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Courts & crime, 1885

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 7

William Stanley, who described himself as a clown, was at the Central Police Court yesterday fined £2 10s, with one month's gaol alternative for indecent language, John Thompson, while…

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District Court

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 6

District Court Judge Dowling prodded in the District Court on Monday. William Pierson and George Pierson. residing in Paddington, sued G. W. Barker, of Manly Beach, to recover the sum of £25 for goods…

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Central Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 6

His Honor fir George L. Innes presided over the Central Criminal Court yesterday, when Mr Foster and Sir Gibson were Crown Prosecutors. ALLEGED MURDER AT NAMBUCCA…

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Supreme Court. Jury Court. (Before his Honor Mr Justice Faucett.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 6

MURRAY V. M'NEILL AND OTHERS (part heard) In this action to recover £2000 damages for illegal distress, &c., Mr Salomons, Q.C., and Mr Pilcher again appeared for the plaintiff; Mr…

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TELEGRAMS Delaying the Police. PARRAMATTA

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 6

To-day Thomas Keating., licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parramatta, was fined, in all, £6 5s l0d, for having wilfully delayed admittance to his hotel to the police, on Sunday, the…

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Central Criminal Court. MONDAY. March 9

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 6

The Central Criminal Court was continued to-day in Darlinghurst before Ms Honor Sir George Innes. Mr. Foster and Mr. Gibson, barristers, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown…

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Murder at New Guinea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 7

The cutter Petrel, which arrived at Cooktown last night from Dinner Island, New Guinea, reports the murder of a Malay named Bob Lumse, who was left by Captain Friar at one of his stations, at South Cape. He was…

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Insolvency Court. Monday, March . (Before His Honor the Chief Commissioner.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 7

In the matter of James Fulton, third meeting, two debts were proved and one entered as a claim, report read, no directing given, and meeting terminated…

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Jury Court. Monday, March 9. (Before Mr. Justice Faucett and juries of four.)

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 3

MURRAY v. M'NEILL AND OTHERS.—In this action, which was to recover £2000 damages for illegal distraint, his Honor summed np at great length, and the jury found for the plaintiff for £460. Of this…

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Supreme Court. Tuesday, March 10. (Before the Chief Justice and a special jury). M'ELHONE V. Bennett and Others

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 4

The trial of this action was continued in the Banco Court this morning. The first witness called was James Howard Hand-sacker, who was examined by Mr. Owen. O.C. as to…

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Supreme Court. Monday, March 9. (Before the Chief Justice and a special jury.) M'ELHONE V. Bennett and Others

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 3

In the Supreme Court the case of M'Elhone versus Bennett came on, before Chief Justice Martin, Bitting in Banco, for hearing yesterday morning. The…

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Balmain Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 4

James Shanahan was charged, before Mr. Wittingdale Johnson, D.S.M., in the Balmain Polide Court, to-day, with having made use of obscene language in Western-road, but as he failed to appear, a warrant…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 5

In the Newtown Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Meares, D.S.M., Samuel Arnold and Rose Lewis were each sent to gaol for one month for having behaved in an indecent manner in Edgeware-road,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT, yesterday, Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Court. A number of miner offenders were dealt with in a summary manner. Robert Adair, alias Marshall, was…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

William Heatley was charged at the Newtown Court yesterday with stealing 12s 6d, the property of John Hume. The prosecutor is a greengrocer and fruiterer at Homebush, and it appeared that…

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Police Parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 5

A police parade took place at Moore Park at noon. There were about 300 metropolitan police and 80 troopers in attendance, and the men were inspected by the Inspector-General of Police (Mr. E. Fosbery). There were also…

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Central Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

His Honor Sir George L. Innes presided over the Central Criminal Court at Darlinghurst yesterday, when Mr Foster and Mr Gibson acted as Crown Prosecutors…

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Parramatta Police Court. Thursday, March 5. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, C. Lester, and [?]. S. Ryan, J.’sP.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 2

OUR drunkard was fined 5s or twenty-four hours. Elizabeth Clarke, a young girl only 17 years of age, was charged with vagrancy. From her…

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District Court.—wednesday, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

Ca. Sa. Summonses.—Smith v. Hutchison, Cale v. Lane, Chappel v. Aughward, Warne and another v. Hanley, Stutchhury and others v. Marker, Isaacs and another v. Pegler. Rogalsky v. Zolluer, Atkinson v. Amora, Cater v. Machattie, Phillip v…

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Metropolitan District Court—tuesday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.) Smith V. WILSON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

This was an action brought by Thomas Smith, of Paddington, against George Wilson, of Waterloo, to recover the sum of £10 for negligently driving a horse and cart, wheraby a collision caused with the plaintiff's horse and…

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