th ultimo into the circumstances attending the death of the man William Hayes, who was found dead under somewhat suspicious circumstances in a…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 2

Before the same magistrates. Elam Squires, licensee of refreshment room, Penrith Railway Station, was called upon to answer a charge preferred against…

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